Research News
Demographic Issues to Be Tackled at International Conference
On 29–30 November 2011, international scientific conference Contemporary Global Demographic Problems: Migrations and Migration Policy will be held in Moscow, organised by the Russian State University for the Humanities and the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Historical Demography and Historical Geography.
Call for Papers: International Conference on Textbooks and Educational Media (Updated)
On 28–30 September in Kaunas, the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media (IARTEM) in cooperation with VMU will hold the 11th IARTEM conference, which invites all professionals around the world working in the field of textbooks and educational media research and development to send their applications – all deadlines have been extended. This year's conference's theme is representations of otherness.
International Conference at VMU Will Analyze Standards for Development (Updated 06.06)
On 8-10 June 2011, the 16th annual conference of the European Academy for Standardization (EURAS) will be held at Vytautas Magnus University, organized by VMU prof. Dr. Vladislav V. Fomin. This year’s conference’s theme is Standards for Development. The papers' topics include the significance of standards and standardization for the economic and societal development, and other themes related to standards, standardization and conformity assessment. All university students are welcome to attend the event for free.
British Council and VMU Shake Hands
On Wednesday, 18 May, Vytautas Magnus University and the British Council signed a cooperation agreement.
Czesław Miłosz Year Marked With International Scientific Conference
On 6–7 May, the international conference From Poetical Pilgrimage to the Search of the Homeland: Adam Mickiewicz, Oscar Milosz and Czesław Miłosz was held in Kaunas and Šeteniai, where researchers from France, Poland and Lithuania read papers and participated in discussions, analyzing real and spiritual journeys of three prominent multicultural personalities.
Late 20th Century Transformations in the Focus of International Conference
On 12 May, from 10 a.m., the VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (FPSD) will organize an international interdisciplinary scientific student conference Social and Intellectual Transformations at the End of 20th Century: The Young Generation’s Approach the VMU History Hall (K. Donelaičio g. 58). The conference will focus on the last decade of the 20th century, when Central and Eastern Europe underwent significant transformations brought about by democracy and liberalization.
