VMU to Hold International Academic Conference on Resilient Memories in East Asia
On October 10–11, 2025, the Centre for Asian Studies at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU, Kaunas, Lithuania) is holding an international academic conference “Resilient Memories in East Asia: Remembrance, Acknowledgment, Reconciliation”. Everyone interested is welcome to join as listeners.
As East Asia navigates its histories of war, colonization, and ideological conflict, the resilience of collective memory plays a crucial role in shaping both domestic and international relations. This conference considers memory as a living process that resists simple narratives, focusing on how communities remember the past, how societies acknowledge historical injustices, and how reconciliation can be pursued in a complex landscape of competing memories and political tensions.
With all this in mind, the conference Resilient Memories in East Asia: Remembrance, Acknowledgment, Reconciliation will encourage scholars, practitioners, and students from a range of disciplines to examine the complex dynamics of memory in East Asia and explore how memory shapes and is shaped by historical trauma, collective narratives, and contemporary identities in the region. Special attention will be given to Taiwan’s case, which encompasses multiple aspects related to the conference’s theme.
The conference will include presentations in such fields as history, literature, politics and society.
On both days, the conference will start at 9 a.m. and take place at VMU Centre for Research and Studies (23 V. Putvinskio g., Room 310, Kaunas).
The conference is organized by VMU Centre for Asian Studies and supported by Spotlight Taiwan.
