VMU to Host International Conference on Pacai Noble Family of the GDL
On 13-14 May 2021, the departments of History and Lithuanian Studies at VMU Faculty of Humanities will hold international scientific conference The Noble Family of (Pacowie) Pacai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Lithuanian Baroque, which is dedicated to the 400th birth anniversary of the GDL Chancellor Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac (1621–1684).
The event’s organizers kindly invite historians, art critics, literary researchers and other scholars of the humanities and social sciences to participate in the conference and to discuss the following proposed topics:
- The problems of the genealogical research of Pacowie (Pacai) family, the biograms of the most prominent members of the family
- The influence of Pacowie (Pacai) on the political life in the Commonwealth of Both Nations
- The political consciousness of the nobility in the GDL in early modern times
- Cultural contacts of the nobility in the GDL during the Baroque period
- Baroque art, the Church and the society in the GDL
- The tradition of Baroque Rhetoric and it’s expression in the GDL culture
- The phenomenon of church foundation and patronage by Pacowie (Pacai)
- The fate of Pacowie (Pacai) heritage in Lithuania and abroad
The title and abstract of the papers should be sent by e-mail to ricardas.jaramicius@vdu.lt until 15 October.
Languages of the conference: the languages of the historiography of the GDL and English.
The conference will be held at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas) and in Pacowie (Pacai) mansion in Jieznas.
