Faculty of History

Sukurta: 29 August 2013

if7 Universiteto, LT-01513
Tel. 268 7281, fax 268 7282
E-mail
www http://www.if.vu.lt

Dean – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Petrauskas

STAFF

47 teachers (43 holding research degree), 15 research fellows (3 holding research degree), 40 doctoral students.

 

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Ancient and Medieval History
Department of Archaeology
Department of Modern History
Department of Theory of History and History of Culture
Centre for Stateless Cultures

RESEARCH AREAS

History of Lithuania: Sources, Historiography, Heritage, Memory
Prehistory and Archaeology of Lithuania

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2014

M. Bumblauskas. Samogitia’s Christianisation and the Paganism factor (15–16th c.).
N. Černiauskas. Unemployment in Lithuania in 1918–1940.
L. Kaminskaitė-Jančorienė. Cinema in Soviet Lithuania: the development of the system and the shift in functions (1944–1970).
I. Leonavičiūtė. Saint Bruno of Querfurt and the mission of 1009: source analysis.
V. Volungevičius. The castle and its socio-political transformations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the period of the 14th–the 1st half of 16th c.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2014

International conference 1514. Battle of Orsa: Military Victory and its Signs (in cooperation with the National Museum Royal Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Lithuanian Institute of History; http://www.valdovurumai.lt/de/besucherseite/veranstaltungen/international-scientific-conference-1514-battle-of-orsa-military-victory-and-its-signs#.VJpkmC6AA)

International conference The Experiences of World War I in Lithuania and Neighbouring Countries (http://www.if.vu.lt/naujienos/renginiai/470-pirmojo-pasaulinio-karo-patirtysllietuvoje-ir-gretimose-salyse-2014-12-15)

International conference Lithuania-Italy: Centuries Connections (in cooperation with the National Museum Royal Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Lithuanian Institute of History; http://valdovurumai.lt/fr/pour-les-visiteurs/evenements/international-scientific-conference-lithuania-italy-centuries-connections#.VJpkJC6AA)

International seminar World Heritage Challenges in Lithuania: Revisiting Vilnius Historical Centre (1994) and KernavėArchaeological Site (2004) (http://www.if.vu.lt/naujienos/renginiai/341-tarptautinis-seminaras-paveldosauga)

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2014

Research results were successfully presented in the international level:

V. Davoliūtė. The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania. Amsterdam, New York: Routledge, 2013, 232 p.

A. Švedas. In the Captivity of the Matrix: Soviet Lithuanian Historiography, 1944–1985. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2014. 290 p.

E. Keidošiūtė. Converting to Catholicism: Jews in Lithuanian Bishoprics in the Late Russian Empire. Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014, vol. XIII, 37–59.

National grants for 5 new projects were successfully received, faculty researchers were invited to participate in foreign projects (Documents of the Peace of Brest (1435): Research and Critical Edition (2014–2017, National Science Centre Poland, University Torun, Poland); Documenta Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae (2014–2017, National Development Programme for Human Sciences, University Torun, Poland).

DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7297
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Petrauskas

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Petrauskas (part-time), Dr. I. Valikonytė.
Associate professors: Dr. L. Jovaiša, Dr. J. Karpavičienė (part-time), Dr. S. Pamerneckis, Dr. E. Saviščevas.
Lecturers: Dr. T. Čelkis, Dr. V. Dolinskas (part-time), Dr. V. Volungevičius.
Junior research fellows: L. Steponavičienė, N. Šlimienė, S. Viskantaitė-Saviščevienė.
Doctoral students: N. Dambrauskaitė, G. Drungilienė, V. Gudaitė, M. Jakulis, A. Jurkevičius, M. Klovas, M. Kvizikevičiūtė, V. Liepuonius, N. Navakas, T. Zarankaitė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

History of Lithuania: sources, historiography, heritage, memory
Society of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (henceforth the GDL) in the 14th–16th centuries
Research and publication of the 1st Lithuanian Statute (1529) and the Lithuanian Metrica (the so-called Court Record Books of the 1st half of the 16th century)
History of the GDL in the 2nd half of the 18th century
Woman’s status in the GDL in the 16th century
Life of Christian Churches and Religions in the GDL in the 16th–18th centuries

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Legal Consciousness of Noblemen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Norms and Reality (No. LIT-7-3). Prof. I. Valikonytė. 2013–2015.

The Court Record Book no 264/50 of the Lithuanian Metrica was published in 2014. This book is currently held at the Russian State Archive of Early Acts (Moscow), funds no. 389, archival unit no. 264. The material available in this the Ruler’s Sigismund Augustus court book shows not only the conception of the justice executed by the Ruler, but it also reveals developments of the court processes and legal norms during the preparation of the Second Lithuanian Statute (1566) and the pre-reform justice mechanism during the middle of the XVI century.

Main publications:

Lietuvos Metrika (1565–1566). 50-oji Teismų bylų knyga (Lithuanian Metrica. Court Record Book no 264/50). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2014.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania)
National Museum Royal Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Petrauskas –

Prof. I. Valikonytė –

Assoc. Prof. J. Karpavičienė –

  • deputy chairperson and member of the commission of the project The Saxon-Magdeburgian Law as a Cultural Link between the Legal Orders of Eastern and Central Europe (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig).

Dr. L. Jovaiša –

  • academician of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=19;
  • editor-in-Chief of the series Bažnyčios istorijos studijos (Studies in Church History),www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=111;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademijos metraštis, (Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science Annuals); www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=105;
  • editorial board member of the series Studia Franciscana Lithuanica;
  • editorial board member of the series Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos (Studies in Cultural Heritage of Religions);
  • editorial board member of the series Fontes Historiae Lituaniae.

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Albinas Kuncevičius

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. M. Michelbertas (professor emeritus), Dr. A. Kuncevičius.
Associate professors: Dr. A. Luchtanas, Dr. A. Merkevičius, Dr. V. Šimėnas (part-time), Dr. G. Vėlius.
Lecturers: Dr. J. Poškienė (part-time), Dr. E. Šatavičius, R. Nemickienė (part-time).
Chief research fellow: Prof. Dr. A. Kuncevičius.
Junior research fellows: R. Augustinavičius (part-time), I. Rutkauskaitė (part-time), R. Šmigelskas (part-time), L. Tamulynas (part-time)
Doctoral students: S. Ardavičiūė, R. Augustinavičius, D. Baltramiejūnaitė, R. Butrimaitė, Š. Jatautis, I. Kaminskaitė, E. Marcinkevičiūtė, G. Petrauskas, V. Rimkutė-Gudaitienė, V. Suncovas, A. Žilinskaitė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Material and spiritual culture of the Baltic tribes
Burial rites, household tools and weapons and ornaments of the Lithuania’s inhabitants
Data collection on Baltic tribes’ settlements, buildings, defence fortifications and cultural ties with neighbours and more distant European tribes and nations

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Identity of Early Baltic Society according to the Investigations of Archaeological Sites of Lithuania (No. VAT-12052). Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevičius. 2012–2014.


In 2014 additional data about the Early Metal Period settlement and burial sites were collected in archives, libraries and museums. Some microregions were surveyed and some sites were photographed and mapped. 50 samples were submitted to Radioisotope Laboratory of Nature research Centre for 14C dating. Distributions maps of burial sites and settlements were prepared. According to the obtained data two catalogues were published: Settlements of the Early Metal Period in Lithuania and Burial sites of the Early Metal Period in Lithuania. Conference  Identity of Early Baltic Society was organised.

Research Council of Lithuania. Origins of the Lithuanian State According to the Data of Dubingiai Microregion Researches (No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-01-037). Prof.  A. Kuncevičius. 2011–2015.

In 2014 the three-dimensional analytical model prototype was prepared and tested, the methods of its application were introduced; one article in English was handed in for publication; all the research results were included in the monograph (The Origins of Lithuanian Commonwealth according to the Dubingiai Microregion Research Data), as well as its text and illustrations were prepared and handed in for the publication.

Contractual Research

Archaeological investigations in route of planned Šiauliai North East road (CC Kelprojektas)
Archaeological and historical investigations in Joniškė cemetery (CC Dujų sfera)
Archaeological investigations in Plūciai cemetery (JSC Lietuvos Dujos)
Archaeological investigations in Kernavė old town site (Kernavė Parish)

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Institute of Archaeology University of Wrocław (Poland)
State Cultural Rezerve of Kernavė (Lithuania)
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Tartu (Estonia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. emeritus M. Michelbertas –

Prof. A. Kuncevičius –

Assoc. Prof. A. Luchtanas –

Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevičius –

Assoc. Prof. G. Vėlius –

L. Tamulynas –

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7286
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Zenonas Butkus

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Z. Butkus.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Bukelevičiūtė, Dr. A. Jakubčionis, Dr. A. P. Kasperavičius, Dr. S. Kaubrys, Dr. R. Kraujelis (part-time), Dr. A. Streikus, Dr. A. Vyšniauskas (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. A. Abromaitis (part-time), Dr. K. Burinskaitė (part-time), Dr. N. Černiauskas, Dr. R. Gaidis, A. Grodis (part-time), Dr. V. Klumbys (part-time), Dr. T. Vaiseta (part-time).
Senior assistants: A. Narbutas (part-time), I. Zakšauskienė (part-time).
Chief research fellows: Dr. T. Balkelis (part-time), Dr. A. Streikus (part-time).
Senior research fellows: Dr. V. Davoliūtė (part-time), Dr. K. A. Richter (part-time).
Research fellow: A. Grodis (part-time).
Doctoral students: S. Černevičiūtė, M. Ėmužis, M. Kareniauskaitė, K. Kilinskas, D. Noreika, G. Sviderskytė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research on Lithuanian international relations in the 20’s–30’s of the 20th century
Research on political, social and cultural life in Lithuania during the interwar period
Problems of the national and religious minorities in Lithuania and Klaipėda district
Soviet occupation and re-occupation of Lithuania
Anti-Soviet resistance in Lithuania: armed and passive resistance
Soviet Lithuania and western countries during the Cold War
Catholic Church in Soviet Lithuania
Cultural life in Soviet Lithuania
Research on the issues of modernizing history studies

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Baltic States between the Third Reich and the Third Rome (No. LIT-14153).  Prof. Z. Butkus. 2014–2015.

During the first year of the project accumulation of essential historical documents, preserved in Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, Russian State Archive of Social and Political History as well as in archives in Berlin, was basically completed. Over 5 thousand of necessary diplomatic documents were copied. The analysis of historiography on the topic of the research was finished. The recent research data was presented in international scientific conference in Riga.

Research Council of Lithuania. Formation of Modern Social Structure in Lithuania, 1918–1940 (No. MIP-14327).  Prof. Z. Butkus. 2014–2016.

In 2014 the scientific fellowships of the project were working on the analysis of the most recent works of social and history sciences as well as investigated the historical sources preserved in Lithuanian Central State Archive, Kaunas and Šiauliai County archives, “Aušros” Museum in Šiauliai and the library of University of Šiauliai (J. Šliūpas foundation). The documents necessary for the research were copied. The work on the article about the structural changes of the Lithuania society in the third decade of the 20th century was started.

Research Council of Lithuania. Population Displacement and its Political and Cultural Legacies in the 20th Century Lithuania (No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-03-014). Dr. T. Balkelis. 2013–2015.

During 2014 the participants of the project T. Balkelis, V. Davoliūtė, K. A. Richter presented their research at the international annual conference of BASEES in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In summer and fall the participants of the project T. Balkelis, A. Streikus and K. A. Richter conducted their research trips to archives and libraries of Vilnius, Berlin, Moscow and Warsaw. The monograph of V. Davoliūtė (The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania) was translated from English into Lithuanian.

Main publications:

Davoliūtė, V. 2013. The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania: Memory and Modernity in the Wake of War. London, New York: Routledge.

Davoliūtė, V. 2014. Postwar reconstruction and the imperial sublime in Vilnius during late Stalinism. Ab Imperio, vol. 1, 176–203.

T. Balkelis. 2014. Demobilization and remobilization of German and Lithuanian paramilitaries after the First World War. Journal of Contemporary History, 2014, October.

Research Council of Lithuania. Lithuanians and Poles(1887). J. Šliūpas’ Position and Visions of Statehood at the End of 19th c. (No. LIT-8-83). Assoc. Prof. A. Vyšniauskas. 2014–2015.

Assoc. Prof. A. Vyšniauskas researched the historical sources preserved in Šiauliai University Library and Šiauliai “Aušros” Museum. The results of research were introduced at international conference, preparation works for publication of brochure “Lithuanians and Poles“ (J. Šliūpas, 1887) started.

Contractual Research

Historical development of the National Audit Center of Lithuania (National Audit Center of Lithuania)

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS

Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Genocide and Resistance Research Center (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Special Archives (Lithuania)
Lithuanian State Historical Archives (Lithuania)
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Z. Butkus –

Assoc. Prof. D. Bukelevičiūtė –

Assoc. Prof. A. Jakubčionis –

Assoc. Prof. A. Kasperavičius –

  • editorial science council member of the Lithuanian Encyclopaedia;
  • member of international commission of Lithuanian and Polish history textbooks.

Assoc. Prof. S. Kaubrys –

Assoc. Prof. A. Streikus –

Assoc. Prof. A. Vyšniauskas –

  • editorial board member of the series Lietuvos valstybingumo paveldas (Heritage of Lithuania’s Statehood).

DEPARTMENT OF THEORY OF HISTORY AND CULTURAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7288
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Alfredas Bumblauskas

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. E. Gudavičius (emeritus), Habil. Dr. T. Bairašauskaitė (part-time), Dr. A. Bumblauskas, Dr. R. Čepaitienė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. D. Brandišauskas (part-time), Dr. M. Drėmaitė, Dr. G. Kirkienė, Dr. E. Raila, Dr. N. Šepetys, Dr. R. Šermukšnytė, Dr. A. Švedas, Dr. J. Verbickienė (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. N. Babinskas (part-time), Dr. B. Gailius (part-time), Dr. A. Gieda, Dr. S. Kulevičius (part-time), Dr. J. Poškienė (part-time), Dr. L. Skurvydaitė (part-time), Dr. A. Vasiliauskas (part-time).
Assistant: D. Vitkauskaitė.
Chief research fellow: Dr. M. P. Szoltysek.
Senior research fellows: Dr. D. Brandišauskas (part-time), Dr. J. Sarcevičienė (part-time), Dr. J. Verbickienė (part-time).
Junior research fellows: Dr. I. Leonavičiūtė, Dr. D. Troskovaitė.
Doctoral students: V. Janušauskaitė, M. Jurkutė, K. Kuodytė-Mažuknienė, V. Kurienė, K. Kučiauskas, R. Lakačauskaitė-Kaminskienė, A. Naudžiūnienė, A. Petrauskienė, M. Ramonaitė, D. Sakalauskas, V. Starikovičius, S. Stasiulis, D. Strimaitytė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical, methodological and historiographical problems of history
History of Lithuanian culture
Theoretical and didactical aspects of history of the Lithuanian culture
Historical culture and forms of cultural identity of the Lithuanian society
Individual and collective forms of historical memory
Cultural heritage studies
Studies of Lithuanian ethnic and confessional minorities
Everyday life and domestic history
Functions of history in the contemporary society

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Environmental and Social Change and Adaptations in East Siberia: Power Relations and Economy of Luck (No. MIP-12040).  Assoc. Prof. D. Brandišauskas. 2012–2014.

This project produced an ethnographic monograph (D. Brandisauskas. Leaving Footprints in the Taiga: Luck, Rituals and Places among Orochen-Evenki. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Press) and article (D. Brandišauskas. Relying on my own two’: Walking and Subsistence among Orochen Hunters and Herders of South-East Siberia. Mobilities) revealing how social and natural change affected lifestyles of indigenous people in East Siberia. Based on long term fieldwork research, comparative and ethnographic sources this study analysed a shift of economic, political and cultural life of indigenous people over the last few decades. This research investigated vernacular notion of luck that is crucial in understanding indigenous adaptations to the shifting environment and state policies in the period of transition.

Research Council of Lithuania. Historical Demographic Studies and their Application to the Jewish Censuses of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-03-050). Assoc. Prof.  J. Verbickienė. 2013–2015.

During the project the analysis of the 18th century Jewish census is being carried out. At the same time a data base and collective monograph is under preparation. The seminar The Aspects of Social History of East European Jews was carried out. It was devoted to scholars and students of Lithuanian universities and research centres. The seminar was headed by Prof. S. Stampfer from Hebrew Uniersity (Jerusalem, Israel). The first results of the research were presented by Assoc. Prof. Jurgita Verbickiene at international conference Czech-Jewish and Polish-Jewish Studies: (Dis)Similarities.

Research Council of Lithuania. Merchants in Vilnius in 19th Century: Legal Situation, Activity and Social Identity (No. MIP-14161). Dr. A. Ambrulevičiūtė. 2014–2016.

The results of research were presented at two international scientific conferences: Social Groups and Their Impact on the Development of Society in XVI-XIX Centuries (Vilnius, paper: Reflection of Social Activity in the Merchants Wills in the XIX c.) and Grodno Society: Man in the Space of the City (Grodno, Belarus, paper: Merchant Guilds in the Legislation of the Russian Empire, in 1795-1898 (on the Example of Grodno and Vilnius)).

Main publications:

Ambrulevičiūtė, A. 2014. Vilniaus pirkliai 1800–1824 m. Teisė, vol. 82, 34–47.

Research Council of Lithuania. Workshop of Architectural Criticism (No. MIP-099/2013). Assoc. Prof.  M. Drėmaitė. 2013–2014.

The project designed and developed an interdisciplinary editorial board Architecture [publication] Fund (academic researchers and artists) to hold three international seminars-workshops in Vilnius and published (in print and electronic form) three bilingual publications: ALF 02 Modernism: Between Nostalgia and Criticism, ALF 03 The City. Breaking Points and ALF 04 Subversive Opportunism. Publications are available to the public at the specially designed internet platform of Architecture Fund: www.archfondas.lt/leidiniu.

Main publications:

ALF 02 Modernism: Between Nostalgia and Criticism (Architecture [publication] Fund series). 2014. http://www.archfondas.lt/leidiniu/alf-02/modernizmas-–-tarp-nostalgijos-ir-kritiskumo.

ALF 03 The City. Breaking Points (Architecture [publication] Fund series). 2014. http://www.archfondas.lt/leidiniu/alf-03/miestas-luzio-taskai-0; (3) ALF 04 Subversive Opportunism (Architecture [publication] Fund series). 2014. http://www.archfondas.lt/leidiniu/alf-04/maistaujantis-oportunizmas-subversive-opportunism.

Other projects

Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe. Developing Jewish Studies in Lithuania: Establishing the Research and Teaching Field in Vilnius University (Grant No. 086/14). Assoc. Prof. J. Verbickienė. 2014–2017.

The main goal of the project is to establish and develop Jewish Studies at the Faculty of History (University of Vilnius). It will focus on expanding and defining subjects of the field, making them more available for students and laying grounds for the future research projects. For example, this project would open ways to promote young researchers research and career progress. These young perspective scholars will have the chance to continue with their training as young lecturers and remain engaged in the field by specializing in the study of history and culture of the East European Jews with a special focus being Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the history of Lithuanian Jewry and its specificities.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Center for Comparative History of Europe (Germany)
Department of Cultural Heritage (Lithuania)
Institute of Ukrainian History (Ukraine)
Vilnius Yidish Institute (Lithuania)
Warsaw University (Poland)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. emeritus E. Gudavičius –

  • member of the Russian Science Academy of Humanities in St. Petersburg;
  • member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

Prof. T. Bairašauskaitė –

Prof. A. Bumblauskas –

Assoc. Prof.  D. Brandišauskas –

  • member of the scientific board of international conference Sociology of Culture: Experiences and New Paradigms (Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts);
  • honorary research fellow, Department of Anthropology in Aberdeen University (Scotland);
  • associated research fellow, European Centre for the Arctic, University of Versailles (France);
  • member of Association of the Young Polar Scientist;
  • member of International Association for the Arctic Social Sciences;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lithuanian Journal of Anthropology, (http://www.anthropology.lt/site/apie-zurnala/).

Assoc. Prof.  M. Drėmaitė –

Assoc. Prof. N. Šepetys –

Assoc. Prof.  R. Šermukšnytė –

Assoc. Prof. A. Švedas –

  • member of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies;
  • participant of Annual ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian; Studies) in Washington (2011), New Orleans (2012), Boston (2013), San Antonio (2014);
  • co-founder and organizer Vilnius Symposium on Late and Post-Soviet Issues.

Dr. N. Babinskas –

  • member of the Romanian Association for Nordic and Baltic countries;
  • editorial board member of the journal Valahian Journal of Historical Studie,www.valahianjournal.info/board.htm.

CENTRE FOR STATELESS CULTURES

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7293
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof.  Dr. Grigorijus Potašenko

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. G. Potašenko.
Lecturer: Dr. L. Lempertienė (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Centre carries out research on the region’s stateless minority cultures (cultures that do not benefit from the moral and material support of a “home country” anywhere): Yiddish, Old Believers, Tatars, Karaimes, Roma and also multicultural studies.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

The Centre for Studies of the Culture and History of East European Jews (Lithuania)
The Council of National Communities (Lithuania)
The House of National Communities (Lithuania)
Institute of Art History, Academy of Estonian Arts (Estonia)
Institute of Social Research (Lithuania)
Vilnius Yiddish Institute (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. G. Potašenko –

  • member of Old Believers Research Commission of the International Committee of Slavists.

Dr. L. Lempertienė –

  • member of the academic board of the Centre for the university teaching of Jewish studies “SEFER”;
  • bibliographer of the collection of books in Hebrew language published in Lithuania in 1759–1900 (stored in Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania).