Faculty of Philology
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: 268 7205
E-mail:
Dean – Prof. Dr Inesa Šeškauskienė
STAFF
286 teachers (incl. 165 holding research degree), 15 research fellows (incl. 14 holding research degree), 34 doctoral students.
INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Department of Lithuanian Language
Department of Lithuanian Studies
Centre for Multilingual Studies
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH, ROMANCE AND CLASSICAL STUDIES
Department of Classical Philology
Department of English Philology
Department of French Philology
Department of Italian Linguistics and Literature
INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research
Department of Research in Languages for Specific Purposes
Department of Romance Linguistics
Media Linguistics Centre
INSTITUTE FOR THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE BALTIC
Department of Baltic Studies
Department of German Philology
Department of Russian Philology
Centre for General Linguistics
Centre for Polish Studies
Centre for Scandinavian Studies
INSTITUTE FOR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
Department of Lithuanian Literature
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies
A. J. Greimas Centre for Semiotics and Literary Theory
Research Group for Studies in Comparative Literature
RESEARCH AREAS
• Lithuanian Studies: Philological, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Aspects. Research and Development
• Multilingual Discourses: Linguistics, Literature, Culture
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED IN 2022
Tomas Čenys (Neo)baroque elements of contemporary Russian literature
Asta Laugalienė Partitivity in Finnish and Lithuanian: object marking
Aleksandra Šalkinė Contemporary Russian literature in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia: the Baltic postcolonial novelDr
Irena Snukiškienė The essence and transformations of moral values: TRUTH and LIE from a cognitive cultural perspective in Lithuanian and English
Laima Vincė Sruoginis Memory and post-memory in the writing of North American writers of Lithuanian descent
Šarūnas Šavėla The conceptualisation of music in Ancient Greek thought (5th century B.C.−2nd century B.C.)
Aušra Valančiauskienė Encyclopedic information in bilingual linguistic dictionaries
MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANISED IN 2022
1. 19th International Salos Summer School of Linguistics and Conference Academia Gram-maticorum Salensis Undevigesima. Salos Manor (Rokiškis district). July 24–30, 2022, https://www.academiasalensis.org/en/conference-and-summer-school/2022/
2. Kazimieras Būga International Conference Problems of Baltic Linguistics: Historical, Typological and Areal Studies. September 22–24, 2022, Vilnius University,
3. https://www.flf.vu.lt/naujienos/bendros-naujienos/tarptautine-kazimiero-bugos-konferencija-baltu-kalbotyra-lyginamosios-perspektyvos
4. 6th International Conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Problems and Solutions. September 29–30, 2022, Vilnius University, https://litaka.lt/en/conference/
5. International Conference Translation, Ideology, Ethics: Response and Credibility and an international Translating Europe Workshop (TEW) Ethics in the Era of Machine Translation (in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission), October 22–24, 2022. https://www.vertimas2022.flf.vu.lt.
6. 27th Jonas Jablonskis’ conference (Language) variability, change and standardization. October 6–7, 2022. http://www.jablonskio-konferencija.flf.vu.lt/en/
MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2022
1. Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia was awarded the Kazimieras Būga Prize of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for fundamental research in Baltic studies and further development of Kazimieras Būga’s ideas; also Prof. Dr B. Stundžia received the Seimas Medal for research and social activities and long-lasting work at the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language and the Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
2. Prof. Dr D. Pociūtė-Abukevičienė received Rector’s Award for the best research publication in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2022.
3. Assist. Prof. Dr R. Tamošaitis was awarded the Language Prize, dedicated to an outstanding scholar and political figure Felicija Bortkevičienė, from the Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, 2022.
INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Universiteto g. 5, LT–01513 Vilnius
E-mail:
Director – Prof. Dr Meilutė Ramonienė
DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE
5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7212
http://www.flf.vu.lt/
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Vilma Zubaitienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr Habil. E. Jakaitienė (emerita), Dr V. Kardelis, Dr I. Smetonienė.
Associate professors: Dr E. Jasionytė-Mikučionienė, Dr G. Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė, Dr A. Smetona, Dr V. Zubaitienė.
Assistant professors: Dr M. Smetona, Dr E. Švageris, Dr A. Valotka (part-time).
Lecturers: K. Bredelis, L. Laužikas.
Doctoral students: A. Kuliešienė, S. Kietytė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Synchronic and diachronic Lithuanian grammar
• Phonetics and phonology of standard Lithuanian and Lithuanian dialects
• Morphology, lexicology, word formation, lexicography, semantics and syntax, terminology of standard Lithuanian
• Rhetorics, stylistics, text analysis, academic discourse
• Dialectology, general linguistics, cognitive linguistics, ethnolinguistics
• Historical grammar of Lithuanian, history of written Lithuanian
• Standard Lithuanian: attitudes and usage
• Methodology of teaching the Lithuanian language
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Synchronic and Diachronic Research of Phonological, Lexical, and Grammatical System of the Lithuanian Language. Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė. 2019–2022. The aim is to investigate phonetics, lexis, semantics, and grammar of the Lithuanian language, its systematic variability, variation and interaction, the relation of Lithuanian vocabulary and grammar to usage, and the differences between spoken and written Lithuanian.
Main publications:
1. Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė, G. Vakarų aukštaičių šiauliškių ir latvių kalbos sąveika: pasienio zonos dvikalbiškumas [Bilingualism in Cross-Border Regions: Interaction between the Western Aukštaitian Subdialect of Šiauliai and the Latvian Language]. Vakarų ir pietų aukštaičiai: tarmių ir kitų kalbų sąveika, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 2022. 113–136.
2. Švageris, E. Kirčio ir intonacijos fonetinė interakcija: bendrinės lietuvių kalbos tyrimas [The phonetic interaction of stress and intonation: a study of Standard Lithuanian]. Baltistikos platybėse. Collection of articles on Baltic linguistics on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Prof. Bonifacas Stundžia (edited by A. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė, V. Rinkevičius, D. Sinkevičiūtė, M. Villanueva Svensson), (Vilnius University Open Series), Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2022. 341-362, https://www.journals.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/29791
3. Kuliešienė, A. Use of posture verbs in old Lithuanian writings: a case study of the verb gulėti ʿlieʾ. Valoda: nozīme un forma 13 / Language: Meaning and Form 13, Kalnača, Andra (ed.), Rīga: Latvijas Universitātes Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2022. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.22364/vnf.13.10
National Research Projects
Lithuanian Particles and Discourse Structure from a Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective. (S-MIP-21-18). Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Jasionytė-Mikučionienė. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Ruskan, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šolienė. 2021–2024. The project aims to provide a thorough synchronic and diachronic account of Lithuanian particles belonging to different semantic classes. It focuses on the role of particles in discourse structure, establishes the connection between particles and different units of discourse, and examines the formation and development of particles within the processes of (inter)subjectification and lexicalisation, as well as specifying the status of particles in Lithuanian grammar based on a unifying methodology and new theoretical frameworks. The study will combine qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis.
Text Cohesion in Scientific Texts: a Corpus-Based Analysis of the Usage and Functions of Linking Devices. Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Volungevičienė, PhD student A. Kuliešienė. 2022–2024. The aim of the project is to investigate the frequency, structure, lexical environment, and multifunctionality of linking words in various Lithuanian scientific texts, identifying their logical semantic groups, as well as through comparison with their English and German counterparts.
Concepts DEMOCRACY, PATRIOTISM, TOLERANCE and the Analysis of Their Antonyms and Synonyms. Prof. Dr I. Smetonienė. Participants: Assist. Prof. Dr M. Smetona, Prof. Dr Kristina Rutkovska. 2022–2024. The project aims to ascertain to what extent the meanings of words from other languages have changed in the Lithuanian context and what Lithuanians include in the concepts of DEMOCRACY, PATRIOTISM, and TOLERANCE. The research allows us to understand what a nation lives by, what it adopts as new and makes its own, what it rejects, and what it ignores.
Main publication:
1. Smetonienė, I. DEMOKRACJA w dyskursie litewskim. Leksykon aksjologiczny Słowian i ich sąsiadów (pod redakcją Jerzego Bartmińskiego). Tom 6: Demokracja, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii. Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2022.
Projects with students
Scientific text cohesion and electronic list of linking devices. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė. Researcher: BA student G. Skripkauskaitė, September 2021 - March 2022. [09.3.3.-LMT-K-712 Development of research competence of scientists, other researchers and students through practical research activities].
Dialectometrization of the Lithuanian Language Atlas. Supervisor: Prof Dr V. Kardelis. Researcher: BA student T. Pučinskaitė-Barkauskienė, September 2021 - March 2022. [09.3.3.-LMT-K-712 Development of research competence of scientists, other researchers and students through practical research activities].
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Institute of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland)
University of Bern (Switzerland)
University of Pisa (Italy)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assist. Prof. Dr E. Jasionytė-Mikučionienė
• executive secretary of the linguistic research journal Lietuvių kalba
Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė
• chair of the organising committee of the 27th Jonas Jablonskis’ conference (Language) variability, change and standardization. October 6–7, Vilnius, 2022. http://www.jablonskio-konferencija.flf.vu.lt/en/
Prof. Dr V. Kardelis
• editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Kalbotyra, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/kalbotyra/about/editorialTeam
• editorial board member of the journal Lietuvių kalba, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/lietuviu-kalba/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Smetona
• editorial board member of the journal Lietuvių kalba, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/lietuviu-kalba/about/editorialTeam
• editorial board member of the journal Gimtoji kalba
Prof. Dr I. Smetonienė
• editor-in-chief of the journal Lietuvių kalba,
http://www.lietuviukalba.lt/index.php/lietuviu-kalba/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė
• editorial board member of the journal Bendrinė kalba, http://www.bendrinekalba.lt/?English
• editorial board member of the journal Gimtoji kalba,
• chair of the organising committee of the 3rd International Pranas Skardžius Conference Crossroads of Word Formation, Lexicology, Etymology and Morphology. May 26–28, 2022. District of Panevėžys, Lithuania
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Jasionytė-Mikučionienė, E. Lithuanian response particles from a synchronic and dia-chronic perspective. SLE 2022 – 55th Annual Meeting, Bucharest, Romania, August 24–27, 2022. https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2022/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/SLE-2022-EXTENDED-PROGRAMME-final.pdf
2. Kardelis, V., Ch. Schneider. The structure of diatopic variations in the Lithuanian lan-guage. ICLAVE|11: International Conference on Language Variation in Europe, Vienna, Austria, April 11–14, 2022. https://pretalx.dioe.at/iclave11/talk/NXLCLL/
3. Švageris, E. Kalbinių universalijų link: pasamprotavimai apie akustinę lietuvių ben-drinės kalbos kirčio struktūrą. 57. Artura Ozola dienas konference. Valodas mantojums: J. Endzelīna “Lettisches Lesebuch” (1922)-100”, Riga, Latvia, May 20, 2022. https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/72127/
4. Zubaitienė, V., S. Volungevičienė. Zum Gebrauch von Abstrakta in der litauischen Wis-senschaftssprache. 57. Linguistisches Kolloquium / 57th Linguistics Colloquium Sprache der Gegenwart, Sprache für die Zukunft / Language of the present, language for the fu-ture. Tampere, Finland, September 21–23, 2022. https://events.tuni.fi/lingcoll2022/
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr I. Smetonienė, Prof. Dr V. Kardelis, Assoc. Prof. V. Zubaitienė
• experts of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Prof. Dr V. Kardelis
• expert of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė
• expert in contest The best PhD thesis 2022
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė
• member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. https://vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija. Chairperson of the Lexicography Subcommittee of the State Lithuanian Language Commission; Member of the Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation and Textbook Evaluation Subcommittees of the State Lithuanian Language Commission. https://vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija/pakomises
K. Bredelis
• participated in the project Optimization of the network of higher education institutions and improvement of the quality of studies by merging Šiauliai University and Vilnius University. No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-738-03-0001.
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
L. Laužikas and Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Smetona
• experts of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė, G. Main organizer and moderator of the distance learning cycle for upper secondary school students and their teachers Discoveries in Lithuanian Studies. Classes delivered by Prof. Dr B. Speičytė, A. Zolubienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė, Prof. Dr B. Stundžia, Prof. Dr M. Ramonienė, January-May.
2. Švageris, E. Organizer and moderator of the distance learning cycle for upper secondary school students and their teachers Discoveries in Lithuanian Studies. Classes delivered by Dr M. Šinkūnas, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė, A. Zolubienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rinkevičius, Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Jasionytė-Mikučionienė, September-January.
3. Kardelis, V. 16 TV programmes on language. Anatomy of Language. Lithuanian national channel, LRT+ (author of the idea, scriptwriter, editor). https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/video/kalbos-anatomija
4. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-vpWIIonyiE_AbvOfoDHzvzaSxGR1PJ
5. Smetonienė, I. 10 radio programmes on language. About language in brief. FM99. https://fm99.lt/apie-kalba-trumpai/
6. Smetona, A. Participation in the VU podcast Mokslas be pamokslų (Researching without preaching) on the topic of swear words.
7. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000243349/mokslas-be-pamokslu-keiksmazodziai-kalbos-siuksles-ar-jausmu-israiska
8. Smetonienė, I., M. Smetona. research dissemination articles in the journal Pasaulio lietuvis: Do we really know what is meant by 'democracy'? https://pasauliolietuvis.lt/ar-tikrai-zinome-kas-telpa-zodyje-demokratija/ Patriotism is out of fashion today. Is it true?!
DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN STUDIES
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7214
E-mail:
http://www.lsk.flf.vu.lt/
Head – Prof. Dr Loreta Vilkienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr M. Ramonienė, Dr L. Vilkienė.
Associate professor: Dr B. Stundžienė (part-time).
Assistant professors: Dr J. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, Dr E. Gudavičienė, Dr I. Hilbig, Dr K. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, Dr E. Vaisėtaitė-Žiūkė, Dr E. Žurauskaitė.
Teaching assistants: I. Daraškienė, A. Valančiauskienė, A. Meškerevičiūtė.
Lecturers: I. Ancevičiūtė, R. Bingelienė, D. Katinaitė, R. Migauskienė, E. Petrašiūnienė, J. Pribušauskaitė V. Stumbrienė, A. Tamošaitienė, L. Vaškevičienė.
Doctoral students: I. Daraškienė, A. Teresė, A. Meškerevičiūtė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied linguistics:
• Teaching second / foreign languages
• Learning second / foreign languages
• Language acquisition
• Language attrition
• Sociolinguistics
• Discourse analysis
• Language testing
• Sign language
• Aphasic Lithuanian language
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Language Usage, Language Learning, and Teaching. Prof. Dr M. Ramonienė. 2019–2022.
The project aims at the analysis of language/dialect usage, language attitudes, language acquisition, language learning and teaching, language policy, the language of the diaspora, the sociolinguistic situation in Lithuania, socially significant changes in the use of Lithuanian and local vernaculars, and evolving levels of multilingualism. Papers, as well as conference presentations for both national and international conferences, were prepared.
Main publications:
1. Sociolingvistinė Lietuvos panorama. Gyventojų kalbinės nuostatos ir kalbinis elgesys. (A Sociolinguistic Panorama of Lithuania. Language Attitudes and Linguistic Behaviour). Collective monograph (ed. M. Ramonienė). Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2022, 332 p.
2. Hilbig, I. Zwei Sprachen gleichzeitig? Nein, das schaff’ ich nicht: a Lithuanian Ger-man Boy’s Journey to Active Bilingualism // Philologia Estonica Tallinnensis 7 (2022). Research in children's and youth multilingualism (guest ed. A. Verschik). 2022. 126–147. https://doi.org/10.22601/PET.2022.07.05.
3. Vilkaitė-Lozdienė, L., Vilkienė, L. Vocabulary size estimates for Lithuanian native speakers Is it possible to talk about L1 vocabulary size cross-linguistically? ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2022. doi.org/10.1075/itl.22005.vil.
Diachronic and Asynchronous Lexicography and Metalexicography. Prof. Dr Danguolė Melnikienė. 2019–2022. The aim of this project is to study various types of dictionaries, their history, peculiarities of the lexicographical descriptions in them, to analyse the problems related to the creation of dictionaries, and to provide methodological insights for the development of new dictionaries and the improvement of existing ones. The project also aims to prepare and digitise bilingual dictionaries.
Main publication:
1. Valančiauskienė, A. Encyclopedic information in bilingual linguistic dictionaries. Doctoral dissertation. Humanities, philology (h 004). Vilnius: Institute of the Lithuanian Language.
International Research Projects
Promoting Easy-to-Read Language for Social Inclusion (PERLSI). J. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, I. Daraškienė. 1 October 2020 – 1 October 2022. The project aims at developing a comparative study of Easy-to-Read (EtR) ecology in the countries participating in the project. All the planned Intellectual Outputs (IOs) of the project have a comparative angle, thus ensuring an innovative perspective and outputs. The international dimension of the project enables the best practice acquired by the partners through other ERASMUS projects to be transferred; it provides a comparative angle to less-spoken languages of the EU (LV, LT, SL). This strategic partnership aims at innovation and good practices to promote literacy and up-skilling through the development of methodological and educational materials.
Get Ready for School – App-based Vocabulary Training for Families. K. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, E. Vaisėtaitė–Žiūkė. 2022–2024. The project focuses on the linguistic education of preschool children in the EU, first of all, when it comes to children whose family language(s) differ/s from the language of their country of residence. The project aims at developing materials for migrant parents and the ‘Get Ready for School’ app for migrant children; as a result, an e-learning app and a platform for multilingual education will be set up.
Developing a New Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood. MotherNet H2020-WIDESPREAD-05-2018-Twinning. M. Ramonienė, I. Hilbig. 2021–2023.
The overall goal of the MotherNet project is to connect researchers from the VU Thinking Motherhood group with experts from the two partner universities and their research networks to stimulate innovative, cross-disciplinary, and policy-relevant research on motherhood in Europe.
National Research Projects
Lithuanian Forced Migration Diasporas in the East and Their Identity: the Cases of Trans-Volga and Kazakhstan. L. Vilkienė. 2020–2022. The aim of the project is to analyse the resources and practices of retaining of ethnic identity of the Lithuanian forced migrants’ diasporas in Trans-Volga and Kazakhstan through the prism of collective memory, linguistic self-awareness, and language practices, as well as the enculturation and socialisation of target groups from the perspectives of social anthropology, sociology, and sociolinguistics.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania)
The Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Latvia (Latvia)
Zavod RISA, Institute RISA, Centre for General, Functional and Cultural Literacy (Slovenia)
Information Collection and Dissemination Centre (IKSC) (Lithuania)
Kultur- und Bildungsprojekte e.V. (Germany)
Österreich Institut GmbH (Austria)
Inter-kulturo mednarodni kulturno izobraževalni center d.o.o. (Slovenia)
Studio gaus gmbh (Germany)
Uniwersytet pedagogiczny im Komisji edukacji narodowej w Krakowie (Poland)
Niedersaechsisches Institut fuer fruehkindliche Bildung und Entwicklung e.V. (Germany)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Kristina Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, Donata Katinaitė, Eglė Vaisėtaitė, Lina Vaškevičienė, Eglė Žurauskaitė, Inga Hilbig, Justina Bružaitė-Liseckienė
• members of the organising committee of the 6th international conference of applied linguistics Languages and People: Problems and Solutions. https://litaka.lt/en/conference/
E. Gudavičienė
• chair of the organising committee of the 6th international conference of applied linguistics Languages and People: Problems and Solutions. https://litaka.lt/en/conference/
Prof. Dr M. Ramonienė
• chair of the programme committee of the 6th international conference of applied linguistics Languages and People: Problems and Solutions. https://litaka.lt/en/conference/
• editor-in-chief of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, http://taikomojikalbotyra.lt/en
Prof. Dr L. Vilkienė
• member of the programme committee of the 6th international conference of applied linguistics Languages and People: Problems and Solutions. https://litaka.lt/en/conference/
• editorial board member of the journal Gimtoji kalba.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Ramonienė, M. Changing social value of regional dialects in Lithuania. Symposium on Sociolinguistics SS24, Gent, Belgium, July 13–16, 2022.
2. Ramonienė, M. Language management in Lithuanian migrant families. Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Migration and Multilingualism (MAMM2022), University of Cyprus, October 22–23, 2022.
3. Hilbig, I., Kazlauskienė, V., Kačkutė, E. Unharmonious early bilingualism and mothers' well-being. The 2nd HaBilNet colloquium on harmonious bilingualism: supporting well-being as it relates to growing up and living in a language contact setting. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 14–16, 2022.
4. Vilkienė, L. Negotiation of identity and Lithuanian language in the 2nd and 3rd generations of migrants from Lithuania to Kazakhstan. The EAAL Conference of Applied Linguistics, Tallinn, Estonia, June 16–17, 2022.
5. Žurauskaitė, E. Impoliteness in Lithuania`s electoral TV debates: some insights using integrative pragmatics approach. 10th Conference on Cross-Cultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics EPICS. Seville, Spain, May 23–25, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr M. Ramonienė
• member of the Onomastics Subcommittee of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Prof. Dr L. Vilkienė
• member of the working group for the analysis of the situation of the Lithuanian language in the education system assembled by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK)
• member of the expert group formed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania to analyze the A1-B2 Lithuanian language curriculum for schools
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
1. Pribušauskaitė, J., Stumbrienė, V., Vaškevičienė, L., Migauskienė, R., Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J., Hilbig, I., Valančiauskienė, A., Petrašiūnienė, E., Vaisėtaitė, E., Žurauskaitė, E., Daraškienė, I., Kaškelevičienė, A. Training of volunteers who were pre-paring to teach the Lithuanian language for Ukrainian war refugees. March–April 2022.
2. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, K. Organization of a series of distance language lectures for teachers and the community of foreign Lithuanian schools in collaboration with the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK). April – December 2022. The lecturers of the Department of Lithuanian Studies: I. Hilbig; J. Bružaitė-Liseckienė; L. Vaškevičienė: A. Kaškelevičienė; M. Ramonienė; A. Valančiauskienė.
3. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, K. Organization of 2-week long studies for teachers of Lithuanian Saturday Schools Abroad (2022), funded by Education Exchanges Support Foundation (ŠMPF). The lecturers of the Department of Lithuanian Studies: Kristina Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, Eglė Vaisėtaitė, Joana Pribušauskaitė, Inga Hilbig, Rita Migauskienė, Meilutė Ramonienė, Eglė Žurauskaitė.
4. Pribušauskaitė, J., Migauskienė, R. Training of Lithuanian language testers (40 credit hours) at the National Agency for Education in Vilnius, August – November, 2022.
5. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J. Training how to prepare and evaluate texts in an easy-to-understand language. The training was ordered by the Department of Disability Affairs at the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. Vilnius, March 25, April 1, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
5 research dissemination activities focused on the diaspora
1. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, K. Online lecture for teachers of Lithuanian schools: Motivation of foreign Lithuanian school teachers. Organized by Lithuanian school in Iceland, March 3, 2022.
2. Hilbig, I. Participation in the online discussion Benefits of bilingualism in the context of native language preservation. Organized by the General Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania in Los Angeles, USA, November 13, 2022.
3. Hilbig, I. Online lecture for parents and teachers of bilingual children. Organizer by J. Petrošius. Lithuanian School in Paris, France, November 27, 2022.
4. Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, K., 2022. Dissemination article (interview) ‘Jūratė Ragaišytė: Tikiuosi, kad lietuvių kalba bus dukrų namai.’ Pasaulio lietuvis, https://pasauliolietuvis.lt/tikiuosi-kad-lietuviu-kalba-bus-dukru-namai /
5. Vilkienė, L. 2022. Dissemination article ‘Žmogų labai sudėtinga pažemint ir nužudyt jį dvasiškai, jeigu jis turi šaknis.’ Pasaulio lietuvis, https://pasauliolietuvis.lt/zmogu-labai-sudetinga-pazemint-ir-nuzudyt-ji-dvasiskai-jeigu-jis-turi-saknis/
4 research dissemination interviews (Prof. Dr M. Ramonienė, Assist. Prof. Dr I. Hilbig, Assist. Prof. Dr J. Bružaitė-Liseckienė):
1. Ramonienė, M. a podcast about emigrants and language on a national TV channel LRT. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/audio/muziejaus-istorijos
2. Hilbig, I. An interview with the director of the virtual Lithuanian language school Pasaka about the disharmony between bilingualism of emigrant children and the emootions of their mothers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYtNGi5hWvP/01-15
3. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J. 2022 m. Interview about easy-to-understand language in the Youtube channel "Blind Date".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86W9qlwO7c&t=85s&ab_channel=AklasPasimatymas
4. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J. 2022 m. The Kalba kalba (‘Language speaks’) podcast of the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University about easy-to-understand language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaVQS1f7WI0&ab_channel=Tinklalaid%C4%97Kalbakalba
5 other research dissemination articles
1. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J. Lengvai suprantama kalba ir įtrauki visuomenė. Gimtoji kalba, 2022. 5: 3–8.
2. Bružaitė-Liseckienė, J. Kas lemia gimnazijų ugdomąja rusų kalba moksleivių lietuvių kalbos gramatinį taisyklingumą? Akademinių darbų tautinių mažumų tematika konkurso laureatų rinktinė 2019–2021.Tautinių mažumų departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės, 2022. 67–77.
3. Gudavičienė, E. Kas rašoma apie lietuvių kalbą žiniasklaidoje. Gimtoji kalba, 2022. 10: 3–8.
4. Gudavičienė, E., K. Pavydytė. Kronikos: VI taikomosios kalbotyros konferencijos apžvalga. Gimtoji kalba, 2022. 10: 23–26
5. Ramonienė M., K. Geben Žurnalo “Taikomoji kalbotyra” dešimtmetis. Publikacijų apžvalga. Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2022. 17, 95-99. doi: 10.15388/Taikalbot.2022.17.5.
CENTRE FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDIES
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Inesa Šeškauskienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr I. Šeškauskienė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr J. Cibulskienė, Dr R. Juknevičienė, Dr K. Geben, Dr V. Kazlauskienė, Dr E. Petronienė (part-time), Dr B. Ryvitytė.
Assistant professors: Dr M. Stasilo, Dr I. Stasiūnaitė, Dr L. Vilkaitė-Lozdienė (on maternity leave).
Lecturers: D. Bogdanovič, D. Sroda, M. Talačka (part-time), O. Valentjeva (part-time).
Doctoral students: R. Udes.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Applied linguistics
• Cognitive linguistics: metaphor, space, humour
• Semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis
• Contrastive linguistics
• Language for specific purposes (academic, legal)
• Sociolinguistics
• Learner corpus research
• Psycholinguistics
• Second language acquisition
• Vocabulary and phraseology
• Second language teaching
• Vocabulary and phraseology
• Second language teaching
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Lexicon and Discourse: Semantics, Idiomaticity, Vocabulary. Prof. I. Šeškauskienė. Participants: Dr J. Cibulskienė, Dr R. Juknevičienė, Dr V. Kazlauskienė, Dr B. Ryvitytė, Dr L. Vilkaitė-Lozdienė. 2019–2022. The project aims to investigate numerous lexical aspects of languages: the meaning of a word and a phrase, phraseology and collocations, lexicographic problems, lexical, semantic and pragmatic aspects of different discourses (legal, academic, public and mass media, humour, learner, etc.) in one language or across several languages. The task for 2022 focused on some cognitive aspects of language study: 1) identifying the key features of metaphoricity in different types of discourse focusing on public and legal discourse and 2) researching learner language (child language varieties L1 and L2, the language of Lithuanian emigrants), and corpus-based methodologies and their application in the analysis of phraseology in learner language.
Main publications:
1. Cibulskienė, J. Expressing the evaluation of socially contested issues through metaphor: Higher education Reform. Cognitive Semantics, 2022. 8 (2): 483–512.
2. Kazlauskienė, V., A. Dryjańska. Le sens de fête en polonais, en lituanien, en français et sa (non)coïncidence collocationnelle. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Linguistica, 2022. 17: 20–42. https://studialinguistica.up.krakow.pl/article/view/9281
3. Šeškauskienė, I. (ed.) Metaphor in Legal Discourse. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7849-4/
Research into the Society, Language and Culture in Northern and Middle Europe. Assoc. Prof. I. Steponavičiūtė–Aleksiejūnienė, Dr K. Geben. 2019–2022.
Language Usage, Language Learning and Teaching. Prof. M. Ramonienė, Dr K. Geben, Dr M. Stasilo. 2019–2022.
Main publication:
1. Geben, K. Język polski w krajobrazie językowym Wilna [The Polish language in the linguistic landscape of Vilnius], Acta Baltico-Slavica, 2022, 46.
International Research Projects
Language in the Human Machine Era (LITHME). International EU project COST Action CA19102. Coordinator: Dr D. Sayers, University of Jyväskylä. Link: www.lithme.eu. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Geben, Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Ryvitytė, Assist. Prof. I. Stasiūnaitė. 2020–2024.
Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference (RELANG). EC Project. Coordinated by the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz (Austria). Funded by the European Commission. Project participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Juknevičienė. https://relang.ecml.at/
MotherNet. Developing a new Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood Activity. (952366-WIDESPREAD-05-2020 H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5). European Commission–Research Executive Agency–European Union’s Horizon 2020. Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr Eglė Kačkutė-Hagan, Vilnius University (Lithuania), Uppsala University (Sweden), Maynooth University (Ireland). Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Kazlauskienė. Consultant: D. Bogdanovič. 2020–2023.
Other Projects
Linguistic Integration of Children from Emigrant Families Returning to Lithuania: Levels of Proficiency in Lithuanian and Approaches to Teaching. (No. S-REP-21-1). The Research Council of Lithuania. Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Juknevičienė. February 2021–July 2022.
Development and Implementation of Digital Teaching/Learning Content: National Curriculum and Supporting Materials. (No. 09.2.1-ESFA-V-726-03-0001). National Edu-cation Agency. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Juknevičienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Petronienė. October 2022–May 2023.
Development and Implementation of Digital Teaching/Learning Content: Providing Support for Secondary Schools when Implementing Updated Content. National Educa-tion Agency. Participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Petronienė. July–October 2022.
Development and Implementation of Digital Teaching/Learning Content: National Curriculum and Supporting Materials. Preparing recommendations for teaching for-eign languages. National Education Agency. Participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Petronienė. January 2021–July 2022.
English through Media Literacy. Project of the British Council for subject teachers in Lithuanian schools. Financed by the British Council project People to People (P2P). Coordi-nator: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Petronienė. August 2022–June 2023.
Optimising the Network of Higher Education Institutions of Lithuania and Improving the Quality of Studies when Integrating Šiauliai University into Vilnius University. Vil-nius University. Project coordinator (Field of Philology): Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Kazlauskienė. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Geben, Assist. Prof. Dr M. Stasilo, Lecturer D. Sroda. Octo-ber 2021–August 2022.
MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS
Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania)
National Agency for Education (Lithuania) (previously, National Examination Centre)
Department of British and North American Studies, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald (Germany)
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar (Norway)
European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz (Austria)
University of Nantes (France)
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (Hungary)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Cibulskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra,
https://www.journals.vu.lt/taikomojikalbotyra;
• member of the Programme Committee of the 15th International Conference of the Asso-ciation for Researching and Applying Metaphor The Social Impact of Meta-phor (RaAM), September 21–24, 2022, https://raam15.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/programme-committee/;
• member of the Programme Committee of the 6th International Applied Linguistics Con-ference Languages and People: Problems and Solutions, September 28–30, 2022, https://litaka.lt/konferencija/;
Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Geben
• administrator of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, https://www.journals.vu.lt/taikomojikalbotyra;
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Juknevičienė
• member of the Programme Committee of the 6th International Applied Linguistics Con-ference Languages and People: Problems and Solutions, September 28–30, 2022, https://litaka.lt/konferencija/
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Kazlauskienė
• member of the organizing Committee of the International Conference Le mot dans la langue et dans le discours 4 : la construction du sens, Bialystok, June 2–3, 2022.
Prof. Dr I. Šeškauskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt;
• member of the Programme committee of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Lin-guistica Europaea August 24–27, 2022, https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2022/committees/;
• member of the Programme Committee of the 15th International Conference of the Asso-ciation for Researching and Applying Metaphor The Social Impact of Meta-phor (RaAM), September 21–24, 2022, https://raam15.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/programme-committee/;
• member of the Programme Committee of the 6th International Applied Linguistics Confer-ence Languages and People: Problems and Solutions, September 28–30, 2022, https://litaka.lt/konferencija/;
Assist. Prof. Dr M. Stasilo
• chair of the Organizing Committee of the Conference of Teachers of French (in co-operation with Vilnius University; co-organiser: French Institute of the Embassy of France), November 25–26, 2022.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Geben, K. Kultura języka polskiego w dydaktyce polonistycznej na Uniwersytecie Wileńskim. The 5th Congress of Polish Didactics. University of Gdansk, Poland. October 19–22, 2022.
2. Juknevičienė, R., L. Bikelienė. A contrastive analysis of child language varieties: impli-cations for teaching from the analysis of L1 and L2 Lithuanian. International Conference of Teaching and Language Corpora (TaLC). University of Limerick, Ireland. July 13, 2022.
3. Hilbig, I. V. Kazlauskienė, E. Kačkutė. Unharmonious early bilingualism and mothers' well-being. Colloquium “Non-harmonious Early Bilingualism and mothers’ well-being” in the framework of the Harmonious Bilingualism Network (HaBilNet). Frankfurt am Mein, Germany. May 12–14, 2022.
4. Stasilo, M. Homonymie dans le discours militaire français-russe-lituanien. The 4th Inter-national Conference of French Teachers “The Word in Language and Discourse: the construction of meaning”. University of Bialystok, Poland. June 2–3, 2022.
5. Šeškauskienė, I., J. Cibulskienė, V. Masiulionytė. Irony (and/through metaphor) in public discourse. The Belarusian crisis from different perspectives. 15th International RaAM Conference “The Social Impact of Metaphor” in the framework of the International As-sociation researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM). University of Bialystok, Poland. September 21–24, 2022. https://raam15.uwb.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BoA1909-2.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Geben, K. 2 interviews for the Lithuanian national radio and television Polski meet
2. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000212501/polski-meet-jezyk-polski-na-wilenszczyznie-czy-mozna-go-oczyscic-z-rusycyzmow?fbclid=IwAR0CGjKXYwC8p9U36EfGUUGrWThaR3EjCG7yQDUDHYBqNUsjikOolQisDac
3. https://www.lrt.lt/pl/wiadomosci/1261/1689268/dr-kinga-geben-polszczyzna-na-wilenszczyznie-ewoluuje-w-kierunku-polszczyzny-ku-chennej?fbclid=IwAR09FzgWSG1PkgnIRHlxXIt_OyBEjFVY8r9mTqM1PtEomOaSnoU6roZkibQ
4. Petronienė, E. The coordinator of the in-service training seminar for language teachers and managers How to create an environment where all languages are important orga-nized in co-operation with the European Centre for Modern Languages. Vilnius Univer-sity, attended by 30 teachers from schools of Lithuania. October 6–7, 2022.
5. Šeškauskienė, Inesa. 2022. Metafora ir erdvė: 14 pasaulinė metaforų tyrėjų konferencija RaAM14 Vilniaus universitete. Taikomoji kalbotyra 17: 1–6. https://www.journals.vu.lt/taikomojikalbotyra/article/view/26417
6. Vilkaitė, L. Podcast How and how many words do we know? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tunPMmlFM54
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH, ROMANCE, AND CLASSICAL STUDIES
Universiteto g. 5, LT–01513 Vilnius
E-mail:
Director – Assoc. Prof. Dr Nijolė Juchnevičienė
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7220, (+370) 5 268 7221
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Audronė Kučinskienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr Habil E. Ulčinaitė (emerita), Dr F. Eloeva.
Associate professors: Dr V. Ališauskas, Dr N. Juchnevičienė, Dr A. Kučinskienė, Dr T. Veteikis, Dr M. Strockis, Dr M. Adomėnas (part time), Dr M. Čiurinskas (part time), Dr O. Dilytė-Čiurinskienė (part time).
Assistant professors: Dr J. Dikmonienė, Dr A. Jaskelevičius, Dr V. Bartninkas (part time), Dr G. Medzvieckaitė (part time).
Teaching assistants: D. Čitavičiūtė (part time), T. Riklius (part time), M. Tamošaitis (part time)
Lecturers: I. Štikonaitė, D. Andziulytė, S. Paškonytė, J. Baronienė, K. Svarevičiūtė, R. Papšytė, P. Garbačiauskas, A. Keturakis (part time).
Doctoral students: T. Riklius, G. Kelmelytė-Ratniece, S. Knieža, M. Tamošaitis, E. Reivytytė, Š. Šavėla (a doctoral student of the Università di Bologna (Italy) and Vilnius University, joint supervision, until 1 July, 2022).
Postdoctoral fellow: Dr V. Bartninkas.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Classical antiquity and its tradition (rhetoric, philosophy, historiography)
• Early Christian texts and relationship with Classical tradition, 1st-5th centuries
• Latin and Greek literature in Lithuania in the 16th-18th centuries
• Reception and interpretation of Classical tradition in literature and art theories
RESEACH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Classical culture and the Latin and Greek literature of Lithuania: tradition, reception, contexts. Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Juchnevičienė. 2019–2022. The tasks for 2022 were to investigate the models of identity as reflected in Greek and Roman literature, as well as in the writings of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; to continue the research on Greek and Latin rhetorical sources, Greek philosophical tradition and its reception; to investigate Greek and Coptic texts of Early Christianity; and to analyse the poetics of the Classical and Neolatin texts. The main activity during 2022 was the preparation and publication of several articles and other publications, as well as presenting the research results at international conferences.
Main publications:
1. Bartninkas, V. 2022. The Greek notion of sea-power. The Ancient Sea: Utopia and Catastrophe in Classical Narratives and their Reception, R. Clare and H. Williams (Eds.). Liverpool University Press. 2022, 43–61.
2. Kelmelyte-Ratniece, G., V. Ališauskas. Šie yra slapti žodžiai. Nag Hammadi apokrifai. Vilnius: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai. 2022.
3. Juchnevičienė N. 2022. Women identities in Plutarch. Essays in Honour of Horatio Vella (ed. C. Serracino). Malta, Midsea Books, 121–136.
National Research Projects
The Sources of Ancient Rhetoric. (S-MIP-21-52). The Research Council of Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr T. Veteikis, Dr A. Jaskelevičius. 2021–2024.
Politics of Moderation and Justified Beliefs: The Civic Participation Model in Plato’s Philosophy. The Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral fellow: Dr V. Bartninkas. 2021–2023.
Politics and Theology in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. The Research Council of Lithuania. Internship supervisor: Dr V. Bartninkas. July–August 2022.
The Formation of Philosophical Standards of Rationality in Ancient Greece. The Research Council of Lithuania. Internship supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Ališauskas. July–August 2022.
International Research Projects
Developing a New Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood Activity. H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5. Maynooth University, Uppsala University, Vilnius University. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Juchnevičienė, PhD student D. Čitavičiūtė. 2020–2023.
Corpora and Field Research of the Sentential Relative Clause in Balkan Languages. Russian Foundation of Fundamental Investigations. Participant: Prof. Dr F. Eloeva. 2020–2022.
Neo-Latin and Humanist Greek Poetry in the Baltic Region. Coordinator Gregor Vogt-Spira (Philipps-Universität Marburg). Participant and Coordinator of the Lithuanian research group: Assoc. Prof. Dr T. Veteikis. 2019–2022.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Philipps University of Marburg (Germany)
University of Lund (Sweden)
University of Uppsala (Sweden)
University of Maynooth (Ireland)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Universily of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Università di Bologna (Italy)
Thesaurus linguae Latinae Committee (Munich, Germany)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr F. Eloeva
• editorial board member of the journal Yearbook for the Greek Studies, University of Minnesota, http://mgs.umn.edu/.
Prof. Habil. Dr E. Ulčinaitė (emerita)
• editorial board member of the journal Senoji Lietuvos literatūra [Early Lithuanian Lit-erature], http://www.llti.lt/lt/senoji_lietuvos_literatura/;
• editorial board member of the book series Fontes et studia historiae Universitatis Vil-nensis, https://www.vu.lt/studijos/127-apiemus/griztanti-atmintis/nominantai/4207-redaktoriu-kolegija.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Ališauskas
• editorial board member of the scientific periodical Bažnyčios istorijos studijos, https://www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=111;
Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Juchnevičienė
• deputy-editor-in-chief of the journal Literatūra and editor of Literatūra 3 (Studies of Ancient Culture and its Reception), http://www.leidykla.vu.lt/inetleid/literatura/htm;
• editorial board member of the journal Keria. Studia Latina et Graeca (Slovene Associa-tion of Antique and Humanistic Studies), https://revije.ff.unilj.si/keria/about/editorialTeam;
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė
• representative of Lithuania in the Commission of Thesaurus Linguae Latinae http://thesaurus.badw.de/en/organisation/international-commission-for-the-tll.html
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Čiurinskas
• editorial board member of the scientific periodical Senoji Lietuvos literatūra [Early Lithuanian Literature], http://www.llti.lt/lt/senoji_lietuvos_literatura;
• editorial board member of the scientific serial Historiae Lituaniae fontes minores (edit-ing and investigating sources of Lihuanian history), https://etalpykla.lituanistikadb.lt/object/LT-LDB-0001:J.04~2015~1605193476492/J.04~2015~1605193476492.pdf
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Veteikis, T. Poetic Praise of Saints in Cod. Oss. 1137: Versified Piety in 16th-Century Lithuania. The 18th International Congress of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies, Leuven (Belgium). 31 July–05 August 2022.
2. Kučinskienė, A. Loci as subject of criticism and derision in Cicero‘s speeches. The Twenty-Third Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rheto-ric (ISHR) Topics and Commonplaces in Antiquity and Beyond, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 2–6 August 2022.
3. Eloeva, F. The novel Fonissa by Papadiamantis as continuation of the story Vardianos sta sporka. Epidemy and literature in the countries of the Black Sea, Komotini (Greece), 14–15 October 2022.
4. Juchnevičienė, N. Good mothers and bad mothers in Plutarch. Colloquium Balticum XIX Tartuense, Tartu, 12–15 October 2022.
5. Medzvieckaitė, G. Between the search for authenticity and didactics: Early printed ex-amples of the Humanistenode. Colloquium Balticum XIX Tartuense, Tartu, 12–15 Octo-ber 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė was a member of the organizing committee of the National contest of Latin Language and Classical Culture for secondary school students, organized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania. https://www.lmnsc.lt/antikos_lotynu/.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Riklius, T. Sakralumo estetika (The Esthetics of Sacrality), 10 articles in the online newspaper www.bernardinai.It
2. Bartninkas, V., Riklius, T. et al. Organization and implementation of National Summer School for secondary schools Klasikų akademija (Classical Academy), 29–31 August, 2022 https://www.klasikai.lt/klasiku-akademija-2022/
3. Kučinskienė, A., M. Tamošaitis, et al. Organization and implementation of National Seminar for gymnasium teachers on Classical and Modern Rhetoric, 10 March, 2022 https://www.klasikai.lt/mokytoju-seminaras-2022/
4. Bartninkas, V. Nuosaikumo svarba etikoje ir politikoje – nuo Antikos iki šių dienų. (Between Past and Future. The importance of temperance in esthetics and politics: From Classical Antiquity to nowadays) in the Lithuanian National Radio broadcast Homo cultus. Tarp praeities ir ateities (Simas Čelutka), 2022/05/28 https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000216062/homo-cultus-tarp-praeities-ir-ateities-nuosaikumo-svarba-etikoje-ir-politikoje-nuo-antikos-iki-siu-dienu-pokalbis-su-viliumi-bartninku
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7228
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Jolanta Šinkūnienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr A. Samalavičius (part time).
Associate professors: Dr G. Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, Dr J. Šinkūnienė, Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė, Dr A. Ruskan, Dr D. Castiglione, Dr A. Šolienė
Assistant professors: Dr J. Urbonaitė, Dr G. Rosson, Dr L. Stone, Dr L. Bartkuvienė
Teaching assistants: E. Liubertaitė, D. Zibalas, G. Maslauskienė, A. Ledas.
Lecturers: J. Kasteckienė, J. Šukalova
Doctoral students: J. Liauksminienė, E. Liubertaitė, G. Maslauskienė, D. Zibalas, A. Ledas.
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr E. Gobekci.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Cross-linguistic studies of English and Lithuanian
• Corpus linguistics
• Contrastive syntax and semantics (verb complementation, perception verbs, epistemic modality, semantics of locatives)
• Text and discourse analysis, academic discourse
• Cognitive linguistics
• Contrastive rhetoric: genre analysis
• Phonetic and phonological aspects of English and Lithuanian
• Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP): academic English, English for professional purposes
• Second language acquisition: learner language
• Language and literature: British, Irish, American, and Canadian literature; the stylistic analysis of literary texts
• Literary traditions, their development and transformation in Western European and American works of literature
• Investigation of literary trends, genres, thematic and problematic issues in Western European and American literature
• Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, and sociological systems
• Intertextuality
• Culture studies: American civilisation, British history and society, Canadian culture, Irish identity
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė. 2019–2022. The department (in cooperation with the departments of French and German Philology as well as the Centre for Scandinavian Studies) has been carrying out investigations of literary trends, genres and problems of poetics, the development of literary traditions, the relationship of literary texts with Philosophy, Aesthetics, Psychology, Sociology, and other theoretical systems. Some of the academic staff have been continually doing research in the field of the history of Germanic works of literature and literature in Romance languages and publishing articles on related issues.
Main publications:
1. Castiglione, D. Sapienziale. Forme e usi della sentenza nella poesia italiana contemporanea [Full of wisdom. Forms and functions of proverbial truths in contemporary Italian poetry]. Polisemie: rivista di poesia iper-contemporanea, III. 2022, 77-116.
2. Šlapkauskaitė, R. An Ecology of the Hewn in Susan Vreeland’s The Forest Lover. In: Sara Bédard-Goulet and Daniel Chartier (eds.) The Northern Forest/La fôret nordique. Tartu and Montréal: Tartu University Press and Imaginaire Nord, Isberg. 2022, 151-174.
Germanic, Romance and Baltic Language Studies. Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Šinkūnienė. 2019–2022. The linguists of the department carry out this research in close collaboration with their colleagues based at the Department of Italian linguistics and literature, the Department of French Philology, and the Department of the Lithuanian Language. The focus of the research is on the synchronic and diachronic analysis of language-specific features characteristic of the grammatical, lexical, and semantic structure of the languages under study. The range of research methods used and theoretical approaches followed varies greatly: from purely descriptive to functional, from cognitive to sociolinguistic, and from quantitative to qualitative analyses of authentic language data.
Main publications:
1. Carretero, M., Marín-Arrese, J. I., A. Ruskan. Epistemicity and stance in English and other European languages: Discourse-pragmatic perspectives. Editorial. Journal of Pragmatics 190. 2022, 18-23.
2. Usonienė, A., A. Ruskan. Evidentials in Lithuanian. In: Evidential Marking in European Languages. Toward a unitary comparative account. Studia typologica. Björn Wiemer and Juana I. Marín Arrese. (Eds.). De Gruyter. 2022, 523–560.
3. Urbonaitė, J. Direct metaphor in selected TED talks on crime and criminal justice. Metaphor in Legal Discourse, ed. I. Šeškauskienė. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022, 81–113.
National Research Projects
A Taxonomy of Verbal Imagery in Poetic Discourse. The Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral research grant. Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Castiglione.
Research article abstracts: author stance and structural aspects. The Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral research grant. Postdoctoral fellow: Dr Erika Gobekci.
Lithuanian Particles and Discourse Structure from a Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective. The Research Council of Lithuania. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Ruskan, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šolienė.
International Research Projects
TransCanadian Network. Funded by the European Society for the Study of English. Participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė.
Developing a new Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood Activity: WIDESPREAD-05-2020 – Twinning. Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5. Type of action: CSA Proposal number: 952366 Proposal acronym: MotherNet. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Bartkuvienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė.
TEchnology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education - TEMPLATE. Funded by Erasmus+ Grant. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Balčytytė-Kurtinienė, J. Kasteckienė.
Stance and Subjectivity in Discourse: Towards an Integrated Framework for the Analysis of Epistemicity, Effectivity, Evaluation and Inter/Subjectivity from a Critical Discourse Perspective. Proyectos de I+D de Generación de Conocimiento, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Ruskan, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Šinkūnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šolienė.
Academic Writing in the Baltic States: Rhetorical Structures through Culture(s) and Languages. Funded by Baltic Research Programme. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Šinkūnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Ruskan, doctoral student G. Maslauskienė.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Giessen University (Germany)
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid University (Spain)
Mainz University (Germany)
University of Greifswald (Germany)
University of Versailles, Paris (France)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
University of Zaragoza (Spain)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Bartkuvienė
• editorial board-member of the journal Journalism Research (Vilnius University, Faculty of Communication) https://www.journals.vu.lt/zurnalistikos-tyrimai/about/editorialTeam.
Prof. Dr A. Samalavičius
• editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Architecture and Urbanism (CA, WoS, VGTU Press) https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/JAU/about/editorialTeam ;
• Editor-in-Chief of Lituanus: the Lithuanian Quaterly (Lituanus Foundation, Chicago) http://www.lituanus.org/main.php?id=about-us ;
• editorial board member of the journal Architecture Research (USA) http://www.sapub.org/Journal/editorialboard.aspx?journalid=1043 ;
• editorial board member of the journal Czas Kultury (Poland) https://czaskultury.pl/english-editorial/ ;
• editorial board member of the Journal of Architectural Design and Urbanism (Indonesia) https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/jadu/about/editorialTeam ;
• editorial board member of the journal Mathematics Interdisciplinary Research (Iran) https://mir.kashanu.ac.ir/journal/editorial.board ;
• member of the Advisory Board for Penn State University Press book series Ivan Illich: 21st Century Perspectives https://www.psupress.org/books/series/book_SeriesIllich.html.
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Šinkūnienė
• editorial board member of the journal IPERSTORIA,
http://www.iperstoria.it/joomla/redazione/comitato-scientifico;
• executive secretary of the linguistic research journal Kalbotyra https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/kalbotyra/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė
• editor-in-Chief of the journal Literatūra (Literature) https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Bartkuvienė, L. White Ink, Red Flag: Expressing Maternity in Eastern European Culture, The Devon and Exeter Institution, July 9th 2022, England. file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/Final%20SEEMS%20conference%20programme%20(1).pdf
Talk title: Milk and Memory in Nora Ikstena’s Novel Soviet Milk
2. Castiglione, D. PALA2022, Style and sense(s): 40th Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, 07-08, 2022, Aix-en-Provence, France. https://pala.sciencesconf.org |Talk title: A Stylistic Pictorial Model to Analyze Verbal Imagery.
3. Samalavičius, A. The Arts, Culture, and Environment in a Technological Society: Re-visting Jacque Ellul, July 7-10, 2022, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. www.ellul.org. Talk title: Art, Architecture and the Limits to Technology.
4. Šinkūnienė, J. 16th ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) conference, Mainz, Germany, August 29 – September 02, 2022, https://esse2022.uni-mainz.de Thematic seminar with Dr Maria Freddi (Pavia University). Title of the seminar: Persuasion in scientific discourse: Strategies and linguistic resources Talk title: Stance expression patterns and ways to engage the reader in expert and novice research writing
5. Šlapkauskaitė, R. ACLALS Conference The Ruptured Commons, 2022, Toronto Metro-politan University, Canada. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/19th-triennial-aclals-conference-ruptured-commons-tickets-259587983647
Talk title: The Posthuman Comedy and the Maternal in Richard Flanagan’s The Living Sea of Waking Dreams.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Šinkūnienė
• a member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Committee at the Research Council of Lithuania.
Participants: Asist. Prof. Dr L. Bartkuvienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Balčytytė-Kurtinienė
• Optimization of the network of higher education institutions and improvement of the quality of studies by merging Šiauliai University and Vilnius University’ No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-738-03-0001.
Asist. Prof. Dr L. Bartkuvienė
• ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) board member on behalf of Lithuania.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Castiglione, D. Research outreach workshop on poetry and visual art (convenor). AltLab, Vilnius, Lithuania. July 4, 2022.
2. Castiglione, D. Doveri di una costruzione [Duties of a Construction], Massa, In-dustria&Letteratura. [creative writing: poetry] 2022.
3. Samalavičius, A. Kultūra technologijų gniaužtuose. Kultūros barai, 2022. 9-14.
4. Samalavičius, A. Apie dumble pražįstantį lotosą. Kultūros barai, 2022. 4-10.
5. Samalavičius, A. Memories of a Turbulent Century. Lituanus Quarterly, 2022. 68 (1): 80-84 (book review).
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH PHILOLOGY
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01122 Vilnius
Tel.(+370) 5 268 7232
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Eglė Kačkutė
STAFF
Professors: Dr G. Dručkutė.
Associate professor: Dr E. Kačkutė.
Assistant professor: Dr V. Valiukienė.
Lecturers: P. Birbilas, Dr J. Navakauskienė, L. Perkauskytė, D. Repeikaitė-Jarmalavičienė, I. Šerniuvienė, J. Šulcaitė-Brollo.
PhD student: J. Šulcaitė-Brollo.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Contemporary (Women’s) Writing in French
• Gender, Feminist, and Motherhood Studies
• French and Comparative Literature
• Cultural Studies
• Mobility and Migration
• Literary poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, and sociological systems
• French poetry of the 19th century
• French theatre of the 18th century
• Theological aesthetics
• Corpus linguistics
• Lexical and textual semantics
• Translation studies
• Contrastive Lithuanian and French language research
• Contrastive syntax and semantics (verb complementation, perception verbs, epistemic modality, semantics of locatives)
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė. 2019–2022. The department carried out research on literary trends, genres, and the problems of poetics, the development of literary tradition, the relationship of literary texts with Philosophy, Aesthetics, Psychology, Sociology, and other theoretical systems. The academic staff continued their research into the field of French and Francophone literature, especially women’s literature and published articles on the related issues.
Main publications:
1. Dručkutė, G. Un voyage d‘Oscar Milosz en Lituanie: tentative de retrouvailles. Cahiers de l‘Association Les Amis de Milosz. 2022, 1-7.
2. Kačkutė, E. Review of Pauline Eaton’s Mothers Voicing Mothering? The Representation of Motherhood in the Novels and Short Stories of Marie Ndiaye. In: Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing 10. Oxford: Peter Lang. 2021, 208-209 doi.org/10.7173/164913322836020901
3. Kačkutė, E. Review of Robert Payne’s Reimagining the Family. Lesbian Mothering in Contemporary French Literature. Irish Journal of French Studies 22. 2022, 210-211. doi.org/10.7173/164913322836020910
Germanic, Romance and Baltic Language Studies. Assoc. Prof. Dr Jolanta Šinkūnienė. 2021–2022.
Main publications:
1. Valiukienė, V. Du verbe plein à la composante pragmatique : le cas de falloir. Verbum 13. Vilnius Universitety. 2022, 1-15. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15388/Verb.29
2. Valiukienė, V., J. Cholewa. Enoncés définitoires directs français et leurs équivalents lituaniens et polonais dans le corpus parallèle. Roczniki Humanistyczne 80, Lublin University. 2022, 95-109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh22708.4
International Research Projects
Developing a New Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood Activity: WIDESPREAD-05-2020 – Twinning. Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5 Type of action: CSA Proposal number: 952366 Proposal acronym: MotherNet. Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kačkutė.
Salt Babies: Narrating Maternity in Russian and Comparative Literature. Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). Coordinator in Lithuania: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kačkutė. 2021–2022.
Other Projects
Need to Connect – NTC. European Commission, ERASMUS+. Coordinator in Lithuania: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kačkutė. 2021-2023
The Commission for Medieval Literature Development. European Commission. Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Culture. Coordinator in Lithuania: Prof. Dr G. Dručkutė. 2022-2025.
MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association (Lithuania)
French Institute, Vilnius (Lithuania)
University of Bialystok (Poland)
Maynooth University (Ireland)
Uppsala University (Sweden)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr G. Dručkutė
• executive secretary of the journal Literatūra (Literature) https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam ;
• editorial board member of the Medieval Library (Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore) http://www.llti.lt/lt/viduramziu_biblioteka.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Kačkutė, E. Motherhood, Gender Stereotypes, Migration and Coping: Intersectional Sub-jectivities of Educated Expatriate Mothers in Switzerland. Work and Family Research-ers’ Network bi-annual conference Justice: Practices, Partnerships & Possibilities. New York, USA. https://wfrn.org/wfrn-2022-conference/
2. Valiukienė, V., J. Navakauskienė. Les aspects linguistiques et culturels liés au mot pain en français et en lituanien. International conference Termes et relations autour du pain dans les textes bilingues. University of Lublin. 26-27 August, 2022. file:///C:/Users/Dekanatas/Downloads/Lublin_programme.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Kačkutė, E. Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) documentary Story of the Future. Lithuania https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000243296/dokumentinis-filmas-ateities-istorija-lietuva?fbclid=IwAR1pXiK0ZjeTHdE6cbDPJRkLMPv5MI_qRFLM2FClMHYIaw3c-itaU8uQ-Wc, November 19, 2022.
2. Kačkutė, E. Public Lecture Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux - Writer or Feminist? French Institute in Lithuania, December 6, 2022.
3. Kačkutė, E. Online discussion with writers and academics Motherhood, Gender, Translation and Censorship in Eastern European Women’s Writing. January 28, 2022. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/motherhood-translation-and-censorship-in-eastern-european-womens-writing-tickets-239366320107
4. Valiukienė, V. Exhibition Romain Gary: un retour à Vilnius. Partners: Vilnius University, National M. Mažvydas Library, and Museum of Liberation of Paris. 23 March–23 April 2022.
DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01122 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7232
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Diego Ardoino
STAFF
Associate professors: Dr D. Ardoino, Dr D. Būrė, Dr N. Di Nunzio.
Assistant professor: Dr E. Smagina, Dr J. T. Ramonaitė (part-time).
Lecturers: P. Fertoli, D. Trezzi, M. Notari (part-time), L. Bakšytė.
Doctoral student: Julija Šabasevičiūtė (joint supervision of Pisa University and Vilnius University; supervisor at VU: Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Ardoino).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Italian synchronic and diachronic linguistics; Italian dialectology
• Cross-linguistic studies of Italian and Lithuanian
• Italian language teaching
• History of the Italian language
• History of the Italian literature
• Translation studies
• Lexicography
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šlapkauskaitė. 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Di Nunzio, N. Il regime, l'autonomia, il ritorno. Immagini di Vilnius in tre poeti contemporanei. In: Forme dell'abitare / Forme del transitare. Adattamenti, traslazioni, contaminazioni linguistiche e letterarie in Europa centrale e orientale. D. Allocca, A.F. De Carlo, D. Di Leo, G. Sgambati (Eds.), UniversItalia, Roma. 2022, 96-111.
2. Būrė, D. (translator). Kur link eina semiotika. In: Algirdas Julius Greimas. Pokalbiai. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2022, 381–384.
3. Būrė, D. (translator). Lietuvos rentgenograma. In: Algirdas Julius Greimas. Pokalbiai. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2022, 515–518.
Synchronic, Diachronic and Typological Investigations into the Lexical, Phonological, and Grammatical Systems of the Baltic Languages. Prof. Habil. Dr B. Stundžia, 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Ardoino, D. Qualche considerazione sulla personalità ed il poliglottismo del cardinale Giuseppe Mezzofanti. Relazioni trans(n)azionali. L’italia(no) punto di partenza e approdo di lingue e culture diverse, M. Kaliska e D. Ardoino (eds.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo DiG. 2022, 157–171.
2. Ardoino, D. Kaliska, M. Il tessuto del racconto plurilingue. Tra le maglie dell’Italia(no): intrecci, legami, contatti e tangenze. Relazioni trans(n)azionali. L’italia(no) punto di partenza e approdo di lingue e culture diverse, M. Kaliska e D. Ardoino (eds.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo DiG. 2022, 9–16.
3. Ardoino, D., Kaliska, M. (Eds). Relazioni trans(n)azionali. L’italia(no) punto di partenza e approdo di lingue e culture diverse. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo DiG. 2022, 178 p.
Other Projects
The 6th Dialectological Expedition to Western Liguria (San Bartolomeo al Mare, Bordighera, Andora and Diano Marina). Supported by the Erasmus Traineeship Programme. Partners: Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, Bordighera (IM) and Asd. San Matteo, San Bartolomeo al Mare (IM). Expedition coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Ardoino. Participants: J. Šabasevičiūtė, D. Ardoino, V. Kardelis, and students of the BA Study Programme of Italian Philology. September 12–20, 2022. The project investigates some dialectal varieties of western Liguria, paying particular attention to the phonetic and lexical aspects. The main aim of the project is to record audio and video files of native dialect speakers and, at the same time, to take pictures of the particular objects mentioned during the conversations. The chosen fields of investigation concern the old recessive crafts such as the miller, the shoemaker, the farrier, etc.
https://www.vu.lt/en/scientific-report-2021/faculties/faculty-of-philology
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Pisa, Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics (Italy)
The Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania)
National Museum—Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, Bordighera (Italy)
University of Bern, Center for the study of Language and Society (CSLS) (Switzerland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Būrė
• editorial board member of the Letteratura italiana antica: rivista annuale di testi e studi (Italy); Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa-Roma;
• editorial board member of the Rivista di letteratura italiana e francese (Italy);
• member of the Commission for the preparation of the Series Viduramžių biblioteka (Me-dieval Library) published by the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore http://www.llti.lt/lt/viduramziu_biblioteka.
Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Di Nunzio
• member of the Scientific Committee of the international journal La parola nel testo. Ri-vista internazionale di letteratura italiana e comparata, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa-Roma http://www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=118.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Ardoino, D. Confini e discrimini linguistici nel contesto multiculturale e plurilingue del-la Prussia tra Riforma e Controriforma (keynote speaker). International conference (University of Pisa) PRA 20 Declinazioni europee del lessico religioso-politico di Lutero: Germania e Baltico, Francia e Russia. Lucca, Convento di San Cerbone, 21-22 November 2022.
2. Di Nunzio, N. L‘interlocutore necessario: autore e autorialità nel pensiero e nell‘opera di Tommaso Landolfi. Autori e autorialità. Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata. 9-10 June 2022.
3. Di Nunzio, N. Il trauma della pandemia e il dovere della cultura. Canadian Association for Italian Studies (CAIS) Conference, Sorrento, 2-5 June 2022. Panel: I discorsi sulla pandemia: giornalismo, arte, letteratura, cinema, didattica e fumetti.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Ardoino, D., Šabasevičiūtė, J. (in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Vil-nius) .Organization and coordination of the 22nd Week of the Italian Language in the World. October 17–23, 2022. https://iicdublino.esteri.it/iic_dublino/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2022/10/xxii-settimana-della-lingua-italiana.html
2. Būrė, D. Two interviews with the poet Davide Castiglione about the edition of selected poems Doveri di una costruzione October 14–28, 2022 (L'italiano dei poeti (4): Dainius Būrė dialoga con Davide Castiglione su 'Doveri di una costruzione' - YouTube).
3. Di Nunzio, N. Pastiglie d’Italiano. Illustrazione del progetto Pastille (prezentation of the Pastille project). June 14, 2022. Vilnius University & Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Vilni-us.
INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Universiteto g. 5, LT–01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7266
E-mail:
Director – Prof. Dr Roma Kriaučiūnienė
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7272
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Liudmila Arcimavičienė
STAFF
Associate professor: Dr L. Arcimavičienė.
Assistant professor: Dr O. Ivancu, Dr Adam Mastandrea.
Teaching assistants: D. Straižytė, L. Zavadskienė.
Lecturers: R. Burbaitė, A. Dapšienė, L. Giniūnienė, D. Gornatkevičienė, D. Janavičienė, A. Jankūnienė, V. Jankauskaitė-Jokūbaitienė, L. Marčiulionytė, D. Pinkevičienė, I. Piščikienė, A. Pranculienė, I. Rozgienė, R. Sirvydė, A. Statkevičienė, D. Straižytė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Applied Linguistics
• English morphology and semantics
• Foreign language teaching methodology
• Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP): academic English, English for professional purposes
• Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
• Development of value attitudes and moral competence
• Development of students’ linguistic and intercultural competences
• Media and political discourse
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Teaching and Learning Modern Languages as a Prerequisite for the Development of General and Subject-Specific Competences. Prof. Dr Roma Kriaučiūnienė. 2019–2022. The aim is to investigate possibilities of developing general and subject-specific competencies in the teaching and learning processes of modern languages and to analyse various linguo-didactic phenomena.
Main publications:
1. Arcimavičienė, L. Political leadership and gender during the Covid-19 pandemic: on the populist features of metaphor use. Journal of Contemporary Philology 2022. 5 (2): 23–44.
2. Arcimavičienė, L. J. Armonienė. Lithuanian adolescents’ identity during the COVID-19 pandemic: correlation patterns between physical and mental health. Health Sciences in Eastern Europe. 2022 (32/2), 78-82.
3. Pinkevičienė, D. Mixed speech styles in two single gendered occupational groups: Identities in interaction. Taikomoji kalbotyra 2022. 17: 38–61.
International Research Projects
Think4Jobs Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs. ERASMUS + KA 2 Strategic Partnerships Project (No. 2020-1-EL01-KA203-078797). Project coordinator: University of Western Macedonia, Greece; project partners: Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany; Academia de studii economice din Bucurestia, Romania; Universidade de Evore, Portugal; Vilnius University, Lithuania. Coordinator of Vilnius University research team: Prof. Dr R. Kriaučiūnienė. Participants: Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Arcimavičienė, Assist. Prof. Dr O. Ivancu. 2020–2023. https://think4jobs.uowm.gr/
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Göttingen University (Germany)
Leipzig University (Germany)
University of Western Macedonia (Greece)
Adam Mickiewicz University/Poznań (Poland)
University of Turin (Italy)
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Arcimavičienė, L. Political leaders’ metaphorization of the “Problem Frame” during the pandemic: Gender-related aspects. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedo-nia, April 8–9, 2022. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUrmCnp5xqFYAZ71Y-eqNvWCmJ0nY-by/view.
2. Ivancu, O. Implementation of the CT blended apprenticeships curricula and findings per discipline: Foreign Language Teaching. Tech-Edu 2022. August 31 –September 2, 2022. http://tech-edu.ws/2022/accepted-papers/
3. Zavadskienė, L. Understanding the bigger picture of reflective practice in initial teacher education. The ATEE Spring 2022 Teacher Education and Practice: Foresight and Hind-sight Conference. May 5, 2022. Dublin, Ireland. https://www.mie.ie/en/research/atee_25-27_may_2022_spring_conference/home/
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Straižytė, D. Word-formation patterns of Nomina Loci (Place Names) in German, Eng-lish, and Lithuanian - a case study of a Grimm‘s fairy tales. LLOD approaches for lan-guage data research and management – LLODREAM2022. MRU, Vilnius. 21 September 2022. https://llodapproaches2022.mruni.eu/
2. Jankauskaitė-Jokūbaitienė, V. The effectiveness of video creation in the ESL classroom in Lithuania: a case study. LLOD approaches for language data research and manage-ment – LLODREAM2022. MRU, Vilnius. 21 September 2022. https://llodapproaches2022.mruni.eu/
3. Mastandrea, A. New methodological approaches to teaching about disinformation dis-courses. Learning Teaching and Training Activity of the Erasmus + project ‘Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs: Think4Jobs’. Institute of Foreign languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, November 7, 2022.
4. Ivancu, O. Implementation of CT curricula. Learning Teaching and Training Activity of the Erasmus + project ‘Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs: Think4Jobs’. Institute of Foreign languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, November 8, 2022.
5. Arcimavičienė, L. Good debating skills for critical thinking in HE and creativity in the workplace. Learning Teaching and Training Activity of the Erasmus + project ‘Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs: Think4Jobs’. Institute of Foreign languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, November 9, 2022.
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH IN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7271
E-mail:
Acting head – Prof. Dr Roma Kriaučiūnienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr Roma Kriaučiūnienė
Associate professors: Dr S. Postič
Assistant professor: Dr S. Kontrimienė
Senior researcher: Dr I. Samoylyukevich
Lecturers: V. Asijavičiūtė, R. Bačiulienė, R. Montvilienė, L. Norvilienė. B. O. Palovienė, G. Pleikienė, J. Kašelionytė-Radet, N. E. Rickard, U. Rutkauskaitė, D. Snapkauskaitė, R. Stalnionytė, R. Valiukienė, V. Vaskelaitė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Contrastive syntax and semantics
• Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP): academic English, English for professional purposes
• Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
• Literary discourse
• Translation
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Structural, Semantic, Phonetic and Functional Research of Languages for Specific Purposes. Prof. Dr J. Korostenskienė. 2019–2022. The aim is to investigate language structure and aspects of discourse within the dimensions of semantics, phonetic theory, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, translation theory, and conceptual metaphor theory, seeking to reveal linguistic phenomena through the use of one or more language(s), as well as by exploring their interaction with cultural and social processes.
Main publications:
1. Korostenskienė, J. Baltic topmost superlexical prefixes as the left periphery of the verb: the permissive, the restrictive, the negative, and the debitive. Journal of Baltic Studies, 2022. 53 (3): 325–351.
2. Korostenskienė, J. Toward the humanistic paradigm in education: A case study. Journal of Education, Society and Multiculturalism, 2022. 3 (2): 215–235.
National Research Projects
Futuristic Scenarios of the Lithuanian General Education School. No. S-MIP-20-58. The Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher: Assist. Prof. Dr S. Kontrimienė. 2020–2023.
International Research Projects
Think4Jobs Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs. (No. 2020-1-EL01-`KA203-078797). ERASMUS + KA 2 Strategic Partnerships Project. Project coordinator: University of Western Macedonia, Greece. Project partners: Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany; Academia de studii economice in Bucurestia, Romania; Universidade de Evore, Portugal; Vilnius University, Lithuania. Researchers: Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Poštič, Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Arcimavičienė, Assist. Prof. Dr O. Ivancu . Coordinator and project manager from Vilnius University: Prof. Dr R. Kriaučiūnienė. 2020–2023. Link: https://think4jobs.uowm.gr/
Women’s Legacy: Our Cultural Heritage to Equity. ERASMUS + KA201 Project. Led by the Conselleria d’Educació from Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). Other participating countries: Italy, Scotland and Lithuania. Researcher: Assist. Prof. Dr S. Kontrimienė. 2020–2023.
Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices at European Universities. ARQUS European University Alliance 612247-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-EUR-UNIV Erasmus+ KA2- Strategic Partnerships project. Funded by the European Commission. Project coordinator: Granada University. Project partners: University of Bergen, University of Graz, Université de Lyon, University of Padova, Leipzig University, Vilnius University. Coordinator and manager: Prof. Dr R. Kriaučiūnienė. Participants: L. Marčiulionytė. 2019–2022. Link: https://arqus-alliance.eu/
Other projects
Optimisation of the Network of Higher Education Institutions and Improvement of the Quality of Studies by Merging Šiauliai University to Vilnius University. Vilnius University Project. No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-738-03-0001. Priority axis 9: Public Education and Increasing the Potential of Human Resources. Project expert: Assist. Prof. Dr S. Kontrimienė. 2022–2023.
Application of Contemporary Teaching Methods in the Field of Specialised Language and Terminology. Ss Cyril and Methodius University Skopje, North Macedonia, N. Macedonia. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University. Participant: R. Valiukienė. 2020–2022.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Cagliary (Italy)
University of Western Macedonia (Greece)
University of Göttingen (Germany)
University College Cork (Ireland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr R. Kriaučiūnienė
• editorial board member of the journal Verbum, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/verbum/issue/archive;
• editorial board member of the journal Studies About Languages / Kalbų studijos, https://kalbos.ktu.lt/index.php/KStud/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk, Wroclaw University, Poland, www.joedcuso.eu/www.ogrodynauk.pl;
• advisory Board member of the journal Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland;
• advisory Board member of the journal Ethics in Progress Quarterly www.ethicsinprogress.org;
• advisory Board member of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, http://www.cambridgescholars.com/t/AppliedLinguisticsAdvisory;
• member of Organising and Programme Committee of the European Language Council CEL / ELC forum Languages in European University Alliances: Challenges and Issues, hosted by University of Sevilla, December 1–2, 2021, https://www.celelc.org/2022-cel-elc-forum/.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Kontrimienė, S. The future is certain… Or is it? Developing scenarios for the probable and desirable future of school. International Conference on Education, Research and In-novation (ICERI). Adana, Turkey, August 5–6, 2022. https://eri.iafor.org/eri2022/
2. Kontrimienė, S. Symposium presentation: Implementing the personalised learning framework in university studies: A research-based report on teacher education pro-grammes. International Conference ECER 2022. Education in a Changing World: The Impact of Global Realities on the Prospects and Experiences of Educational Research. Yerevan, Armenia, September 1–10, 2022. https://eera-ecer.de/previous-ecers/ecer-2022-yerevan/
3. Kriaučiūnienė, R. Development of critical thinking skills in foreign language teaching process in higher education. 13th annual international conference Education, Research and Development, August 25–28, 2022 Burgas, Bulgaria. https://wbc-rti.info/object/event/22815
4. Poštič, S. Development of critical thinking skills in foreign language teaching and learn-ing. International Conference Contemporary Research in Philology. Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia. December 3–4, 2022, http://sfi.fil.bg.ac.rs/SFI2022%20program.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Bačiulienė, R. conducted a number of workshops for schoolchildren in 4 gymnasiums of Lithuania.
2. Kriaučiūnienė, R. organised Learning Teaching and Training Activity and Critical think-ing forum of the Erasmus + project ‘Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs: Think4Jobs’ hosted by the Institute of Foreign languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, November 7–11, 2022. https://think4jobs.uowm.gr/news/critical-thinking-forum-hosted-by-vilnius-university-first-announcement-of-the-upcoming-event/
3. Kontrimienė, S. The method of emotional touchpoints: A tool for researchers and re-search participants. LERA Conference 2022 Educational Practice and Research in a Turbulent World. Vytautas Magnus University, 14 October 2022. https://lera.lt/en/blog/2022/10/11/lera-conference-2022-educational-practice-and-research-in-a-turbulent-world/
Translations
1. Montvilienė, R. (from English into Lithuanian). Diane Poole Heller. The Power of At-tachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships (Lithuanian: Pri-eraišumo galia. Psichologinis atsparumas, prieraišumo tipai, traumų kilmė ir terapija 255 p. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2022).
2. Montvilienė, R. (from English into Lithuanian). Philipp Dettmer. Immune: A Journey into th Mysterious SystemThat Keeps you Alive (Lithuanian: Imunitetas. Paslaptinga sistema, sauganti mūsų gyvybę 342 p. Vilnius: Kitos knygos, 2022).
DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LINGUISTICS
Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7268
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Danguolė Melnikienė
STAFF
Professor: Dr D. Melnikienė.
Associate professors: Dr C. Caro Dugo, Dr D. Mickūnaitytė.
Assistant professor: Dr A. Rascon Caballero.
Lecturers: E. Girniuvienė, S. Kosova, L. Pavan, N. Strikauskaitė, I. Subačienė, R. Tamošaitienė, E, Sidorovič, E. Sakalytė, G. Irnienė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Lexicography
• Lexicology
• Translation studies
• Literary studies
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Diachronic and Achronic Lexicography and Metalexicography. Prof. Dr D. Melnikienė. 2019–2022. The aim is to investigate different types of dictionaries, their history, and the peculiarities of their lexicographic description. The project also aims to analyse dictionary formation problems, to provide methodological insights into the reparation of new and development of the existing dictionaries, and to develop and digitise bilingual dictionaries.
Main publications:
1. Pavan, L. Sentiment analysis of Italian and English corpora of internet news: A comparison with some economic trends. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 2022. 5 (5): 136–141.
2. Pavan, L. Detecting Main Topics using Dictionary-based Topic Analysis. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 2022. 5 (12): 48–52.
3. Rascón Caballero, A. La indeterminación del concepto de colocaciónen la lexicografía bilingüe. ELUA, 2022. 37: 93–116.
MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS
Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
University of Palermo (Italy)
University of Granada (Spain)
University of Bergen (Norway)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr C. Caro Dugo
• editorial board member of the journal Verbum, https://www.flf.vu.lt/mokslas/zurnalas-verbum;
Prof. Dr D. Melnikienė
• editor-in-chief of the journal Verbum,https://www.flf.vu.lt/mokslas/zurnalas-verbum;
• editorial board member of the journal Les Cahiers du dictionnaire, https://classiques-garnier.com/les-cahiers-du-dictionnaire.html;
• editorial board member of the journal Revue de la poésie européenne,.https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-europeenne-de-recherches-sur-la-poesie.html;
• editorial board member of the Studi di letteratura francese,https://www.olschki.it/riviste/22;
• member of the Organising and Programme Committees of the 4th International Confer-ence Le mot dans la langue et dans le discours: la construction du sens, University of Bialystokm and VilniusUniversity, June2–3, 2022.
https://unikonferencje.pl/miniona/13302-le-mot-dans-la-langue-et-dans-le-discours-4-la-construction-du-sens-forme-hybride
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Caro Dugo, C. Plenary presentation: Translating literature: Don Quixote’s journey at the conference Intermediality in communication: translation, media, discourse, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, November 17–18, 2022. https://icconference.ktu.edu/
2. Melnikienė, D. Plenary presentation: La langue et le discours dans le dictionnaire bilingue at the 4h International conference Le mot dans la langue et dans le discours: la construction du sens, the University of Bialystok and VilniusUniversity, June 2–3, 2022. https://unikonferencje.pl/miniona/13302-le-mot-dans-la-langue-et-dans-le-discours-4-la-construction-du-sens-forme-hybride
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7271
E-mail:
Acting Head – Prof. Dr Julija Korostenskienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr J. Korostenskienė.
Associate professors: Dr L. Bikelienė, Dr L. Chodzkienė, Dr V. Makarova (on maternity leave).
Assistant professors: Dr L. Inčiuraitė-Noreikienė, Dr J. Kirejeva, Dr I. Snukiškienė
Lecturers: H. Shipman-Gricienė, E. Židonienė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Phonetics
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Cognitive linguistics
• Persuasive discourse
• Literary discourse
• Conflict communication
• Intercultural Communication
• Foreign language teaching methodology
RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Linguistic Media Research. Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Makarova. 2019–2022. The aim is to investigate the peculiarities of functioning of different languages and the linguistic behaviour of communication participants in the area of contemporary media.
Main publications:
1..Bikelienė, L. The role of plosive codas: recognition and perception by Lithuanian learners of English. Theoretical and practical developments in English speech assessment, research, and training: studies in Honour of Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, V. G. Sardegna, A. Jarosz (eds). Springer Charm. 2022, 149–164.
2. Chodzkienė, L., Y. Villarroel Ojeda, F. Martinez Corona, V. Kalnberzina. On the importance of telecollaboration for the development of students’ intercultural communicative competence. Education and New Developments¸ M. Carmo (ed.). Lisbon: Science Press. 2022, vol. 2: 29–33.
3. Snukiškienė, I. The conceptualisation of LIE in contemporary English texts. Etnolingwistyka 2022. 34: 255–270.
International Research Projects
QuILL – Quality in Language Learning (2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-094809). Erasmus+ KA2 project of Strategic Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness. Project coordinator: Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal). Project partners: PIXEL (Italy); Károli Gáspár University (Hungary); University of Bologna (Italy); Vilnius University (Lithuania); University of Cuza (Romania); Universidad de Cordoba (Spain). Coordinator of Vilnius University team: Assoc. Prof. Dr Loreta Chodzkienė. Participants: Prof. Dr J. Korostenskienė, Dr O. Medvedeva, H. Shipman, R. Vickienė. https://quill.pixel-online.org/
National Research Projects
Linguistic Integration of Children from Emigrant Families Returning to Lithuania: Levels of Proficiency in Lithuanian and Approaches to Teaching, No P-REP-21-1. Research Council of Lithuania and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. Participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr L.Bikelienė. 2021–2022. https://spektras.lmt.lt/index0.php
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Turiba University (Latvia)
University of Southern California (USA)
University of León (Spain)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Los Lagos University (Chile)
Austral de Chile University (Chile)
Deusto University (Spain)
Cordoba University (Spain)
Institute of Polytechnic Braganca (Portugal)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Bikelienė
• deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Verbum, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/verbum/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Chodzkienė
· editorial board member of the journal EduSer, Instituto Politécnico of Bragança (Portu-gal): https://www.eduser.ipb.pt/index.php/eduser/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk (Poland), https://bibliotekanauki.pl/journals/523;
• member of the programme committee of annual international conferences Education and New Development (END), https://end-educationconference.org/.
Prof. Dr J. Korostenskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Intercultural Pragmatics, https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ip-2022-frontmatter3/pdf;
• editorial board member of the journal Studies about Languages / Kalbų studijos, https://kalbos.ktu.lt/index.php/KStud/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Makarova
• deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Verbum, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/verbum/about/editorialTeam.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Bikelienė, L. The pronunciation of the capital of Ukraine in English-speaking media. The 15th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English ACCENTS 2022, Faculty of Philology University of Lodz, Poland, December 8–10, 2022. https://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents.
2. Chodzkienė, L. On the importance of telecollaboration for the development of students’ intercultural communicative competence. International Conference on Education and New Developments END-2022. Madeira Island, Portugal June 18–20, 2022.
3. http://end-educationconference.org/2022/conference-program/ ,
4. http://end-educationconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Conference_Program_END2022.pdf
5. Kirejeva, J. Flying in the government’s face: The case of Great Britain and Lithuania. The 9th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA 9). Brisbane, Australia. June 21–23, 2022. https://languages-cultures.uq.edu.au/INPRA2020.
6. Korostenskienė, J. Framing of the gender-sensitive language debate in Lithuanian online newspaper articles: A constructivist perspective. International Conference Attitudes To-wards Gender-inclusive Language. A Multinational Perspective. Queen Mary University of London, September 8–9, 2022. http://qmul.pfalzgraf.net/
7. Snukiškienė I. Linguo-cultural shifts in English conceptualisation of LIE. International Conference of Young Folklorists The Stuff of Tradition: Mentality and Media in Folk-lore Studies, University of Helsinki, April 1, 2022. https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2022-09/yofo22-programme-final.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Bikelienė, L. V. Sardegna, A. Jarosz, J.C. Mora, P. Šturm, E. Wojtowiak, M. Wrembel. An invited talk introducing the book Theoretical and practical developments in English speech assessment, research, and training at Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz, Poland, during the 15th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English ACCENTS 2022, December 8–10, 2022. https://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents
2. Chodzkienė, L. a training session of 16 hours QuILL – Kalbų mokymo(si) kokybė (KA2- Strategic Partnership in Higher Education Programme, project Nr. 2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-094809), at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, November 7–22, 2022.
3. Snukiškienė, I. A presentation at the forum How language becomes a tool of manipula-tion / Kaip kalba tampa manipuliavimo įrankiu organised by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, March 30, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEoTMK2eRQM&t=109s
4. Snukiškienė I. An radio interview for Žinių radijas: Question of the Day: What does ly-ing mean to Lithuanians? / Dienos klausimas: Kas lietuviams yra melas? April 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEC39Caqqw
5. Snukiškienė, I. An interview for the news portal www.15min.lt: From propaganda to lies in a general sense: experts have explained what affects us and why / Nuo propagandos iki melo apskritai: ekspertai įvardijo, kas ir kodėl mus paveikia. July 16, 2022. https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/naujienos/nuo-propagandos-iki-melo-apskritai-ekspertai-ivardijo-kas-ir-kodel-mus-paveikia-1104-
INSTITUTE FOR THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE BALTIC
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 2687235
https://www.flf.vu.lt/institutai/bkki
Director - Assoc. Prof. Dr Erika Sausverde
E-mail:
5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7211
E-mail: ,
Head – Prof. Dr Daiva Sinkevičiūtė
STAFF
Professors: Dr B. Jasiūnaitė, Dr J. Pakerys, Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė, Dr Habil. B. Stundžia
Associate professors: Dr Habil. G. F. Juzala-Deprati, Dr B. Kabašinskaitė, Dr G. Miškinienė (part-time), Dr V. Rinkevičius, Dr M. K. Villanueva Svensson, Dr E. Žilinskaitė-Šinkūnienė
Assistant professors: Dr E. Kazakėnaitė, Dr A. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė
Lecturer: G. Junčytė
Senior researcher: Dr G. Kavaliūnaitė-Holvoet (part-time)
Doctoral students: S. Lukšaitė-Ramonienė, D. Plachovičiūtė, V. Sidaravičienė, D. Straižytė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Baltic and related languages and cultures
• Ethnology and ethnolinguistics
• Derivational and etymological analysis of compounds
• Verb in the Baltic languages
• Word formation
• Topological relations of space in the Baltic languages
• Linguistic/philological onomastic analysis
• Accentology of the Baltic languages
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Studies of Baltic Languages, Texts and Cultures. Project coordinator: Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia. 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė. A., V. Rinkevičius, D. Sinkevičiūtė, M. Villanueva Svensson (eds). Baltistikos platybėse. Baltų kalbotyros straipsnių rinkinys skirtas prof. Bonifaco Stundžios 70 metų jubiliejui. Vilnius: Vilniaus University Press, 404 p.
2. Stundžia, B. Klaipėdos krašto aukštaičių dūrinių sintaksinės-semantinės klasės ir kilmė. Baltistica 2022. 57 (1): 117–147.
3. Villanueva Svensson, M. Samprasāraṇa ablaut in the Balto-Slavic verb. Zurück zur Wurzel. Struktur, Funktion und Semantik der Wurzel im Indogermanischen. Akten der 15. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft vom 13. bis 16. September 2016 in Wien. M. Malzahn, H. A. Fellner, Th.-S. Illés (eds). Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2022. 295–303.
National Research Projects
Origin and Evolution of the Acute in Baltic and Slavic. Research Council of Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Villanueva Svensson. 2020–2022. The aim of the project is to determine the development of the prosodic system from Indo-European to Balto-Slavic and then to the historical languages, with emphasis on acuteness.
Publishing Volumes 57-59 of Baltistica, a Journal on Baltic Linguistics. Research Council o Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rinkevičius. 2022–2024. The aim of the project is to prepare, publish and present to the scientific community three new volumes of Baltistica, a journal on Baltic Linguistics. http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/issue/current.
Main publication:
1. Stundžia, B., V. Rinkevičius, G. Aputytė. (eds). Baltistica. 2022, 57 (1); 57 (2). Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/issue/current/showToc
Derivational productivity of Lithuanian suffixed nouns in the Joint Corpus of Lithuanian. Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Dr J. Pakerys, Participants: Assist. Prof. Dr A. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė, Dr V. Dadurkevičius (Vytautas Magnus University). 2022–2024. The project focuses on measuring derivational productivity of suffixal nouns in modern Lithuanian based on the data of the Joint Corpus of Lithuanian (1.3 billion tokens).
Support for upgrading infrastructure for research. Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė. 2022.The aim of the project is to upgrade the research team's infrastructure necessary for scientific research.
Names with Suffix -ij- of Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania: Borrowing and Word-formation Tendencies. State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. Project coordinator: Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė, Participant: V. Sidaravičienė. 2018–2020. The aim of the project is to research Lithuanian names with the suffix -ij- and their development.
Main publication:
1. Sinkevičiūtė, D. The influence of borrowed names on the Lithuanian stock of personal names: the case of names ending in -ija, -ijus, in: Name and Naming. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Onomastics „Name and Naming“. Multiculturalism in Onomastics 2022, p. 297-309, DOI: 10.30816/ICONN5/2019/24, https://onomasticafelecan.ro/iconn5/proceedings/1_24_Sinkeviciute_Daiva_ICONN_5.pdf
Names of children of Lithuanian emigrants 1991-2020. State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. Project coordinator: Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė, Participant V. Sidaravičienė. 2022–2024. The aim of the project is to research the names of children of Lithuanian emigrants and their features.
Educational Activities of Latvian Studies. Latvian Language Agency. Assist. Prof. Dr A. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė. 2022. The aim of the project is to promote studies of the Latvian language and culture in Vilnius University.
Baltic Academy. Latvian Language Agency. Coordinator: Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė. 2022. The project has been implemented since 2015 and is renewed every year. The aim is to promote the Latvian language and culture in Lithuania among secondary school students. It includes lectures, Latvian language courses and other activities. For more see: https://www.facebook.com/Ba%CC%81lt%C5%B3-akademija-729979840440240
International Research Projects
Lithuanian Academic Scheme for International Cooperation in Baltic Studies. EU Structural Funds. Dr G. Kavaliūnaitė-Holvoet. 2017–2023. Certain project activities requiring staff mobility were affected by the pandemic and were organised remotely. The main activities, namely, long-term teaching of Lithuanian subjects at the centres of Baltic studies abroad, one-term studies of foreign undergraduates at Vilnius University, student practices at our partner institution Vytautas Magnus University, were continued; the two-week Lithuanian summer school at the Humboldt University in Berlin took place.
Baltic Bridges. Ministry of Education, Research and Sports of Lithuania. Assist. Prof. Dr A. Navickaitė-Klišauskienė. 2022. Bridges in the Baltics is an annual student conference organized by University of Tartu together with other universities in the Baltic Sea region. The aim of the conference is to bring together students whose studies and research focus are on the languages or culture of the three Baltic States, to give them the possibility to meet their peers from other countries and universities, to present their academic work and interests, learn from each other and make new contacts.
Optimisation of the Activity of the Lithuanian Department of the First Baltic Centre in India and Lecturership of Lithuanian Language and Culture II. Ministry of Education, Research and Sports of Lithuania. Dr G. Kavaliūnaitė-Holvoet. 2022. The principal aim of the project is to support the activities of the Center of Cultural Studies for the Baltic Region at Dev Sanskriti Vishwawilaya University in Haridvar, India, by strengthening its Lithuanian section. The long-term Lithuanian language lecturership was financed this year from the Baltic studies project.
Strengthening the Educational Activities of the Lithuanian Studies Center of the University of Latvia. Ministry of Education, Research and Sports of Lithuania. Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė. 2022. The aim of this project is to uphold the Lithuanian Studies Center of the University of Latvia by supplementing its library with new books and to promote students’ interest in Lithuanian language by organizing social event Lithuanian Language Day.
Towards Lithuania. Ministry of Education, Research and Sports of Lithuania. Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė. 2022. The aim of the project is to establish a cooperative scholarly network between the University of Cracow and Vilnius University. In 2022, four lectures were organised where scholars from Vilnius University taught a given topic to Cracow students of Lithuanian and Cracow colleagues interested in the Lithuanian language and culture.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Latvian language Agency (Latvia)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Jagiellonian University of Krakow (Poland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Kabašinskaitė
• editorial board member of the journal Archivum Lithuanicum (Vilnius), http://www.lki.lt/LKI_LT/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=916;
• editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/about/editorialTeam.
Dr G. Kavaliūnaitė-Holvoet
• Co-organiser of the 19th Salos Summer School of Linguistics Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Undevigecima. Salos Manor (Rokiškis district), July 24–30, 2022. http://www.academiasalensis.org/en/.
Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė
• Co-organiser of the workshop Use of Quality Digital Based Language Teaching Sources as an Integration or Alternative to Classroom Teaching Approaches at the Quality and Innovation of Language Teaching (Bragansa, Portugal)
Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Miškinienė
• consultant of the magazine Türkiyat Araştırmaları (Konja, Turkey), http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/issue-file/16865;
• editorial board member of the journal Sınırsız Eğitim ve Araştırma Dergisi, https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sead/board;
• editorial board member of the journal Motif Academy Journal of Folklore, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mahder/board;
• member of the organizing and programme committee of the Uluslararasi sinirsiz eğitim ve araştirma sempozyumu (USEAS 2022) = 6th International symposium of limitless education and research (ISLER 2021). Ankara, June 16–19, 2022. https://www.sead.com.tr/bilim-kurulu/.
Prof. Dr J. Pakerys
• editorial board member of the journal Archivum Lithuanicum, http://www.lki.lt/LKI_LT/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=916);
• editorial board member of the journal Baltu filoloģija (Riga), http://www.lu.lv/apgads/izdevumi/elektroniskie-izdevumi/zurnali-un-periodiskie-izdevumi/baltu-filologija/;
• editorial board member of the journal Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics (ESUKA – JEFUL) (http://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/index);
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rinkevičius
• editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/about/editorialTeam;
• member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://www.lma.lt/lmaja-sudetis-ir-kontaktai-2.
Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė
• editorial board member of the journal Linguistica Lettica (Riga), http://www.lulavi.lv/zurnals-linguistica-lettica;
• editorial board member of the journal Acta Linguistica Lithuanica, http://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/editorialBoard
• editorial board member of the journal Gimtoji kalba.
Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia
• editor-in-chief of the journal Baltistica, http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Balto-Slavjanskie Issledovanija;
• editorial board member of the journal Baltu filoloģija (Riga), http://www.lu.lv/apgads/izdevumi/elektroniskie-izdevumi/zurnali-un-periodiskie-izdevumi/baltu-filologija/;
• editorial board member of the journal Acta-Baltico Slavica, https://ispan.waw.pl/journals/index.php/abs/about/editorialTeam;
• editor-in-chief of the journal Gimtoji kalba;
• member of the Academy of Europe Academia Europaea, http://www.aeinfo.org/ae/User/Stund%C5%BEia_Bonifacas;
• member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://lma.lt/asmsv/intranetas/index.php?m=profile&user=2549; http://www.lma.lt/akademijos-nariu-sarasas;
• member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, (http://www.lza.lv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3715&Itemid=126);
• corresponding member of the Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese (Italy);
• member of Academia Europaea https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Stund%C5%BEia_Bonifacas.
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Villanueva Svensson
• editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/about/editorialTeam;
Rinkevičius, V., D. Sinkevičiūtė, M. Villanueva Svensson, S. M. Banaitytė organised Kazimieras Būga International Conference Problems of Baltic Linguistics: Historical, Typological and Areal Studies. September 22–24, 2022.
https://www.flf.vu.lt/naujienos/bendros-naujienos/tarptautine-kazimiero-bugos-konferencija-baltu-kalbotyra-lyginamosios-perspektyvos
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Miškinienė, G. Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğrenen Litvanyalı Öğrencilerin Anlatma Becerilerinde Karşılaştıkları Zorluklar – 6. Uluslararasi sinirsiz eğitim ve araştirma sempozyumu (USEAS 2022) = 6th International symposium of limitless education and re-search (ISLER 2021). Ankara, June16–19, 2022, http://www.sead.com.tr/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/USEAS-2022-Ozet-bildiri-kitabi-5.pdf
2. Pakerys, J. Suffix -t in Lithuanian ideophones: semelfactivity and onomatopoeization. Word-Formation Theories VI & Typology and Universals in Word-Formation V, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, June 23–26, 2022.
3. Stundžia, B. Bezzenberger’s contribution to Baltic accentology. Inter disciplinas Der Archäologe und Sprachwissenschaftler Adalbert Bezzenberger (1851-1922). Internatio-nale wissenschaftliche Tagung. Berlin,. October 11–13, 2022. BP1.indd (namen-forschung.net);
4. Žilinskaitė-Šinkūnienė, E. Latvian pret ‘against’: dynamicity in abstract domains. 6th International Conference on Dynamicity, schematicity and variation in Figurative Thought and Language, Poznań, Poland, April 21–22, 2022. http://ftl6.amu.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/boa_FTL6.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
1. Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia was awarded the Kazimieras Būga Prize of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for fundamental research in Baltic studies and further development of Kazimieras Būga’s ideas; https://www.lma.lt/news/1475/38/Skirtos-2021-metu-Lietuvos-mokslu-akademijos-vardines-premijos
2. Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia was awarded the Seimas Medal for for research and social activities and long-lasting work at the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language and the Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr Regina Venckutė was awarded P. Būtėnas and A. Kazickienė’s Memorial Prize.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Dr G. Kavaliūnaitė-Holvoet
• member of the working group established by Order No V-1769 of the Minister of Educa-tion, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania (14.11.2022) to prepare guidelines for the support of foreign Lithuanian (Baltistika) centers;
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rinkevičius
• member of the Coomission of the Scholarship Competition of Antanas Smetona, Presi-dent of the Republic of Lithuania https://www.lma.lt/news/1520/38/Skelbiamas-2022-metu-LR-Prezidentu-vardiniu-stipendiju-konkursas;
• member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Scholarship Competition Commission (http://www.lma.lt/news/1172/38/Skelbiamas-2021-m-LMA-Jaunuju-mokslininku-stipendiju-konkursas)
Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė
• member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (http://www.vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija/pakomises);
• member of Joint Experts’ Commission of K. Būga’s Scholarship bestowed by the Minis-try of Education, Science and Sport (https://www.smm.lt/web/lt/mokiniams-ir-studentams/parama-studentams/kazimiero-bugos-sipendija);
• member of the working group established by Order No V-1769 of the Minister of Edu-cation, Science, and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania (14.11.2022) to prepare guide-lines for the support of foreign Lithuanian (Baltistika) centres;
Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia
• member of Joint Experts’ Commission of THE BALTS’ AWARD bestowed by the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (https://urm.lt/default/lt/naujienos/skelbiamas-2022-m-baltu-apdovanojimo-konkursas);
• member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (http://www.vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija);
• member of the Petras Būtėnas Prize Commission of the Kazickai Family Foundation (https://lingualit.lt/lt/naujienos/kazicku-seimos-fondo-petro-buteno-premijos-laureatas-doc-dr- bronius-dobrovolskis/);
• member of the Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (lrs.lt).
MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Prof. Dr B. Jasiūnaitė, Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia, Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Kabašinskaitė,
Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė wrote a number of research dissemination articles in the journal Gimtoji kalba 2022.
2. Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia participated (February 2022) in the election of the Lithuanian Word and Saying of the Year 2021 (https://pasauliolietuvis.lt/metu-zodzio-ir-metu-posakio-rinkimai-gyvenimo-atspindys-kalboje/ ).
3. Prof. Dr D. Sinkevičiūtė gave several interviews about Lithuanian names (https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000195506/labas-rytas-lietuva-ii-d-kokie-vardai-lietuvoje-yra-populiariausi .[LNRT]; https://www.15min.lt/ar-zinai/naujiena/idomi-lietuva/dazniausi-ir-reciausi-2021-uju-vardai-kokie-jie-ir-ka-reiskia-1162-1634278 [15min.lt; www.jp.lt]; https://open.spotify.com/episode/09m7EVaNR97V8kKQHhuXsl [Kalba kalba]; https://www.lrytas.lt/gyvenimo-budas/likimai/2022/05/16/news/reta-varda-dukrai-isrinkes-alytiskis-senatveje-kremtasi-del-keistos-priezasties-23376470 [lrytas.lt]; https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000223293/lietuvos-diena-ukraina-toliau-talzo-putino-pajegos [LNRT]; https://m.kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/salies-pulsas/lietuviskos-pavardes-nuo-pravardziu-iki-slaviskos-kilmes-1106690 [LNK]; https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/video/isradingumo-tautieciai-siemet-nestokojo-kai-kurie-naujagimiu-vardai-vienetiniai-n1209706 [TV3]; https://lnk.lt/zinios/185819 [LNK]).
4. Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė participated in Latvian radio programmes (https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/gramatniecibai-pa-pedam.-cela-uz-latviesu-gramatu/sebastiana-minstera-kosmografijas-izdevumi-ar-rigas-panoramu-un-.a157340/ ; https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/gramatniecibai-pa-pedam.-cela-uz-latviesu-gramatu/georgs-elgers-pirmais-kurs-sagatavojis-katolu-dziesmu-gramatu-la.a161132/ ; https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/gramatniecibai-pa-pedam.-cela-uz-latviesu-gramatu/macitaja-un-tulkotaja-jana-reitera-gaitas-kalab-vinam-neuzticeja.a165901/ ).
5. Assist. Prof. Dr E. Kazakėnaitė organized the Baltic Academy (Baltų akademija, https://www.facebook.com/events/569905950663813) and a public event for Lithuanian schoolchildren The Latvian language afternoon.
DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN PHILOLOGY
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01131, Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7230
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Vaiva Žeimantienė
E-mail:
STAFF
Associate professors: Dr A. Burov, Dr J. Daunorienė, Dr D. Jarmalavičius, Dr E. Kontutytė, Dr V. Masiulionytė, Dr L. Plaušinaitytė, Dr D. Šileikaitė-Kaishauri, Dr S. Volungevičienė, Dr V. Žeimantienė, Dr D. Babušytė (part-time), Dr V. J. Pukevičiūtė (part-time).
Assistant professors: Dr D. Katinas, Dr V. Katinienė.
Lecturer: G. Matthias (DAAD).
Doctoral students: D. Ickovič-Zenovič, T. Kotovičius.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Contrastive linguistics of German and Lithuanian
• Genre analysis, academic discourse
• Grammatical, semantic and stylistics particularities of German and Lithuanian and their integration into the teaching process and lexicographic practice
• History of the German language
• German literature
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Assoc. Prof. Dr Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė. 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Kontutytė, E. Sprachwissenschaftlicher Diskurs in der litauischen Germanistik: ein Dialog zwischen der fremden und der eigenen Sprache in schriftlichen Texten. Muttersprache 2022. Jahrgang 132 (1): 56–70.
2. Burov, A. Wenn der Weg zu Ende geht oder Die letzten Tage von homo viator. Vagabunden – Flüchtlinge – Erober. Vormoderne Migrationsprozesse zwischen geschichtlichen Metanarrativen und Postkolonialismus (Interkulturelle Rhizome. Bd. 1). Joanna Godlewicz-Adamiec, Paweł Piszczatowski (Hg.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2022. 101–116.
3. Babušytė, D., J. Daunorienė. Multilinguale Kompetenz bei Philologiestudierenden: Ergebnisse einer Fallstudie über Mehrsprachigkeit als Ressource im DaF-Unterricht. Sustainable Multilingualism 2022. 21: 86–104.
Synchronic and Diachronic Research into Phonological, Lexical and Grammatical Systems of the Lithuanian Language. Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė. 2019–2022.
Main publication:
1. Plaušinaitytė, L., V. Zubaitienė. Deutschsprachige Gebrauchsliteratur als Quelle des handschriftlichen zweisprachigen deutsch-litauischen Wörterbuchs von Jacob Brodowski (18. Jahrhundert). Sprach- und Kulturkontakte im Ostseeraum, A. Dubova, I. Balode, K. Schröder, (Hrsg.) Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. 2022. 255–287. (Schriften der Matthias-Kramer-Gesellschaft zur Erforschung derGeschichte des Fremdsprachenerwerbs und der Mehrsprachigkeit. Bd. 4). https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/52595
Studies of Baltic Languages, Texts and Cultures. Prof. Dr Habil. B. Stundžia. 2019–2022.
Main publication:
1. Jarmalavičius, D. 2022. Klaipėdos krašto aukštaičių germanizmai. Vakarų ir pietų aukštaičiai: tarmių ir kitų kalbų sąveika. J. Urbonavičienė, A. Gritėnienė, eds. Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, 85–109.
Vilnius University Science Foundation. Digital Ressources of Lithuanian Language: An Electronic Lithuanian-German Dictionary. Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Plaušinaitytė. Participants: Prof. Dr Habil. J. Gelumbeckaitė (Institute of Empirical Linguistics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany), Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Zubaitienė (Department of Lithuanian Language, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Volungevičienė, assistant lecturer A. Obenaus (Departament of Foreign Languages, Literature and Translation, Vytautas Magnus University), doctoral student A. Lisauskaitė (Department of Lithuanian Language). http://www.livoli.flf.vu.lt/
International Project
German Studies Digital, 2020-1-SK01-KA226-HE-094271. Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kontutytė. Participants: Assist. Prof. Dr D. Katinas, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Volungevičienė. 2021–2023. Erasmus+ project card | Erasmus+ (europa.eu)
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Hamburg (Germany)
University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Trnava University (Slovakia)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Volungevičienė and Assoc. Prof. Dr Vaiva Žeimantienė
• Co-organisers of the international workshop Korpuskompetenz und Korpusdidaktik, Vil-nius Universsity, October 10–12, 2022.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Žeimantienė
• deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Kalbotyra, https://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Moderne Sprachen (Austria), https://www.modernesprachen.com/ueber-das-magazin/;
• co-organizer of the 19th Salos Summer School of Linguistics Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Undevigecima. Salos Manor (district of Rokiškis), July 24–30, 2022. http://www.academiasalensis.org/en/.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Volungevičienė, S., V. Zubaitienė. Zum Gebrauch von Abstrakta in der litauischen Wis-senschaftssprache. 57th Linguistics Colloquium: Sprache der Gegenwart, Sprache für die Zukunft, Tampere University, Finnland, September 21–23, 2022. https://events.tuni.fi/lingcoll2022/
2. Daunorienė, J. Textsorte Kalender als Identitätsspiegel nationaler Bevölkerungsgruppen in Litauen bis 1918. International conference 7th Linguistics Colloquium: Sprache der Gegenwart, Sprache für die Zukunft, Tampere University, Finnland, September 21–23, 2022. https://events.tuni.fi/lingcoll2022/
3. Daunorienė J., D. Babušytė. Zur Frage der Mehrsprachigkeit im Schulwesen Litauens (16.–19. Jh.) am Beispiel des Vilniusser Gebietes. International Conference Mehrspra-chigkeit im Schulwesen der Frühen Neuzeit. University of Bialystok, Poland, July 27–29, 2022. https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/ggeo_lehrstuehle/neuere_geschichte/Matthias-Kramer/Programm_Bialystok_27-290722.pdf
4. Kontutytė, E. Förderung der Text(sorten)kompetenz im Germanistikstudium: Fallbeispiel Unternehmensporträt. 1 International conference XII. Nordisch-Baltisches Germanistentreffen. Reykjavik University (Iceland), June 8–10, 2022. https://vigdis.hi.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tagungsprogramm.pdf
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Burov
• coordinator of the KAAD-East-Europe-Programme in Lithuania.
MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Masiulionytė, V., D. Šileikaitė-Kaishauri. Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Litauen im Schulbereich: Wie motiviert man die Schüler:innen, Deutsch zu lernen? IDV-Magazin 101, 2022, 32–35.
2. Babušytė, D., J. Daunorienė. Germanistischer Nachwuchs forscht: Internationale wissen-schaftliche Tagung der Germanistikstudierenden 2022. Miteinander 64: 20–25.
3. Daunorienė, J., D. Katinas. Deutschlehrerin des Jahres: Kennen Sie schon die Preisträ-gerin? Miteinander 2022. 64: 26–27.
5. Žeimantienė, V. Korpuskompetenz und Korpusdidaktik: Neues Wissen für Germanisti-klehrende und Germanistikstudierende. Miteinander 2022. 65: 14–16.
DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN PHILOLOGY
Universiteto g. 5, 01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7224, (+370) 5 268 7225
E-mails: ,
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Pavel Lavrinec
STAFF
Professors: Dr Habil. E. Lassan (affiliated), Dr A. Lichačiova, Dr G. Michailova.
Chief Researcher: Dr Habil. A. Desnitskiy
Associate professors: Dr A. Belovodskaja, Dr D. Beržaitė, Dr L. Garbul, Dr J. Konickaja, Dr P. Lavrinec.
Assistant professor: Dr T. Čenys, Dr I. Kiseliūtė, Dr J. Snežko.
Lecturers: Dr N. Kapočė, R. Čičinskaitė, V. Stankevičiūtė.
Doctoral students: A. Makarova.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• History of interaction of Russian and Lithuanian literature
• Interface of Lithuanian, Russian and other Slavonic literatures and cultures
• Styles, genres, and methods of interpretation of Russian literature
• Russian literary history of the 20th century
• The Russian language in Lithuania
• Cognitive aspects of the discourse of the Internet
• Media linguistics
• Lithuanian-Slavonic (Russian) contrastive linguistics
• 17th century Polish-Russian linguistic contacts
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Modern Studies of the Russian Language and Literature in the Context of Different Cultures. Assoc. Prof. Dr P. Lavrinec. 2018–2022.
Main publications:
1. Beržaitė, D. Проблема представления материнства в русской литературе XIX века. [Towards the problem of motherhood in Russian literature of the 19th century]. SlavVaria 2022. 1: 85–92.
2. Michailova, G. Мотивация некоторых изменений смысловой структуры французского текста в переводах Николая Гумилева / Quelques modifications de la structure sémantique du texte français dans les traductions de Nikolaj Gumilëv [Motivation for some changes in the semantic structure of the French text in Nikolaj Gumilev’s translations]. Modernités Russes (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France) 20 /2021. The issue was published in July 2022.
MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS
Catholic University in Ružomberok (Slovakia)
East Slavonic Institute, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
European University Viadrina, Frankfurt am Oder (Germany)
Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw (Poland)
Institute of Russian and Eastern Studies, University of Gdańsk (Poland)
Ljubljana University (Slovenia)
Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon (France)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Belovodskaja
• editorial board member of the journal Studia Rossica Gedanensia (University of Gdansk, Poland) https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/SRG/rada.
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Konickaja
• editor-in-chief of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis, https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis/about/editorialTeam;
Prof. (affiliated to VU) Dr Habil. E. Lassan
• editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, https://www.journals.vu.lt/taikomojikalbotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis, https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis/about/editorialTeam.
Prof. Dr A. Lichačiova
• editorial board member of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis, https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis/about/editorialTeam;
• member of the programme committee of the 2nd International Conference The Russian Language in the Latest Linguistic, Intercultural and Glottodidactic Research (online), University of Bialystok, July 1, 2022, https://filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/2020/03/31/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-naukowa-jezyk-rosyjski-w-swietle-najnowszych-badan-jezykoznawczych-interkulturowych-i-glottodydaktycznych/
Prof. G. Dr Michailova
• editorial board member of the journal Literatūra, https://www.journals.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam;
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Beržaitė, D. The issue of motherhood in Russian literature of the nineteenth century: The case of Dostoevsky. “Radiant Maternity”: Inaugural Conference of the Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Network (SEEMS). Vilnius University, Exeter University (online), January 28–29, 2022. https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/slavicmaternitystudies/academic-conferences/virtual-conference/
2. Desnitskiy, A. The “Russian World” concept as part of Civil Religion in Russia. Pop-up conference Research on Religion and Spirituality under the Circumstances of Crisis – Research by Scholars at Risk (Faculty of Theology of Zurich University, Switzerland), December 1–3, 2022. https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:84596df8-1aa2-4588-a793-0748d547cc4c/221128_Programme_PopupConference_Research_on_Religion_and_Spirituality_by_Scholars_at_Risk_2022.pdf
3. Lichačiova, A. Plenary talk: “What does my name mean to you?”: Identifying potential of the Russian urban nomination. The Russian Language in the Latest Linguistic, Inter-cultural and Glottodidactic Research (online), University of Bialystok, July 2, 2022. https://filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/2020/03/31/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-naukowa-jezyk-rosyjski-w-swietle-najnowszych-badan-jezykoznawczych-interkulturowych-i-glottodydaktycznych/
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr P. Lavrinec: Member of the working group established by Order No ĮV-458 of the Minister of Сulture (May 5, 2022) to prepare recommendations for changing the framework of activities and the name of the Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre.
MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Prof. G. Michailova: 6 lectures and 4 workshops in the NŠA (National Agency for Edu-cation) project Bendrojo ugdymo mokytojų bendrųjų ir dalykinių kompetencijų tobulini-mas [Improving generic and subject-specific competences of secondary school teachers] (Project No 09.4.2-ESFA-V-715-02-0001) March 2022.
CENTRE FOR GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: (+370) 5 268 7235
e-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Habil. Axel Holvoet
STAFF
Distinguished professor: Dr Habil. A. Holvoet.
Associate professor: Dr V. Panov.
Assistant professor: Dr A. Daugavet
Post-doctoral fellow: Dr A. Cremers.
Doctoral students: A. Laugalienė, D. K. Kapkan, Y. Drach
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Grammatical structure of languages, viewed in a cross-linguistic or areal-typological context, its interaction with the lexicon and with discourse pragmatics
• The Baltic languages in their interaction with the neighbouring Slavonic and Finnic languages and the languages of Eurasia
• Grammatical voice, case and grammatical relations
• Mood and modality
• Tense and aspect
• Discourse particles
• Formal pragmatics: Uncertainty and implicatures.
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Grammar and Semantics. Prof. Dr Habil. A. Holvoet. 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Holvoet, A. Irrealis, aspect, and unanchoring in Slavonic and beyond. Zeitschrift für Slawistik. 2022. 67 (1): 60–76.
2. Holvoet, A. A hitherto unnoticed verb-framed construction in Lithuanian and the typology of event conflation, Studies in Language. https://benjamins.com/catalog/sl.ofa
3. Holvoet, A., A. Daugavet. Types of null arguments in Baltic. Null Subjects in Slavic and Finno-Ugric. Licensing, Structure, and Typology, G. Dalmi, E. Tsedryk, P. Cegłowski (eds). Berlin etc.: Mouton De Gruyter, 2022. 205–227.
International Research Projects
European Union Social Fund. Efficient Communication under Uncertainty: Vagueness and Implicatures, No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0190. Postdoctoral internship. Postdoctoral fellow Dr A. Cremers. Supervisor: Prof. A. Holvoet. Completed August 30, 2022.
Main publication:
1. Cremers, A. Interpreting gradable adjectives: Rational reasoning or simple heuristics? Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 14, G. Bîlbîie, B. Crysmann, G. Schaden (eds.), 2022. 30–60. http://www.cssp.cnrs.fr/eiss14
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Stockholm, Institutionen för lingvistik (Sweden)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Linguistics (Israel)
Laboratoire Lattice, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris (France)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr Habil. A. Holvoet
• Co-organiser of the 19th Salos Summer School of Linguistics Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Undevigesima, Salos Manor (district of Rokiškis), July 25–30, 2022, http://www.academiasalensis.org/en/;
• Instructor of Pavia International Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics, http://indoeuropean.wikidot.com/program;
• member of Academia Europaea, https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Holvoet_Axel;
• managing editor of the international journal Baltic Linguistics (Warsaw University), https://www.journals.polon.uw.edu.pl/index.php/bl;
• editorial board member of the journal Linguistica Copernicana (Toruń University), https://www.human.umk.pl/linguistica/english-version/
Assoc. prof. Dr Alexandre Cremers
• co-organiser of international workshop (with Graz University) Methodology Questions in Experimental Linguistics, Vilnius, June 26-29, 2022; https://www.flf.vu.lt/institutai/bkki/renginiai-ir-seminarai?start=32
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Cremers, A. RSA-SvI: A theoretically motivated model of the interaction between vagueness and implicatures. Conference Experiments in Linguistic Meaning, UPenn, May 19, 2022.
2. Cremers, A. A rational speech-act model for the pragmatic use of vague terms in natural language. CogSci 2022 Conference, Toronto, July 29, 2022.
3. Cremers, A. A rational speech-act model for the pragmatic use of vague terms. Sinn und Bedeutung 27th Conference, Prague, September 15, 2022.
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: (+370) 5 268 7237, (+370) 5 268 7236
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Miroslav Davlevič
e-mail:
STAFF
Professor: Dr K. Rutkovska
Associate professors: Dr M. Davlevič, Dr V. Ušinskienė, Dr I. Fedorovič
Assistant professors: Dr T. Dalecka, Dr R. Jakubėnas
Doctoral students: I. Snukiškienė, V. Švaikovska
Post-doctoral fellows: B. Bednarek, L. Cybulski
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Polish linguistics and literature
• History of interaction of Polish and Lithuanian literatures and cultures
• Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, sociological systems
• Polish language in Lithuania
• Polish manuscript tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Acquisition of Polish L1 and L2
• Bilingualism and multilingualism in Lithuania
• Sociolinguistics
• Ethno-linguistics
• Etymology
• Lexicography
• Translation
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Assoc. Prof. Dr Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė. 2019–2022.
Main publications:
1. Dalecka T. Die polnischsprachige Literatur Litauens seit 1990. Contributions to Baltic-Slavonic Relations in Literature and Languages: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays, S. Kessler (ed.). Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2022. 9–26. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58483
2. Rutkovska, K. On creating the images of biblical characters in sermons from the turn of the 17th century. Cultural contexts versus the authors’ personalities. Beyond Devotion: Religious and Literary Communities in the 16th and 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ł. Cybulski, K. Rutkovska (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. 65–101.
3. Ušinskienė, Viktorija. Pol. zielony a lit. žalias: prototypy i konotacje. Slavistica Vilnensis. 2022, 67 (1): 116–130.
International Research Projects
Geopolonistyka - wirtualny most pomiędzy kulturami=Geopolonistic - a virtual bridge between cultures together with specialists of Polish from Ukraine (Volyn National University) and Italy ("Sapienza" University in Rome). The project is funded by NAWA funds (Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej=National Academic Exchange Agency, Warsaw, Poland) under the Polish language promotion program. Contract No. BJP / PJP / 2021/1/00020 / U. Project coordinator: Assist. Prof. M. Wilczak (Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre for Digital Humanities, Warsaw, Poland). VU coordinator: Assoc. Prof. M. Davlevič. January–December 2022. https://biuletynpolonistyczny.pl/pl/articles/projekt-geopolonistyka-wirtualny-most-pomiedzy-kulturami-newsletter,270/details?page=1&per_page=10&o=-article_is_promoted,-article_date_add
Textological Research of Early Writings: Manuscript Poetic Works of Francisek D. Kniaznin, No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0206. Prof. Dr K. Rutkovska.
The aim of the project is to set up a new research toolkit on the basis of new editorial methods, elaborating the first modern edition of Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin’s lyrical poems. The project fits in a larger undertaking aimed at the preparation of all works by Kniaźnin (12 books of lyrical poems) on the basis of the manuscript, in order to publish them as part of the Library of the Writers of Polish Enlightenment (Biblioteka Pisarzy Polskiego Oświecenia) series.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Warsaw University (Poland)
Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa (Poland)
University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Jagiellonian University, Kraków (Poland)
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin (Poland)
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland)
University of Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assist. Prof. T. Dalecka
• member of the Scientific Council of the journal Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Lit-teraria Polonica (University of Lodz, Poland), https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. M. Davlevič
• editorial board member of the journal The Linguistic Guide (Poradnik Językowy) (Uni-versity of Warsaw, Po-land), https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/details?id=29598;
• editorial board member of the journal Prace Językoznawcze (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland), https://slavistik-portal.de/zeitschriften/ezb-slavistik.html?detail=192909&name=Prace-Jezykoznawcze-Papers-in-Linguistics;
• editorial review board member of the journal Język a Kultura, (University of Wroclaw, Poland) http://www.wuwr.com.pl/products/category/jezyk-a-kultura-61.html;
• Co-organizer of the workshop Some Aspects of Language Teaching of Students with Ac-quired Language Disorders. May 31, 2021, file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/Programa_2021_VU_PC_Seminaras_Logopedijos_metodai_1.pdf.
Assoc. Prof. I. Fedorovič
• editorial board member of the journal Wiek XIX. Rocznik Towarzystwa Literackiego im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie, https://ibl.waw.pl/czasopisma/wiek-xix.-rocznik-towarzystwa-literackiego-im.-ada/wiek-xix.-rocznik-towarzystwa-literackiego-im.-adama-mickiewicza.-prus-i-inne?vid=2.
Assist. Prof. R. Jakubėnas
• chair of the Lithuanian branch of Academia Europaea Sarbieviana.
Prof. K. Rutkovska
• editorial board member of the journal Acta Baltico-Slavica, https://ispan.waw.pl/journals/index.php/abs;
• editorial board member of the journal Acta Univetsitatis Lodziensis Folia Linguistica, https://wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl/redakcje-czasopism/acta-universitatis-lodziensis-folia-linguistica/
• member of the programme committee of International Conference dedicated to Prof. Dr Habil. J. Bartmiński Żywa tradycja – dziedzictwo zbiorowej tożsamości. Lublin, December 8–9, 2022 roku. https://mikolajki.folk.pl/konferencja/
Assoc. Prof. V. Ušinskienė
• co-editor of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis, https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis;
• editorial board member of the journal Kształcenie Językowe (Wrocław, Poland), https://wuwr.pl/kj/editorial-board;
• editorial review board member of the journal Die Welt Der Slav-en: Sammelbände (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag), https://www.slavistik.unimuenchen.de/forschung/publikation/welt_der_slaven/index.html;
• Co-organizer of Workshop Some Aspects of Language Teaching of Students with Ac-quired Language Disorders. 31 May 2021.
Dalecka, T., M. Davlevič, I. Fedorovič, R. Jakubėnas, K. Rutkovska (chair), V. Ušinskienė
• members of the organising committee of the International Conference Borderlands of the Slavic Region at the Turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. Language – Society – Culture – Identity and the 4th Cultural Linguistics’ Workshop. September 8–10, 2022. http://www.sociolingvistika2022.flf.vu.lt/en/pradzia-english/
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Dalecka, T. Polskojęzyczna proza non-fiction na Litwie w ostatnich dziesięcioleciach [Polish language non-fiction prose in Lithuania in recent decades]. Literatura polska w świecie. Polska literatura non fiction. Perspektywa nadawcy i odbiorcy [Polish literature in the world. Polish non-fiction literature. Sender's and receiver's perspective]. University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. November 17–18, 2022. https://us.edu.pl/wydzial/wh/event/viii-miedzynarodowa-konferencja-naukowa-literatura-polska-w-swiecie-polska-literatura-non-fiction-perspektywa-nadawcy-i-odbiorcy/
2. Davlevič, M. Polonistyka na Uniwersytecie Wileńskim – osiągnięcia, zagrożenia i perspektywy [Polish studies at Vilnius University – achievements, threats and perspectives.] V Kongres Dydaktyki Polonistycznej [5th Congress on Polish Language and Literature Teaching]. University of Gdańsk, Poland. October 19–22, 2022.
3. https://kongresdydaktyki2022.ug.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Program-KDP.pdf
4. Fedorovič, I. “Grażyna” A. Mickiewicza jako “poemat archeologiczny”. Perspektywa polska i litewska ["Grażyna" by A. Mickiewicz as an "archaeological poem". Polish and Lithuanian perspective]. Genologie romantyczne [Romantic genres]. University of Warsaw, Poland, October 11–12, 2022. http://ilp.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/genologie-program-afisz-a3.pdf
5. Jakubėnas, R. Misja ks. Remigiusza Kossakowskiego w Paryżu na rzecz wileńskiego obserwatorium astronomicznego (na podstawie korespondencji R. Kossakowskiego z M. Poczobutem-Odlanickim i A. Strzeckim) [Mission of Fr. Remigiusz Kossakowski in Paris for Vilnius astronomical observatory (based on the correspondence of R. Kossakowski with M. Poczobut-Odlanicki and A. Strzecki)]. IV Kongres badaczy XVIII w. “Wiek XVIII od kuchni” [4th Congress of the 18th century researchers. "The 18th century from the kitchen"]. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland), September 14–16, 2022. https://www.human.umk.pl/panel/wp-content/uploads/kongres-program-www_merged-4.pdf
6. Rutkovska, K. Między tradycją a współczesnością: o kreowaniu tradycji w litewskim dyskursie religijnym [Between tradition and modernity: on creating tradition in Lithuanian religious discourse]. Żywa tradycja – dziedzictwo zbiorowej tożsamości [A living tradition – the heritage of collective identity]. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, December 8–9, 2022. https://mikolajki.folk.pl/konferencja/
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr K. Rutkovska
• member of the Commission for the Education of National Minorities at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, https://www.smm.lt/main/web/en/
• member of the Commissions (Dialectology, Sociolinguistics and Ethnolinguistics) of the International Slavistic Committee, http://kbl-mks.org/eng/commissions_ics.html;
MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Centre for Polish Studies together with the Education Academy of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and the Lithuanian Centre of Non-formal Youth Education hosted The 33rd Polish Language Olympiad in Lithuania. February 22–23, 2022. https://www.lmnsc.lt/lenku_k_/
2. Days of Polish Studies in Vilnius University in TVP Wilno https://wilno.tvp.pl/60275629/dni-polonistyki-na-uniwersytecie-wilenskim May 2022.
3. Davlevič, M. Interview for the LRT Klasika about Polish studies at Vilnius University https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000228580/santara-audycja-w-jezyku-polskim-kulturalny-weekend-wilenszczyzny?time_start=505 August 2022.
4. Fedorovič, I. Report on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Volume I of "Poetry" by A. Mickiewicz https://zw.lt/wilno-wilenszczyzna/narodowe-czytanie-ballad-i-romansow-adama-mickiewicza-w-sakwie/. August 2022.
CENTRE FOR SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES
Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7235, (+370) 5 268 7234
e-mails: ,
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Ieva Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr L. Vaicekauskienė
Associate professors: Dr A. Mendelytė, Dr S. Grünthal, Dr E. Sausverde, Dr I. Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė, Dr B. Spraunienė, Dr G. Tamaševičius
Assistant professors: Dr R. Baranauskienė, Dr A. Laugalienė, Dr R. Čičirkaitė (part-time), Dr V. Vukotič (part-time), Dr R. Trakymaitė (part-time).
Teaching assistants: E. Jankauskaitė (part-time), D. Urbonaitė (on maternity leave), R. Zukienė.
Lecturers: J. Riseth, U. M. Helen, S. S. Ojaniemi, E. Slott, Dr N. Bulla;
A. Braškytė (part-time), R. Dambrauskaitė-Muralienė (part-time), E. Išganaitytė (part-time), K. Karčiauskienė(part-time), E. Kmitaitė (part-time), J. Kumetaitienė (part-time), A. Petrauskaitė (part-time), M. Schultz Rasmussen (part-time), T. Mylläri, E. Svenning, V. Groven; S. Kass.
Doctoral students: R. Palubinskienė, M. Schultz Rasmussen.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Contrastive, general, Scandinavian and Finno-Ugrian linguistics
• Language contacts
• Lexicography
• Sociolinguistics and language ideologies
• Grammar of modern Scandinavian and Lithuanian languages
• Studies in modern Scandinavian and Finnish literature
• Old Norse studies
• Film studies
• Applications of intermedial literature in school education
• Lithuanian-Scandinavian historical and cultural contacts
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė. 2019–2022. Research has been conducted in the areas of philosophy of cinema, sociolinguistcs, lexicography, media studies, Scandinavian and Lithuanian cultural relations, modern Scandinavian literature and others.
Main publications:
1. Mendelytė, A. Creative and crime scene photography: Staged patricide and matricide as screen memories in Aida Chehrehgosha’s “To Mom, Dad and My Two Brothers”, photographies, 2022. 15(2): 167–186.
2. Dambrauskaitė Muralienė, R. Švedų kalbos gramatika / Swedish Grammar. Textbook. (Scandinavistica Vilnensis: mokomosios knygos, No 16). Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2022, 208 p.
3. Vaicekauskienė, R. When cities compete, do their languages compete, too?. Kaunas-Vilnius: Moving Mountains, J. Juodišiūtė, M. Survilaitė, T. Vaiseta (eds.), Vilnius: MO muziejus, Kauno miesto muziejus, 2022. 78–89. https://shop.mo.lt/collections/kaunas-vilnius-nuversti-kalnus
Grammar and Semantics. Prof. Dr Habil. Axel Holvoet. 2019–2022.
Main publication:
1. Laugalienė, A. Partitivity in Finnish and Lithuanian: object marking. PhD dissertation. Vilnius University. Supervisor: Prof. Dr Habil. Axel Holvoet
National Research Projects
Acquisition of the category of definiteness in the Lithuanian interlanguage of Danish language learning adults. Research Council of Lithuania. P-ST-22-218. Dr B. Spraunienė.
International Research Projects
Developing a New Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood. MotherNet, Horizon 2020: Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kačkutė-Hagan, 2021-2023. Participant: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Mendelytė. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/952366.
Main publications:
1. Mendelytė, A. [Review] Maternal abandonment and queer resistance in twenty-first-century Swedish Literature. Contemporary Women’s Writing. 2022. https://academic.oup.com/cww/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cww/vpac009/6590338
New Geographies of Scandinavian Studies. 2019–2022. Independent Research Fund Denmark. International Research Network. Prof. Dr L.-A. Körber (Aarhus University) and Dr T. Jelsbak (Copenhagen University). Participant: Assoc prof. Dr I. Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė.
The aim is to promote and encourage international cooperation between scholars of Scandinavian Studies in the Baltic Sea Region and East-Central Europe. https://arts.au.dk/en/new-geographies-of-scandinavian-studies/about.
MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS
The Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania
Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU)
The Swedish Institute (SI) (Sweden)
Ministry of Higher Education and Science (UFM) (Denmark)
Finnish National Agency for Education (Finland)
Departments of Scandinavian (Nordic) Studies and related studies at (but not limited to):
Copenhagen University (Denmark)
Stockholm University (Sweden)
Oslo University (Norway)
Bergen University (Norway)
Aarhus University (Denmark)
Budapest University (Hungary)
Prague University (Chech Republic)
Humboldt University (Germany)
Poznan University (Poland)
Gdansk University (Poland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Dr Satu Grünthal
• member of advisory board for the journal Sananjalka, University of Turku, Finland, https://journal.fi/sananjalka/about/editorialTeam
• member of advisory board for the Journal of Literary Linguistics, Johannes-Gutenberg, University of Mainz, Germany, https://journals.linguistik.de/ijll/about/editorialTeam
• member of advisory board for the journal Methis, Studia Humaniora Estonica, http://www.methis.ee/editors
• member of advisory board for Utukirjat, a publication series of refereed scientific books, University of Turku, https://utukirjat.com/toimituskunta/
• co-head of the organizing committee of Jubilee Seminar on the 150th Anniversary of the Finnish poet Otto Manninen, October 8, 2022, Finnish Literary Society and University of Helsinki;
• member of the organizing committee of Seminar on the epic poetry of Aleksis Kivi, De-cember 2, 2022, Finnish Literary Society and University of Helsinki.
Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Sausverde
• editorial board member for Scandinavistica Vilnensis series, https://www.journals.vu.lt/scandinavistica;
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė
· editor-in-chief of the editorial board of Scandinavistica Vilnensis series, https://www.journals.vu.lt/scandinavistica;
Prof. Dr L. Vaicekauskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt;
• editorial board member of Scandinavistica Vilnensis series, https://www.journals.vu.lt/scandinavistica;
Lecturers S. Ojaniemi, J. Riseth, E. J. Slott, U. M. Helen, T. Mylläri, E. Svenning, V. Groven
• organizers of the international seminar Nordic Colonialism in the Arctic and the Indige-nous Peoples’ Resistance, Vilnius University, October 17-18, 2022, https://naujienos.vu.lt/skandinavistikos-konferencijoje-arkties-kolonializmo-ir-jos-tautu-rezistencijos-apmastymai/
E. Sausverde, L.Vaicekauskienė, I. Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė, A. Braškytė, R. Trakymaitė, R. Zukienė, G. Tamaševičius
• Organizers of the international conference 30 years anniversary of the Scandinavian Studies at Vilnius Universitety, Vilnius University, 2022, November 18-19.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Šileikytė Zukienė, R. The authority of reason in The Old English Boethius. The 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI (USA), May 9-14, 2022.
2. Vaicekauskienė, L. English from a satellite view: Indexical value of English on a global scale, FINSSE-10, University of Jyväskylä, 18-19 August 2022.
3. Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė, I. Participation in the panel discussion "Baltic-Nordic Encounters in the Wake of 1989: a Meeting with Lithuanian Writer and Playwright Marius Ivaškevičius", ReNew 5th Nordic Challenges Conference Nordic Neighbourhoods: Affinity and Distinction in the Baltic Sea Region and Beyond, Södertörn University, June 1-3, 2022, https://airpages.se/clients/fifthnordicchallenges/conference-programme/
4. Mendelytė, A. Roundtable on Single Mothers on Screen: 21st -Century Representations. Moterhood(s) On Screen: Global Perspectives. Maynooth University, Ireland. September 23–24, 2022.
5. Vukotić, V. Linguistic nationalism in the virtual sphere and the sociolinguistic critique of nationalism. Nationalism and Media Conference 2022, Antwerp, Belgium, https://asen.ac.uk/conference2022/ April 5-7, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
1. Satu Grünthal, The Adam Wilke Medal, awarded by the Finnish Vyborgian Literary Society in 2022
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Erika Sausverde
• a member of the Board of Sweden-Lithuania Cooperation Fund, https://swelitfund.org/
Prof. Loreta Vaicekauskienė
• member of the executive group for National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2016–2024 https://www.lmt.lt/en/research-funding/national-programmes/lithuanian-studies-programme-2016-2024/803;
• advisory board member for international database Lituanistika at the Research Council of Lithuania https://www.lituanistika.lt/en;
• member of the executive group for the Lithuanian Studies Programme 2016-2024 at the Research Council of Lithuania https://www.lmt.lt/lt/komisijos-ir-darbo-grupes/nmp-vykdymo-grupes/lituanistikos-20162024-m.-programa/2198
MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Trakymaitė, R., E. Svenning. 30-årsjubileum för nordiska studier vid Vilnius universitet, SI, Svenska institutet, December 8, 2022, https://si.se/30-arsjubileum-for-nordiska-studier-vid-vilnius-universi-tet/?fbclid=IwAR0ogdSkl3wNZAaa_LnjZNjhez4OyGgqMuFe7NGyslytEMmKbktKjW1U99c
2. Mendelytė, A. Interview at Ryto allegro, LRT, 2022-01-19: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000198046/ryto-allegro-kiek-grieztesni-reikalavimai-pakeis-kino-teatru-veikla?time_start=1313.
3. Vaicekauskienė, L. a series of interviews and lectures about Lithuanian Language Policy on national radio and TV, museums, schools, etc., such as Guest at the LRT programme „Langas į valdžią“[Window to Power], conducted by Rita Miliūtė, February 5, 2022, https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000199983/vaicekauskiene-kokiam-kurciam-ir-aklam-reikia-buti-kad-iki-siandien-islaikytum-kalima-mintinai-ir-propaganda-apie-kalbos-nykima;
INSTITUTE FOR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
E-mail:
Director – Prof. Dr Nijolė Maskaliūnienė
DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN LITERATURE
5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7216
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Brigita Speičytė
STAFF
Professors: Dr V. Daujotytė-Pakerienė (emerita), Dr M. Kvietkauskas, Dr D. Pociūtė, Dr B. Speičytė
Associate professors: Dr D. Čiočytė, Dr D. Kuolys, Dr A. Peluritytė-Tikuišienė
Assistant professors: Dr N. Klišienė, Dr S. Matulevičienė (part-time), Dr J. Raškevičiūtė-Andriukonienė (part-time), Dr R. Tamošaitis (part-time)
Partnership professor: Dr R. Kmita
Doctoral students: A. Ambrazaitė, E. Buožytė, G. Petuchovaitė-Majauskė (on academic leave), A. Strelcova-Kelpšė (on academic leave)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Contemporary Lithuanian drama
• Christian literary contexts
• Religious and intellectual thought in the Early Modern Period
• Developments in the 21st century Lithuanian literature
• Multicultural processes and literature in 16th - 20th century Lithuania
• Reflection on the development of Lithuanian literature research
• Aesthetic and socio-cultural phenomena of 20th century Lithuanian literary modernism
• Impact of the academic and literary environment on the cultural life of Cracow and Vilnius
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Lithuanian Literature and Intercultural Research. Prof. Dr B. Speičytė. 2019–2022. All staff members were involved in this project. They did research in contemporary, modern and early modern Lithuanian literature, issued volume 64(1) of the academic journal Literatūra [Literature]; delivered 7 presentations at national and international conferences, mainly in Lithuania, and gave 8 talks in academic seminars and dicussions of different formats, also 5 lectures on Lithuanian authors for the public at large, 9 lectures and seminars on Lithuanian literature for pupils and teachers; they also took an active part in 14 literature events all over Lithuania.
Main publications:
1. Kuolys, D. Apie Respubliką: iš archyvų ir ambonų [About the Republic: From archives and pulpits]. Vilnius: Odilė. 2022. 567 p.
2. Pociūtė, D. Niccolò Buccella: inkvizicijos kalinys, karaliaus medikas. Heterodoksija, medicina ir italų egzilis XVI a. antrojoje pusėje [Niccolò Buccella: From the prisoner of the Inquisition to the King’s physician. Heterodoxy, medicine and exiled Italians in the second half of the 16th century]. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. 2022. 636 p.
3. Speičytė, B. Satirical discourse and projects of modernisation in early nineteenth-century Vilnius. The Weekly Wiadomości Brukowe (Street News, 1816–1822). Das his-torische Litauen als Perspektive für die Slavistik: Verflochtene Narrative und Iden-titäten, M. Bednarczuk, M. Rutz (eds.). 2022: 141–167. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Ver-lag, https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=/ddo/artikel/83298/978-3-447-11842-2_Inhaltsverzeichnis.pdf#pagemode=thumbs
National Research Projects
Niccolò Buccella: prisoner of the inquisition, the ruler’s medic. Heterodoxy and medicine in the second half of the 16th c. Poland and Lithuania. Research Council of Lithuania. , No. P-MIP-20-52. 2020–2022. Prof. Dr D. Pociūtė.
Development and Implementation of the content of digital education, National Agency of Education. No. 09.2.1- ESFA-V-726-03-0001. 2022. Expert researcher: Prof. Dr M. Kviet-kauskas.
International Research Projects
PRIN Programme, Italy. The Nuncio's Secret Archives: Papal Diplomacy and European Multi-denominational Societies Before the Thirty Years War. Coordinator Prof. Antonel-la Barzazi; No. 2017JMPYTA https://nsa.unipr.it. Researcher: Prof. Dr D. Pociūtė.
EU-funded research project Women’s Legacy: Our Cultural Heritage for Equity Project, No. 2020-1-ES01-KA201-083060. Researcher Dr N. Klišienė (from September 2022).
Lithuanian Academic Scheme for International Coopera-tion in Baltic Studies. Research dissemination project funded by the EU Structural Funds, No. 09.3.1.-ESFA-V-709-01-0002 – preparation and recording of video lectures by D. Čiočytė, N. Klišienė, D. Kuolys, M. Kvietkauskas, D. Pociūtė, A. Peluritytė-Tikuišienė, B. Speičytė, E. Terleckienė. March 2022–December 2022.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Lithuania)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Jagiellonian University in Krakow(Poland)
University of Bologna (Italy)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. V. Daujotytė (emerita)
· full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, https://www.lma.lt/akademijos-nariai-2019
· editorial board member of the journal Literatūra (Literature), https://www.journals.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr M. Kvietkauskas
· editorial board member of the academic study series Kontynenty (Krakow Jagiellonian University Publishing House).
Prof. Dr D. Pociūtė
· full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, https://www.lma.lt/akademijos-nariai-2019
· editor-in-chief of the publication series Monumenta Reformationis Lithuanicae
· editorial board member of the journal Literatūra (Literature), https://www.journals.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr B. Speičytė
· editorial board member of the journal Colloquia (Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore), http://www.llti.lt/en/CEB/
· editorial board member of the journal Literatūra, https://www.journals.vu.lt/literatura/about/editorialTeam
· editorial board member of the journal Wielogłos (Jagiellonian University in Kraków), https://www.ejournals.eu/Wieloglos/menu/260
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Kuolys
· editorial board member of the journal Senoji Lietuvos literatūra (Early Modern Lithuanian Literature), http://www.llti.lt/failai/SLL52%201_8psl.pdf
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Peluritytė-Tikuišienė
· advisory board member of the journal Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, http://srp.amu.edu.pl/en/advisory-board/
Assist. Prof. Dr R. Tamošaitis
· editorial board member of the literary journal of the Lithuanian literature and criticism Metai (The Year), https://www.zurnalasmetai.lt/?page_id=52
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Kuolys
• member of the Education Council of Lithuania under the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35572
Prof. Dr M. Kvietkauskas
• member of the Commission for the Promotion of the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies at the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania;
• member of the Literature Prize Commission of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union.
Prof. Dr D. Pociūtė
• member of the organizing committee to build the Monument to the Reformation and the Pioneers of Lithuanian Writing in Vilnius Reformation Square;
• chair of the panel of the Lithuanian Language and Literature Contest of Lithuanian and foreign Lithuanian schools (Lithuanian Centre of Non-Formal Youth Education).
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Tamošaitis
• member of the Lithuanian Language and Literature Contest Commission;
• member and chairman of the evaluation panel of the Lithuanian Student Young Philologists Contest;
• diploma examiner and Second Native Speaker, IBIS – International Baccalaureate, Cardiff, Wells, UK.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Kuolys published 3 popular papers and gave 2 radio talks on differ-ent issues of literature, culture history and politics on LRT TV programmes (www.lrt.lt) (e.g. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000246411/istorijos-detektyvai-ilgamete-maskvos-propaganda-bei-lavrovo-cituojamo-puskino-eilerascio-kuriame-minima-ir-lietuva-prasme; https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000225498/homo-cultus-istoriko-teritorija-apie-respublika-pasakojimas-tesiasi)
2. Prof. Dr M. Kvietkauskas wrote 4 popular articles and gave 6 talks on different issues on the USA CBS TV show 60 minutes “The Paper Brigade: Rescuing cultural artifacts during and after WWII”, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paper-brigade-jewish-artifacts-holocaust-60-minutes-2022-11-13/
3. Polskie Radio 2, programme “Józef Mackiewicz - wileńskie adresy”, https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/9675/Artykul/3080851,jozef-mackiewicz-wilenskie-adresy
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqcU3AjuNYM&t=142s
5. and Lithuanian radio talks, etc. (e.g. https://www.15min.lt/media-pasakojimai/jonas-mekas-kasdienybes-poetas-su-bolex-kamera-rankose-1542;
6. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000213423/homo-cultus-is-balkono-ar-vilniui-reikia-literaturiniu-muzieju-pokalbis-su-mindaugu-kvietkausku;
7. https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/literatura/nusvitimo-akimirkos-ir-tragiski-nuopuoliai-bohemisko-menininku-gyvenimo-palydovai-286-1683046
8. Prof. Dr B. Speičytė published 3 popular articles and contributed to a radio show: https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/literatura/naujametinis-eilerastis-sukurtas-kalejimo-celeje-adomo-mickeviciaus-naujieji-metai-apie-tai-kaip-adomas-mickevicius-naujametini-eilerasti-sukure-kalejimo-celeje-286-1621236
9. Eleonora Terleckienė prepared 9 issues of the podcast “Kalba kalba” [The language speaks] with researchers, translators, writers https://www.facebook.com/tinklalaidekalbakalba
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 72 45
E-mail:
www.vsk.flf.vu.lt
Head – Prof. Dr Nijolė Maskaliūnienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr N. Burkšaitienė, Dr J. Grigaliūnienė, Dr N. Maskaliūnienė.
Associate professor: Dr L. Černiuvienė.
Senior research fellow: Dr A. Ratkus.
Researcher: I. Tatolytė.
Assistant professors: Dr D. Mankauskienė, Dr R. Užgiris, Dr D. Veličkienė.
Lecturers: A. Zolubienė, D. Valentinavičienė, N. Terleckaitė (part-time), D. Guogienė (part-time), A. Dailidėnaitė (part-time), R. Darbutaitė (part-time).
Doctoral student: Ž. Pekūnas.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Translation Studies
• Ideological aspects of translation
• Literary translation
• The (Gothic) Bible translation
• Interpreting
• Corpus studies for translation purposes
• Integration of research results into the teaching process
• Translator/interpreter training
RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Meta-Cognitive Investigation of Translation as Bilingual Communication. Prof. Dr N. Maskaliūnienė. 2019–2022.
All staff members participated in this project and contributed articles, gave talks at conferences on literary translation, ideological aspects of translation and translation training methodology, issued vol. 15 of the journal Vertimo studijos/ Studies in Translation https://www.journals.vu.lt/vertimo-studijos/issue/current.
Two major research events were held in 2022: an international conference Translation, Ideolo-gy, Ethics: Response and Credibility, 22–24 October 2022, and an international Translating Eu-rope Workshop (TEW) Ethics in the Era of Machine Translation (in cooperation with the Direc-torate-General for Translation of the European Commission), October 23, 2022. https://www.vertimas2022.flf.vu.lt.
Main publications:
1. Burkšaitienė, N. Translation students’ peer feedback for learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Findings from a case study in Lithuania. Journal of education culture and society. 2022. 13 (1): 173–187.
2. Lapinskaitė, D., Mankauskienė, D. MAIK platformos „Coursera“ turinio postredagavimas [Post-editing of MOOC Coursera content]. Vertimo studijos / Studies in Translation. 2022. 15: 6–29.
National Research Projects
Translation and Censorship under Conditions of Soviet Ideology. Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher groups project No. S-MIP-21-45. April 2021–March 2024. Prof. Dr N. Maskaliūnienė. Researchers: Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Černiuvienė, Assist. Prof. Dr D.Veličkienė, Assist. Prof. Dr D. Mankauskienė, D. Valentinavičienė, A. Zolubienė, I. Tatolytė.The aim of this project is to systematically investigate the relationship between translation and censorship in Soviet Lithuania (1940–1990). During 2022, the researchers gave 10 talks in different conferences, published a popular article on translation censorship, interviewed translators and collected the bibliography of translations done during the 50 years under research.
Main publications:
1. Valentinavičienė, D. Cenzūros poveikis anglų verstinės literatūros kanonui sovietmečiu: Josepho Conrado atvejis [The Impact of Censorship on the Soviet Canon of English Lit-erature in Translation: A Case Study of Joseph Conrad]. Vertimo studijos/ Studies in Translation 2022. 15: 63–79.
2. Maskaliūnienė, N. Tatolytė, I. Vertimo cenzūra sovietmečiu: kaip tirti, ką praradome? [Translation censorship in the soviet period: How to investigate what we had lost?]. Spectrum 2022. 36: 82–87. https://issuu.com/vu_lt/docs/spectrum_36_digital.
International Research Projects
Development and implementation of a digital platform for the promotion of access to mental healthcare for low language proficient third-country nationals in Europe — MHEALTH4ALL. Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) of the European Commission. January 2022– December 2024. Prof. Dr N. Maskaliūnienė. Researcher Assist. Prof. Dr D. Mankauskienė. https://www.mhealth4all.eu In this project, 13 partners from 9 European countries will develop, test, and implement a multilingual, culturally-sensitive, evidence-based digital information and communication platform in mental healthcare. This platform aims to reduce the negative impact of linguistic and cultural barriers in accessing mental healthcare servicesfor refugees and migrants.
MUST (Multilingual Student Translation) Corpus. Project coordinated by Louvain-La-Neuve University (Belgium). Researcher Prof. J. Grigaliūnienė.
Project action “Multilingual and multicultural university“ ARQUS European University Alliance. Erasmus project No. 612247-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-EUR-UNIV. (September 2020-September 2022). Prof. Dr N. Burkšaitienė, expert.
Project action “Student-centered Framework for Quality Learning“ ARQUS European University Alliance. Erasmus project No. 612247-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-EUR-UNIV. September 2019-September 2022; September 2022–September 2024. Prof. Dr N. Mas-kaliūnienė, Board member. https://www.vu.lt/tarptautiniai-rysiai/arqus-europos-universitetu-aljansas#i-studentus-orientuotos-kokybisko-mokymosi-sistemos.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Louvain (Belgium)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
University of Granada (Spain)
University of Padova (Italy)
University of Warsaw (Poland)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. N. Maskaliūnienė (chair), Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Černiuvienė, I. Tatolytė
• Members of the Programme Committee of the International Conference Translation, ideology, ethics: Response and credibility, held at Vilnius University on 22–24 September 2022, http://www.vertimas2022.flf.vu.lt/scientific-committee
Prof. Dr N. Burkšaitienė, Prof. Dr J. Grigaliūnienė, Dr D. Mankauskienė
• members of the Programme Committee of the International Translating Europe Workshop Ethics in the Era of Machine Translation, held at Vilnius University on 23 September 2022, http://www.vertimas2022.flf.vu.lt/scientific-committee
A. Dailidėnaitė, R. Darbutaitė, D. Mankauskienė, Ž. Pekūnas, N. Terleckaitė, D. Veličkienė, A. Zolubienė
• members of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference Translation, ide-ology, ethics: Response and credibility, held at Vilnius University on 22–24 September 2022, http://www.vertimas2022.flf.vu.lt/scientific-committee
Prof. Dr N. Burkšaitienė
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal The Asian ESP Studies; https://www.asian-esp-journal.com/editorial-board/
• editorial board member of the journal Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini (University of Priština, Serbia); http://scindeks.ceon.rs/EditorialBoard.aspx?issn=0354-3293
• editorial board member of the journal International Journal of Education and Science (Ukraine); https://ijes.world/en/magazine-information/editorial-team
Prof. Dr J. Grigaliūnienė
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture; https://journal.lu.lv/bjellc/about/editorialTeam
• editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus; http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal Vertimo studijos / Studies in Trans-lation; http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/vertimo-studijos/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr N. Maskaliūnienė
• editor-in-chief of the journal Vertimo Studijos/ Studies in Translation; http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/vertimo-studijos/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Černiuvienė
• member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference Perspectives de langue(s) dans les littératures d’expression française, Vilnius, 3–4 November 2022; https://www.perspectives.flf.vu.lt/
Dr A. Ratkus
• editorial board member of the journal Vertimo studijos / Studies in Translation; www.vsk.flf.vu.lt/Vertimo studijos/
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Burkšaitienė, N. Translation students’ peer feedback for learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Findings from a case study in Lithuania. Translation and Interpreting: bridging the gap between the classroom and the profession. University of Padova, Pado-va, Italy, April 7-8, 2022.
2. Mankauskienė, D. Translation project management: Profession, research and classroom. Translation and Interpreting: bridging the gap between the classroom and the profes-sion. University of Padova, Padova, Italy. April 7–8, 2022.
3. Maskaliūnienė, N. Translation Legacy from the Soviet Period in Lithuania: What do Bib-liographical Data Tell us about the Translation Policy of the Time (1940-1990). History and Translation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. University of Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia. May 25–28, 2022.
4. Tatolytė, I., A. Zolubienė. Constructing collective identity through censorship in transla-tion: ‘We’, ‘They’, and the fuzzy area in-between. The 10th European Society for Trans-lation Studies Congress. University of Oslo and Oslo Metropolitan University. June 22–25, 2022.
5. Veličkienė, D. Was the translation of William Shakespeare's sonnet 66 into Lithuanian an act of translation resistance? International Conference in support of Ukrainian schol-arship in Language and Cultural Studies Translation as Resistance: The Politics of Inter-cultural Mediation in East-Central Europe. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, June 7, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS EN-TITIES
Prof. J. Grigaliūnienė
• a translation examiner for the Bank of Lithuania (under a public procurement contract).
Prof. N. Maskaliūnienė
• member of the temporary sub-commission of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language for the preparation of the Lithuanian Style Guide for translators at EU institu-tions. https://vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija/pakomises
• a translation examiner for the Bank of Lithuania (under a public procurement contract).
Senior research fellow A. Ratkus
• a translation examiner for the Bank of Lithuania (under a public procurement contract).
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Prof. Dr N. Burkšaitienė
• Delivered a course in an international Masterclass for doctoral students, hosted by the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 2-5, 2022. The event is organised under the European Marie-Curie training network TERAOPTICS for PhD students to improve their skills on scientific writing, publishing and presenting.
APROPOS 18 – Advanced Properties and Processes in Optoelectronic Materials and Systems (ftmc.lt); https://apropos.ftmc.lt/academic-writing-seminars/
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Members of the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies were actively in-volved in different research dissemination activities, organized workshops on translation from English and French into Lithuanian, introduced new books translated from different languages into Lithuanian, such as an event devoted to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” (December 9, 2022) (organised by N. Maskaliūnienė, I. Tatolytė and D. Mankauskienė):
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meycpSB0j_I&list=PLJ1NWNTSXj_wg7kBvUi61Kx4YAZJSR41I;
3. “The Swimmer: Two Poems by Tomas Venclova”. An introductory article and transla-tion of two Tomas Venclova’s poems by R. Užgiris: Los Angeles Review of Books, Au-gust 3, 2022: https://lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/the-swimmer-two-poems-by-tomas-venclova/ and
4. “Baby Names, a Dead Moose, and Crepitating Leaves: Introducing the Vilnius Review 2022 Paper Edition” by R. Užgiris. December, 2022;
5. Dr R. Užgiris introduced Jonas Mekas’ poetry, its development, read his and personal poems inspired by the poet at a global presentation of Mekas’ poetry in London, Whitechapel Gallery, on the occasion of the poet’s 100th anniversary, https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/jonas-mekas-at-100/
6. R. Užgiris was especially active in promoting a 2nd volume of No More Amber: The Baltic Literary Review and his own poetry translations of Lithuanian poets in the USA, at Lithuanian Alliance of America, SLA Art Space; introduced No More Amber and Vilnius Review at the symposium of the World Lithuanian University in Kaunas (together with Marius Burokas (on 25 October). https://pasauliolietuviai.lt/simpoziumas2022/programa; at the events of Pavilion Book Weekend presented Richard Brautigan's poetry collection "The Tablet Before the Springhill Mine Disaster" (Basilisk Embassy), https://skaitymometai.lnb.lt/index.php?1033683827 and What makes Henry Miller interesting for contemporary readers? ("Kitos knygos").
7. D. Guogienė regularly hosts original "Tiško kanaliukas" podcasts on YouTube about the functions and importance of language masters (translators, text writers) and language itself.
A. J. GREIMAS CENTRE FOR SEMIOTICS AND THE THEORY OF LITERATURE
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 7161,
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Irina Melnikova
STAFF
Professors: Habil. Dr K. Nastopka (emeritus), Dr A. Sverdiolas (emeritus), Dr P. V. Subačius, Dr I. Melnikova.
Associate professors: Dr B. Meržvinskytė, Dr N. Keršytė, Dr J. Levina.
Assistant professors: Dr J. Katkuvienė, Dr P. Jevsejevas.
Doctoral students: A. Kundrotaitė, A. Sireikis, I. Skikaitė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Textual poetics and its relation to philosophical, aesthetic, sociological systems
• Semiotic and hermeneutic text analysis
• Terminology of literary criticism
• Theory of the text, textual scholarship
• Intertextuality, intermediality
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Semiotics and Humanities. Prof. Dr I. Melnikova. 2020–2022.
Development of methodological framework in contemporary theory of literature, art studies, philosophy and semiotics. Aspectual analysis of literary texts and other types of discourses. The academic staff of A. J. Greimas Centre carried out research in semiotics, textual schol-arship and intermediality. The staff members published 5 research articles, edited a new volume (No 17) of the journal Semiotika, presented 13 papers at international conferences, worked in research and dissemination projects.
Main publications:
1. Dikavičiūtė, O. K. Namų kinas kaip kultūros atminties tekstas [Home movie as a text of cultural memory]. Semiotika. 2022, 17: 186–207.
2. Keršytė, N. La sémiotique en prise sur le singulier. Acta Semiotica II. 2022, 4: 52–68.
3. Keršytė, N. Au nom de la guerre, « la nôtre ». Acta Semiotica II. 2022, 4: 241–248.
National Research Projects
Semiotic Models of Reading (National Lithuanian Studies Programme 2016-2024, grant P-LIP-21-73, 2021-2023).Research Council of Lithuania. S Prof. Dr I Melnikova. Researcher: Dr J. Katkuvienė.
Main publication:
1. Melnikova, I. Grimzdimas tarp semiotinių teorijų [Immersion between semiotic theo-ries]. Semiotika. 2022, 17: 110–161.
Text as a hedgerow. (National Lithuanian Studies Pro-gramme 2016-2024, grant S-LIP-21-11, May 2021 – September 2023).Research Council of Lithuania. Coordinator and re-searcher: Prof. Dr Paulius V. Subačius.
Main publication:
1. Subačius, P. V. Tekstas kaip gyvatvorė. Archivum Lithuanicum. 2022. 24: 9–26.
Translation and Censorship under Conditions of Soviet Ideology. Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher groups project (S-MIP-21-45), project coordinator Prof. Dr N. Maskaliūnienė, April 2021–March 2024. Researchers: Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius, Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Keršytė.
Algirdas Julius Greimas. Pokalbiai [Algirdas Julius Greimas. Conversations]. Research Council of Lithuania. Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme 2016-2024, S-LIP-21-18, April 2021 – March 2022. Project coordinator and researcher: Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Levina. Researcher: Prof. Dr A. Sverdiolas.
Main publication:
1. Sverdiolas, A. (ed.). Algirdas Julius Greimas. Pokalbiai [Algirdas Julius Greimas. Coversa-tions]. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2022. 613 p.
Academic Journal Semiotika. Research Council of Lithuania. Lithuanian Studies and Dis-semination Programme (2016-2024). Reg. No. P-LIP-22-6. 2022–2024. Project coordinator: Prof. Dr Irina Melnikova.
Main publication:
1. Semiotika 17, 2022. ISSN 1392-0219 | eISSN 2424-547X. Jurgita Katkuvienė, Irina Melnikova (eds.). https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/issue/view/2192
Post-Doctoral projects
The postdoctoral fellowship project A taxonomy of verbal imagery in poetic discourse. Research Council of Lithuania, co-funded from the EU Structural funds. September 2020 – August 2022. Research fellow Dr D. Castiglione, supervisor Prof. Dr I. Melnikova. Project No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0204.
The postdoctoral fellowship project Concepts of Visual Education: From St. Anne to “Lithuanian School” by P. Rimša.Research Council of Lithuania, co-funded from the EU Structural funds. September 2020 – August 2022. Research fellow Dr L. Birškytė Klimienė, su-pervisor Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius. Project No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0088.
Projects with students
Expression of Modernity in the Dance of the Song and Dance Festival. Research Council of Lithuania. September 1, 2020 –March 31, 2022. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Keršytė. Researcher: MA student I. Antanavičienė. [09.3.3-LMT-K-712 Development of research competence of scientists, other researchers and students through practical research activi-ties].
Memory of Culture as Mechanism of Production of Texts: Cultural Semiotics of Jurij Lotman. Research Council of Lithuania. 1 September 2020 – 31 March 2022. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr J. Katkuvienė. Researcher: I. Tomaševičiūtė. [09.3.3-LMT-K-712-25-0198. Development of research competence of scientists, other researchers and students through practical research activities].
Hermeneutic Framework of Literary Discourse. Research Council of Lithuania. July 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Levina. Researcher: MA student K. Baranovaitė. [09.3.3-LMT-K-712 Development of research competence of scientists, oth-er researchers and students through practical (research activities].
The narrativisation of the avant-text: epigenetic aspects of prose holographs (S-SV-22-165). Research Council of Lithuania. July 1, 2022– August 31, 2022. Supervisor: Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius. Researcher: MA student D. Gervytė. [09.3.3-LMT-K-712 Development of research competence of scientists, other researchers and students through practical re-search activities].
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1.. Jevsejevas, P. Producing Human-Animal Facial Analogies in Anima Selfies. Interna-tional Conference ILL13 Iconicity in Language and Literature, May 31, 2022 –June 2, 2022, Sorbonne University, Paris. https://ill13.sciencesconf.org/
2.. Katkuvienė, J. Application of visual semiotics to poetry. 15th World Congress of Semiot-ics Semiotics in the Lifeworld, August 29, 2022 –September 3, 2022, University of Mac-edonia. https://www.semioticsworld.com/
3.. Levina, J. Visions of Sense in James Joyce’s Ulysses. XXVIII International James Joyce Symposium James Joyce: Ulysses 1922–2022, June 12–18, 2022, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin. https://www.tcd.ie/English/ulysses-100/index.php
4.. Levina, J. Mnemonic bodies of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. International Conference Modernist Memories: 1922, Before and After, Goethe University Frankfurt, May 23–25, 2022. https://www.memorystudies-frankfurt.com/2022/05/16/modernist-memories-conference-program-now-available/#
5. Subačius, P. On the insanely long life of gloses. Genesis Oxford and 17th Annual Con-ference of The European Society for Textual Scholarship “Creative Revisions: Exercises in comparative Genetic Criticism / Histories of the Holograph: From Ancient to Modern Manuscripts and Beyond”, March 15-19, 2022, University of Oxford. https://octet.web.ox.ac.uk/event/genesis-2022-creative-revision
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PART-NERS
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
Centre de recherches politiques (France)
Ohio University (USA)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assist. Prof. Dr J. Katkuvienė
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal Semiotika; https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Keršytė
• secretary of the editorial board and reviewer of the journal Semiotika; https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr I. Melnikova
• editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotika; https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Meržvinskytė
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal Semiotika; https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr Habil. K. Nastopka
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journal Semiotika; https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/Semiotika/about/editorialTeam
Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius
• editorial board member and reviewer of the journals LCAS Annuals, https://lkma.lt/index.php?id=105; Studies in Church History, https://www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=111; Fontes Historiae Lituaniae.
Prof. Dr A. Sverdiolas
• editorial board member of the journal Athena. https://www.athena.lt/editorial-board
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius
• board member of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
• member of the mixed bilateral Government and Church commission for implementation of International Agreements
• member of the Permanent bilateral Government and Church commission to solve the issues of cultural heritage
• member of the Bilateral Government and Church commission to solve the issues of edu-cation
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. The academic staff of A. J. Greimas Centre were actively involved in different research dissemination activities. The staff members (Assist. Prof. Dr P. Jevsejevas, Assist. Prof. Dr J. Katkuvienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Keršytė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Levina and Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius) participated in Radio and TV shows, gave interviews for magazines and internet portals, delivered lectures on analysis of the discourse, gave talks in numerous culture events all over Lithuania.
2. Jevsejevas gave a talk on semiotics at the RadioVilnius programme “Mes jau dirbame” on December 6, 2022. https://radiovilnius.live/paulius-jevse-jevas/?fbclid=IwAR2u7_av39g8zbEciBRIqm3IFyqlOHQjQ9sYOdMXX_DpdKgT50hvy2cxmSo
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Levina gave two interviews on the centenary of the two Modernist masterpieces, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and James Joyce’s Ulysses, to Lithuanian ra-dio and television programmes, on 29 September 2022: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000235467/pirmas-sakinys-jurate-levina-vienas-simtmetis-du-modernizmo-sedevrai?time_start=103 , and 13 October 2022: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000237410/pakeliui-su-klasika-vienas-ryskiausiu-tarpukario-modernizmo-statiniu-a-iljinienes-namas-kaune
4. Prof. Dr P. V. Subačius gave 27 talks, interviews and commentaries on different issues of literature, culture, religion etc. in television, and radio programmes as well as popular podcasts (e.g. 14-02-2022 – https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000200352/knygu-savaite-2022-tomo-vaisetos-ch-nuo-bibliotekos-iki-teatro-ar-stebime-vakaru-kulturos-pabaiga
RESEARCH GROUP FOR STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Universiteto g. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. (+370) 5 268 72 52
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Inga Vidugirytė-Pakerienė
STAFF
Associate professors: Dr I. Vidugirytė-Pakerienė, Dr A. Kučinskienė.
Assistant professors: Dr D. Kuzminskaitė, Dr M. Sebastià-Sáez.
Lecturers: R. Cabanes Martínez.
Doctoral student: G. Bidlauskienė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• History of the Spanish and Latin American literatures
• Comparative Studies in East and Central Europe Literature
• Comparative Literature Theory
• Feminist Theory
• Translation Studies
• Literary Urban Studies
RESEACH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Comparative Literature Studies. Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Vidugirytė-Pakerienė. 2021–2022.
The goal of this project is to study literary, egodocumentary, and media texts and literary field in a comparative, interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective focusing on female identity and urban literary studies. In 2022, the group continued work expanding their field of research in Spanish, Lithuanian and East and Central European literature, participated in conferences, carried out project work and were active in research dissemination.
Main publication:
1. Kuzminskaitė, D. Reception of César Vallejo’s poetics in the literary works of Sigitas Parulskis and Vytautas Stankus. Give My Regards to Those You Connect! Cultural Inter-actions Between South America and Eastern Europe. 2022. 105: 214-230.
International Research Projects
MotherNet European Commission — Research Executive Agency — European Union’s Horizon 2020. (952366 - WIDESPREAD-05-2020 H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5 (Develop-ing a new Network of Researchers on Contemporary European Motherhood Activity)). Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kačkutė-Hagan, Vilnius University (Lithuania), Uppsala University (Sweden), Maynooth University (Ireland). 2020–2023. Researchers: Assist. Prof. Dr D. Kuzminskaitė, Assist. Prof. Dr M. Sebastia-Saez.
SEMS Research Project (Spanish Early Modern Studies) under direction of Dr Silvia Stef-an, University of Bucharest (Romania). Researcher: Assist. Prof. Dr M. Sebastia-Saez. https://semscom.wordpress.com/about/
Research Project GIRLC (Grup d’Investigacio en la Recepcio de les Literatures Classiques), under direction of Prof. Jordi Redondo Sanchez, University of Valencia (Spain). Researcher: Assist. Prof. Dr M. Sebastia-Saez. https://girlc.blogs.uv.es/girlc/
Development and Implementation of the content of digital education. National Agency for Education. No. 09.2.1- ESFA-V-726-03-0001. Preparation of general education curricula and supporting materials. Experts and researchers: Assist. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė, As-soc.Prof. Dr I. Vidugirytė-Pakerienė.
BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Sebastià Sáez, M. The Right of (not) being a mother: Social pressure, gender identity and motherhood (with Dr Mercedes Carbayo-Abengózar and Dr Mary Farrelly). Women in Spanish and Latin American Studies XXII Annual Conference, University of Leicester, November 10–11, 2022.
2. Kuzminskaitė, D. Dark side of motherhood: Mothering in the poems of Lina Buivida-vičiūtė. Radiant Maternity: Inaugural Conference of the Slavic and East European Ma-ternal Studies Network (SEEMS), January 28 – 29, 2022.
3. Vidugirytė, I. Semiosphere and the global world: the Journey Diaries of Tomas Venclo-va. International Congress Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere, Tallinn University – Tartu Uni-versity, February 25–28, 2022.
4. Kučinskienė, A. ‘Letters are not lesser than poetry’. Debates on Literature in Lithuanian Epistolary Discourse (19th to Early 20th Century). International conference Aesthetic Communication in Europe 1700–1900, organized by the Institute for Literary Studies (Research Centre for the Humanities), Budapest (Hungary), May 26, 2022.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Valencia (Spain)
University of Bucharest (Romania)
Uppsala University (Sweden)
Maynooth University (Ireland)
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė
• chair of the Literature Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania;
• member of the selection panel of Knygos apdovanojimai 2023, organized by Lithuanian Publishers Association.
Assist. Prof. Dr D. Kuzminskaitė
• member of the selection panel of the Book of the Year 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Researchers of the Group were popularizing research in Lithuanian literature and compara-tive literary studies through participation in book presentations, talks and lectures to the public and public events.
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Vidugirytė-Pakerienė
• Participation in a talk about Ukrainian culture and literature in “Labas rytas, Lietuva“on Lithuanian TV, 3 March 2022.
• Moderation of two discussions of the contemporary Czeck literature at the Lithuanian National Library, 14 September; 6 October, 2022.
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Kučinskienė
• Speaker in the LRT radio programme Dešimt balų (about learning of foreign languages), 6 June 2022 (Dešimt balų. Kodėl studentams patraukliausia ispanų kalba, o mok-sleiviams – rusų kalba? - 2022.06.16 - Radioteka - LRT).
Assist. Prof. Dr D. Kuzminskaitė
• Author of monthly book reviews for LRT radio programme Ryto allegro, https://www.lrt.lt/tema/dovile-kuzminskaite
• Preparation of interviews with Lithuanian and foreign writers for the LRT radio pro-gramme Time for Culture