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Lecture by professor dr. Robert Parkin from University of Oxford
Department of Cultural Studies would like to invite you to the public lecture by emeritus, visiting professor dr. Robert Parkin from University of Oxford, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology „From honour and shame to cognatic kinship: what anthropology has had to say about kinship and ge...

Competition for traineeship at non-EU countries
VMU students are invited to participate in competition for traineeship at non-EU countries with VMU Mobility scholarship. Students have to submit completed online application form (Application form for traineeship in non-EU/EEE countries) until 30th of November 2019. Selection criteria: trai...

Call for Proposals: BAAS Conference at VMU
Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies (BAAS) is calling for submission of panel/paper proposals to the fourth BAAS conference, which is going to take place at Vytautas Magnus University on 5-7 March 2020. After being organized in 2014 in Vilnius, later in Tartu (2016) and Riga (2018), BAAS conference...

Apply Now: Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition
The second competition is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants. Application deadline is the 12 of January, 2020. The placement period is from 2 to 6 months with a possible extension (the latest date of the ending for recent graduates – in a year after graduation) Selecti...

Apply Now: Full-Time Master Degree Studies
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania is opening a Call for applications for 50 Lithuanian state grants for full-time Master’s degree at Lithuanian higher education institutions for the 2019/2020 academic year. Funding under the Call shall be provided to the natio...

Time for Asia: Public Lecture on Seven Days in Tibet
The VMU Centre for Asian Studies is starting the new season of “Time for Asia” events. On Friday 27 September, 3 p.m., Dr. Linas Didvalis will hold a public lecture titled “Seven Days in Tibet” at VMU Centre for Research and Studies (23 V. Putvinskio g., Room 102). Dr. Linas Didvalis, who is an a...