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Movie “Kaunas, the City of Sugihara and Japan” screening

We would like to invite you to the screenings of the VMU Centre for Asian Studies documentary “Kaunas, the City of Sugihara and Japan” on October 18-19th, 2018. The screenings will be taking place in Druskininkai, Kurkliai – the birthplace of Steponas Kairys and Anykščiai. The story of Kaunas – Jap...

VMU to Host Annual UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Conference

For the first time in the Baltic States and the Northern Europe, the Feature Conference of Global Media and Information Literacy Week will be held at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas, Lithuania on 24-25 October. The event, the 8th Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (...

Opening of King Sejong Institute in Kaunas

On October 5 we invite everyone to the official opening ceremony of King Sejong Institute (KSI) in Kaunas at Vytautas Magnus University. The event will start at 15:00 and take place at the 4th floor gallery of V. Putvinskio str. 23 building. After opening greetings, we will invite everyone to see Ko...

The Head of CAS became a member of EAJRS Board

Congratulations to the Head of VMU Centre for Asian Studies Dr. Aurelijus Zykas, who was elected to the Board of the European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS). On the 12-15 of September,2018 the Centre for Asian studies together with TUFS Global Japan Office in Kaunas organized ...

The 29th international EAJRS conference

On September 12-15, 2018 VMU Centre for Asian studies together with the Global Japan Office invites you not to miss the 29th international EAJRS (European Association of Japanese Recourse Specialists) conference. This year the topic is “(G)localizing Japanese Studies Resources”. The Conference will...

International conference: Diaspora and Migration

VMU Lithuanian Emigration Institute is pleased to invite scholars and researchers to the conference “Diaspora and migration: theoretical approaches and complex and interdisciplinary research”, which will take place on September 28, 2018 in Kaunas at Vytautas Magnus University Lithuanian Emigration I...