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The end of May marked official announcement of decision to establish King Sejong Institute (KSI) at Vytautas Magnus University. This new institution will contribute to the spread of Korean language and culture in Lithuania and strengthen Korean studies that began at VMU more than a decade ago. The...

On May 24 – June 30 VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites you to visit Japanese post stamps exhibition “Prefectures”. The exhibition displays a part of Mr. Leonas Veržbolauskas collection of Japanese post stamps. The exhibition is located in the 4thfloor gallery at the VMU Multifunctional Research ...

Baltic Summer University (BSU) offers a unique summer experience at VMU that combines a collection of summer programmes delivered by experts of their field as well as a variety of cultural and social events for students to enjoy their acquaintance with Lithuania. It all started with the Lithuanian ...

VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites you to the premiere of a new documentary “Kaunas. The City of Sugihara and Japan”. The premiere will be taking place on April 26th, 2018, 5:30 P.M. in Kaunas cinema centre’s “Romuva” temporary hall (Kęstučio st. 62, Kaunas, entrance through the inner yard). The ...

We invite historians, philosophers and literature scholars to participate in international Conference, dedicated to Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864) WRITING HISTORY, WRITING LITERATURE:  THE INTERSECTIONS OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY NARRATIVES Lithuanian historian Simonas Daukantas wrote the first bo...

On April 17th, 2018 11:15 A.M. VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites all to the open lecture by Prof. C. Upender Rao “World peace through ancient Indian wisdom”. The lecture will be held in English in room 310 (V. Putvinskio st. 23, Kaunas). The event is free of charge and open to everyone. Prof. C....