Department of Cultural Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laimutė Anglickienė
Head of the Department
Research interests: contemporary folklore, contemporary ethnology, ethnic stereotypes
laimute.anglickiene@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arūnas Vaicekauskas
Research interests: Lithuanian genesis of ethnicity and culture, changes of ritual forms of behaviour and holiday calendar, the invention of traditions, expression of carnival culture, representation of ethnical traditions in modern society
arunas.vaicekauskas@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalia Senvaitytė
Research interests: (re)constructions of annual celebrations, comparative religion and mythology studies, cultural anthropology/ethnology and cultural psychology
dalia.senvaityte@vdu.lt
Assoc. prof. Dr. Linas Didvalis
Research interests: environmental policy in the East and Southeast Asia region, sustainable development in East Asia, international environmental cooperation, ecological movements in Japan
linas.didvalis@vdu.lt
CRIS
Prof. Dr. Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė
Research interests: cultural anthropology, family and gender studies, urban anthropology, visual and religious anthropology
rasa.raciunaite@vdu.lt
Dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė
Research interests: ethnical culture, culturology, pop culture, the interaction between ethnical traditions and creative work, traditional and contemporary folklore, ethnochoreography
giedre.barkauskaite@vdu.lt
Dr. Arvydas Kumpis
Research interests: the sociopolitical situation in Japan, nationalisms of East Asia countries (focusing on the case of Japan), interstate relations in East Asia, historical and collective memories in the region of East Asia
arvydas.kumpis@vdu.lt
CRIS
Eglė Petrauskaitė
Courses taught: Korean language and culture, History of Korean culture
egle.petrauskaite@vdu.lt
Gheorghe Alexandru Fratila
Courses taught: Chinese language and culture, history of Chinese civilization
gheorghe.fratila@vdu.lt
Justinas Pekarskas
Courses taught: Norwegian language and culture V, Norwegian language and culture VI, Norwegian for specific purposes
justinas.pekarskas@vdu.lt
Kristina Barancovaitė-Skindaravičienė
Research interests: Japanese language and culture, gender and sexuality studies, contemporary Japanese culture, intercultural communication
kristina.barancovaite@vdu.lt
Simona Kumpė
Courses taught: Japanese language and culture, History of Japanese Culture, interaction between East and West cultures
simona.kumpe@vdu.lt
CRIS
Karolė Müller
Courses taught: East Asian Civil Society (Korean’s part), East Asian Art (Korean’s part)
PhD topic: Representation of occupational traumatic experiences of the 20th century and formation of collective memory: the cases of South Korea’s and Lithuania’s education
karole.miuller@vdu.lt
Lina Kukytė
PhD topic: Coffee Growers in Northern Thailand: Sociocultural Perspectives
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. dr. Linas Didvalis
lina.kukyte@vdu.lt