Department of Foreign Language, Literary and Translation Studies
Prof. dr. Aurelija Leonavičienė
Head of the Department
Research interests: translation theory and critics, contrastive linguistics, text linguistics, stylistics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics
aurelija.leonaviciene@vdu.lt
Prof. dr. Sigita Barniškienė
Research interests: text linguistics, comparative literary studies, cultural relations between Germany and Lithuania
sigita.barniskiene@vdu.lt
Prof. habil. dr. Milda Julija Danytė
Research interests: Lithuanian history of emigrants, culture, literature, problems of identity, works of Žemaitė, feminism, genres of popular literature, detective novels in a comparative context of various countries, children and teenager literature in English language, problems of literary translations
milda.danyte@vdu.lt
Prof. dr. Violeta Kalėdaitė
Research interests: language typology, contrastive linguistics, corpus linguistics, translation studies, multilingualism, language policies
violeta.kaledaite@vdu.lt
Prof. dr. Jūratė Ruzaitė
Research interests: discourse analysis, language and ideology, corpus linguistics, hate speech, vague language
jurate.ruzaite@vdu.lt
Prof. dr. Ingrida Eglė Žindžiuvienė
Research interests: contemporary literature in English, comparative literature, USA and European studies, cultural studies, English language teaching methodology
ingrida.zindziuviene@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė
Research interests: contemporary German literature and literary criticism, comparative literature, connection between literature and culture, business language research
ruta.eidukeviciene@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefano Lanza
Research interests: lexicology, language relations, etymology, Lithuanian language philology
stefano.lanza@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irena Ragaišienė
Research interests: contemporary English literature and literary criticism, popular literature, comparative literature, gender studies, ecocriticism, literary translation, intercultural communication
irena.ragaisiene@vdu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audronė Raškauskienė
Research interests: Gothic literature, women’s literature, comparative literature, autobiographical literature, academic writing, culturology, intercultural communication
audrone.raskauskiene@vdu.lt
Dr. Moreno Bonda
Research interests: the history of 17th-century ideas, Lithuanian historiography, cultural connections between Italy and Lithuania, Italian language philology
moreno.bonda@vdu.lt
Dr. Inga Litvinavičienė
Research interests: French literature, translation theories
inga.litvinaviciene@vdu.lt
Dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda
Research interests: translation studies, translation of cultural meanings, folklore, children’s culture
jurgita.macijauskaite-bonda@vdu.lt
Dr. Jurgita Vaičenonienė
Research interests: Digital Humanities, Translation Studies, Corpus Linguistics
jurgita.vaicenoniene@vdu.lt
Kristina Aurylaitė
Research interests: contemporary dramaturgy, theories of dramaturgy, literature and culture of Canada and South Africa, ethnic minority literature, studies of postcolonialism and multiculturalism, visual aspects in contemporary literature, narratology, cinematic and digital narratives
kristina.aurylaite@vdu.lt
Sidona Žvaliauskienė
Research interests: translation of business texts, German language (as a foreign language) teaching, intercultural communication
sidona.zvaliauskiene@vdu.lt
Maria Jose de Urraza
Research interests: educology and educational anthropology
majodeurraza@gmail.com
Donata Berūkštienė
PhD topic: Genre features and translation of legal texts: a corpus-based analysis
Supervisor Prof. Dr. J. Ruzaitė
donata.berukstiene@vdu.lt
Gintarė Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė
PhD topic: Analysis of German and Lithuanian business language and communication (example of business negotiations)
Supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė
gintare.gelunaite-malinauskiene@vdu.lt