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

Daiva Kielaitė

Administrator of the Department


daiva.kielaite@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. 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

Prof. dr. Jūratė Ruzaitė


Research interests: discourse analysis, language and ideology, corpus linguistics, hate speech, vague language
jurate.ruzaite@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

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. Novella di Nunzio


novella.di.nunzio@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

Dr. Giedrė Pranaitytė


Research interests: Cultural diplomacy, public diplomacy, French foreign policy, translation and politics, the analysis of cultural phenomena
giedre.pranaityte@vdu.lt

 

Dr. Inga Litvinavičienė


Research interests: French literature, translation theories
inga.litvinaviciene@vdu.lt

Dr. Judita Giparaitė


Research interests: Grammar, corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics
judita.giparaite@vdu.lt

Dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda


Research interests: translation studies, translation of cultural meanings, folklore, children’s culture
jurgita.macijauskaite-bonda@vdu.lt

Assoc. Prof. 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

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

BENJAMIN HAUSNER

DAAD lecturer


Research interests: Language contact, linguistic varieties, dialectology
benjamin.maximilian.hausner@vdu.lt

Maria Jose de Urraza


Research interests: educology and educational anthropology
majodeurraza@gmail.com

Donata Berūkštienė


Research interests: Theories and methods of translation, translation of subject-specific texts, English morpho-syntax, corpus linguistics.
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

Ilona Filipenkovaitė


PhD topic: The descriptions of The Curonian Spit in German literature of XIX -XX centuries: fiction and reality
Supervisor Prof. Dr. Sigita Barniškienė
ilona.filipenkovaite@vdu.lt

Inga Janavičienė


PhD topic: Cultural identity in Lithuanian Literature in English Translation
Supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irena Ragaišienė
inga.janaviciene@vdu.lt