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. 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. 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
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