PhD, senior researcher, Deputy director
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-1041
E-mail: jolanta.sirkaite@lkti.lt, sirkaite@gmail.com
2010–2018 – Director at Lithuanian Culture Reseach Institue, from 2018 – Deputy director
2008–2010 – Director at Culture, Philosophy and Art Institute.
2002–2008 – Deputy Director at Culture, Philosophy and Art Institute.
1994 – obtained PhD, thesis – Vilnius Drawing School and Lithuanian Art in 1866–1915
1990-2002 – reseacher and senior researcher, chief of Art History Department at Culture and Art Institute.
1989 – junior researcher at the Department of Studies on Art at The Lithuanian Institute of History.
1977–1984 – studied Art history at Repin Institute of Arts, Sankt-Petersburg.
1976–1988 – Assistant and reseacher at The Lithuanian Museum of Art.
From 2016 – Member of the Commission for the Support the Lithuanian Traditions and Heritage of the Seimas of Lithuanian Republic.
2004 – Expert at European Committion for FP6 projects.
2003–2008 – Expert at the State Science and Study Fund.
1995–2016 – Expert of paintings at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
Since 1995 – Member of the Lithuanian Society of Art History.
The fields of scholarly interests: Lithuanian art, cultural and artistic life of the 19th and early 20th century
Authorʼs books:
Janina ir Vladislovas Umiastovskiai [Janina Umiastowska and Władysław Umiastowski], Vilnius: Vilniaus klubas, 2022. 128 p. ISBN 978-609-96358-0-4
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Getting to Know Schatz (יוֹלַנְטָה שירקַייטֶה, להכיר את שץ), Tel Aviv: Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the State of Israel, 2021, 28 p. (hebr. k.) ISBN 978-609-420-730-3
Boris Schatz. „Izraelio meno tėvas“ iš Varnių / The „Father of Israeli Art“ from Varniai, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020. 104 p.
Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866–1915 [Vilnius Drawing School 1866–1915], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018. – 336 p.
Académie de Vilna – Vilniaus piešimo mokykla / Vilnius Drawing School (1866–1915), cat., ed. J. Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017.
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Dailininkai Römeriai = The Artists of the Römer family, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2006. – 192 p.
Dailininkė Sofija Romerienė (Zofia Romer, 1885–1972) [Artist Zofia Romer, 1885–1972], Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2005. – 368 p.
Compiled books:
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Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, II tomas: 1795–1918 = Dictionary of Lithuanian artists/ II Volume: 1795–1918, ed. J. Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2012, – 524 p.
Eugenijus Romeris. Livonijos ir Lietuvos Römerių giminės istorija = Eugeniusz Romer. Monografia rodu Römerów na Inflantach i Litwie [The History of Lithuanian and Livonian Römers], ed. J. Širkaitė, transl. T. Bairašauskaitė, J. Širkaitė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2009, – 528 p..
Römeriai Lietuvoje XVII–XX a. = The Römers in Lithuania in 17th to 20th centuries, ed. J. Širkaitė,Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2008. – 448 p..
Scholarly articles:
Where Soutine Started His Journey, Menotyra, 2020, t. 27, Nr. 1, p. 87–98.
Rapolo Slizienio dailės ryšiai [The Art Relations of Rafał Slizień], Liubavas. Rapolas Slizienis, ed. G. Karosas, Vilnius: Europos parkas, 2017, p. 66–79.
Karalinavo dvaras, jo gyventojai ir svečiai [Karalinov Manor, Its Residents and Guests], Tarp Vilniaus ir Minsko: Lietuvos–Baltarusijos pasienio istorinis–kultūrinis paveldas, ed. B. Nikiforova, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2014, p. 145–168.
Вiленская рысавальная школа акадэмика Iвана Трутнева (1866–1915), Дзесяць стагодзяў мастацтва Беларусi, Мiнск: Нацыянальны мастацкi музей Рэспублiкi Беларусь, ААТ „Белгазпрамбанк“, 2014, p. 251–261.
Articles in: Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, III tomas: 1918–1944 = Dictionary of Lithuanian artists / III Volume: 1918–1944, ed. Lijana Natalevičienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2013.
Хруцкий и Ремеры: история трех портретов [Ivan Hrucki: A History of Three Portraits], Іван Хруцкі: мастацтва ў дыялогу культур. Матэрыялы міжнароднай навукова–практычнай канферэнцыі, прысвечанай 200–годдзю з дня нараджэння вядомага беларускага жывапісца XIX стагоддзя Івана Фаміча Хруцкага, ed. Н. Усава, Мінск, 2010, p. 92–98.
Artyści rodu Romerów [The Artists of the Römer family], Ta pamięć w nas tkwi... Rody Rzeczypospolitej Wielu Narodów w kręgu tradycji i współczesności, ed. I. Goral, A.Gil, J. Kłoczowski, Lublin: Instytut Europy Środkowo–Wschodniej, 2008, p. 127–136.
Apie Römerius = About the Römers, Römeriai Lietuvoje XVII–XX a. = The Römers in Lithuania in 17th to 20th centuries, ed. J. Širkaitė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2008, p. 7–12.
Lietuvos Römerių dvarai XVII–XX a. = Manors of the Römer Family in Lithuania in 17thto 20th centuries, Römeriai Lietuvoje XVII–XX a. = The Römers in Lithuania in 17th to 20th centuries, ed. J. Širkaitė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas,2008, p. 21–33.
Edvardas Jonas Römeris: tarp dailės ir kasdienybės = Edward Jan Römer: between fine art and daily life, Römeriai Lietuvoje XVII–XX a. = The Römers in Lithuania in 17th to 20th centuries, ed. J. Širkaitė,Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2008, p. 21–33.
Tytuvėnų dvaras [A Manor of Tytuvėnai], Lietuvos dvarai: kultūros ir šaltinių tyrinėjimai. Acta Academium Artium Vilnensis, t. 47–48, ed. R. Butvilaitė,Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2008, p.159–173.
Keli štrichai Stepono Römerio portretui [A Few Dabs for the Portrait of Stefan Römer], Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 45, ed. V. Jankauskas,Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2007, p. 115–123.
Vincento Slendzinskio tremties laikų albumėlis [A Sketchbook of Wincenty Sleńdziński from his Exile], Menotyra, 2006, nr. 2 (43), p. 35–41.
Rusų dailininkai XIX a. Lietuvoje [Russian Artists in Lithuania in 19th Century], Kultūrologija, t. 11, ed. V. Berenis, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2004, p. 219–233.
XIX a. Lietuvos dvariškių menai ir pramogos [The Arts and Entertainments in Lithuanian Estates in 19th Century], Menotyra, 2003, nr. 2, p. 32–38.
Dailės kūrinio pristatymas Lietuvoje XIX a. [A Display of the Pieces of Art in Lithuania in 19th Century], Menotyra, 2001, nr. 4, p. 9–13.
Vilniaus mokslo bičiulių draugija ir jos muziejaus rinkiniai [Vilnius Society of Art Lovers and the Collections of itʼs Museum], Kultūros istorijos tyrinėjimai, t. 5, ed. V. Berenis, Vilnius, 1999, p. 336–361.
XIX a.–XX a. pradžios Lietuvos dailininkės [The Lithuanian Women Artists in 19th–early 20th Centuries], Menotyra, 1999, nr.4, p. 38–45.
О художнике Иване Трутневе [About an Artist Ivan Trutnev], Вильнюс, 1997, июль–авг.–сент.–окт., p. 156–168.
Vilniaus piešimo mokykla ir jos mokiniai [Vilna Drawing School and itʼs Disciples], Kultūros istorijos tyrinėjimai, t. 3, ed. V. Berenis, Vilnius: Gervelė, 1997, p. 166–229.
Tadas Goreckis (1885–1868). Kūrybos ir asmenybės vertinimai [Tadeusz Gorecki (1885–1868). The Estimations of Personality and Creation], Menotyra, 1996, nr. 1, p. 23–26.
Dailės mecenatystė Lietuvoje XIX a. antroje pusėje–XX a. pradžioje [The Forms of the Patronage of Fine Arts in Lithuania in 19th–early 20th Centuries], Lietuvos kultūros tyrinėjimai, t. 1, ed. St. Juknevičius, Vilnius: Gervelė, 1995, p. 217–269.
Carska polityka kulturalna na Litwie a Wileńska Szkoła Rysunkowa [The Carist Cultural Politics in Lithuania and Vilna Drawing School], Kultura i polityka, Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki PAN, 1994.
Nepažįstamasis Trutnevas [Unknown Trutnev], Krantai, 1994, balandis, gegužė, birželis, p. 16–23.
Vladislovas Tiškevičius – kolekcionierius bei Vilniaus mokslo ir meno muziejaus kūrėjas [Władysław Tyszkiewicz – Collector and Founding Father of the Vilna Museum of Science and Art], Mokslas ir gyvenimas, 1991, nr. 4, p. 12–14.
Некоторые проблемы развития и сохранения Литовского искусства во второй половине XIX века [Some Problems of the Development and Preservation of Lithuanian Art in a Second Half of the 19th Century], Искусство (Moscow), 1990, № 7, p. 71–73.
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