Departments

Head of Department – senior researcher, dr. Elvyra Usačiovaitė
Email: elvyra.usaciovaite@lkti.lt

Main research themes:

1.  Ancient Baltic Culture: Non Material Heritage

Supervisor – Senior Researcher, dr. Elvyra Usačiovaitė

Research theme: Lithuanian, Prussian, Yotvingian and other Baltic religions (gods, cults) on the basis of written sources (the reliability of chronicles and other documents are investigated separately) and on the basis of ethnological and linguistic data. Since Lithuania was christened only in beginning of the fifteenth century, old historical written sources (XIII-XVII c.) capture many pagan religious relics: the names of the gods and rites. Exploring this historical heritage is very important to the cultural identity of Lithuania and other countries.

Research staff:
Rimantas Balsys, dr. (HP), professor,  senior researcher
Rolandas Kregždys, dr., researcher

2. Cultural Activities of Lithuanian Intelligentsia: Individuals and Institutions                

Supervisor – Senior Researcher, dr. Romualdas Juzefovičius

Research theme: the heritage of prominent Lithuanian individuals, state, public and private institutions and organizations, academic and artistic communities. Research objective: to analyze and evaluate the significance of the most important Lithuanian personalities of the 19th – 21st century, cultural and scientific institutions, and to identify their contribution to education and social values. The researchers of the department also participate in the long-term program „Cultural Change and Interaction Facing Challenges of the 21st Century” (2022–2026).

Research staff:
Violeta  Davoliūtė  dr., senior researcher
Henryka Ilgievič, dr., (HP), senior researcher
Margarita Matulytė, dr., senior researcher
Lina Kaminskaitė – Jančorienė,dr., senior researcher
Mangirdas Bumblauskas, dr.,   researcher

Main publications (monographs, collections of articles, compiled and edited books)

• Migracija: sampratos ir patirtys: Mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys [Migration: Concepts and Experiences: A Collection of Research Articles], sud. Margarita Matulytė, Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinis dailės muziejus, Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2022.
• Usačiovaitė, Elvyra. Asmenybė ir simbolis [Personality and Symbol]. Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2022.
• Matulytė, Margarita. Creating Altreality: The Sovietization of Lithuanian Photography, Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2021.
• Fokuse: moterys Lietuvos kino industrijoje [In Focus: Women in Lithuanian Cinema. A Collection of Research Articles], (Mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys, sudarytojos Lina Kaminskaitė ir Natalija Arlauskaite), Vilnius: Lapas, 2021.
• Kregždys, Rolandas. Baltų mitologemų etimologijos žodynas II: Sūduvių knygelė [ Etymological Dictionary of Baltic Mythologemes II: Yatvigian Book]. Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020.
• Simbolis Lietuvos kultūroje [The Symbol in the Culture of Lithuania. A Collection of Research Articles]. Sud. E. Usačiovaitė. Vilnius: LKTI, 2019.
• Juzefovičius, Romualdas. Lietuvos akademinis elitas 1922–1940 m.: sociokultūrinės raiškos tyrimų aspektai. Istoriografinė studija [Lithuanian Academic Elite in 1922-1940: Aspects of Studies of Socio-Cultural Expression.Historiographical Study], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2019 (Sovijaus studijų ir monografijų seriją, nr. 3. Interaktyvi versija).
• Ilgiewicz, Henryka . Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy Europy Wschodniej oraz Szkoła Nauk Politycznych w Wilnie (1930–1939)[ The Institute for Study and Analysis of Estern Europe and the School for Political Sciences in Wilno (1930–1939), Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR, 2019.
• Vakarykščio pasaulio atgarsiai, [Echoes of the World of Yesterday. A collection of academic articles], Vilnius:    Lietuvos dailės muziejus, Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018.
• Sakralieji baltų kultūros aspektai [The Sacral Aspects of the Baltic Culture. A Collection of Research Articles]  Sud. E. Usačiovaitė. Vilnius: LKTI, 2012.
• Tai, kas išlieka [Things, that Endure. A Collection of Research Articles]. Sud. E. Usačiovaitė. Vilnius: Kronta, 2009.
• Ilgiewicz, Henryka. Biblioteka Państwowa im. Eustachego i Emilii Wróblewskich w Wilnie (1912–1939) oraz towarzystwa ją popierające [The Eustachy and Emilia Wróblewski State Library in Vilnius (1926–1939) and Supporting Societies]. Summary in English and in Lithuanian. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2015.
• Ilgiewicz, Henryka. Societates Academicae Vilnenses: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Wilnie (1907–1939) i jego poprzednicy [Societates Academicae Vilnenses: The Friends of Science Society in Vilnius (1907–1939) and its Predecessors]. Summary in English and in Lithuanian. Warszawa: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, 2008.
• Juzefovičius, Romualdas. Lietuvos humanitarų mokslo organizacijos (1918 – 1940)[Humanities Organizations in Lithuania 1918–1940]. Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2007.
• Usačiovaitė, Elvyra. Augimo samprata senojoje lietuvių kultūroje. [The Concept of Growth in the old Lithuanian Culture]. Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2005.
• lgiewicz, Henryka. Wileńskie towarzystwa i instytucje naukowe w XIX wieku [Scholarly Societies and Institutions in Vilnius in the 19^th Century]. Summary in English and in Lithuanian. Toruń: Wyd. Adama Marszałka, 2005.
• Gamta ir religija. [Religion and Nature. A Collection of Research Articles] Straipsnių rinkinys. Sud. E. Usačiovaitė. Vilnius: Versus Aureus, 2005.
• Keršytė, Nastazija.  Lietuvos muziejai iki 1940 metų [Museums in Lithuania until 1940]. Vilnius:  Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2003.
• Nuo kulto iki simbolio. [From Cult to Symbol. A Collection of Research Articles] Straipsnių rinkinys. Sud. E. Usačiovaitė. Vilnius: KFMI, 2002.

Head of the Department: senior reseacher PhD PhD Jolanta Širkaitė

Research staff:
PhD Lina Balaišytė
PhD Erika Grigoravičienė
PhD (hp), prof. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
PhD Auksė Kaladžinskaitė
PhD Jolita Mulevičiūtė
PhD Lijana Natalevičienė (Šatavičiūtė)
PhD Mindaugas Paknys
PhD Aistė Paliušytė
PhD Laima Surgailienė (Laučkaitė)
Birutė Valečkaitė
Indrė Urbelytė

The Department of Art History and Visual Culture of Lithuanian Culture Research Institute is the centre investigating Lithuanian history of art. The researches cover the period from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the present day. According to historical periods there are two groups in the Department:

1. The group investigating art of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Lina Balaišytė, Auksė Kaladžinskaitė, Mindaugas Paknys, Aistė Lugovojienė (Paliušytė), Birutė Valečkaitė.

2. The group investigating the art of XIX–XXI centuries (Erika Grigoravičienė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Jolita Mulevičiūtė, Lijana Natalevičienė (Šatavičiūtė), Laima Surgailienė (Laučkaitė), Jolanta Širkaitė, Indrė Urbelytė.

The main research theme of the Department Lithuanian History of Art and Visual Culture chalellenges long-term programs ʻLithuanian Art, Music and Theatre: Heritage, New Phenomena, Contextsʼ, ʻSociocultural Field of 19^th Century: Social Groups, Personalities, Institutionsʼ (2017–2021) and ʻResearch on the in/autonomy of artʼ (2022–2026).

Research is Lithuanian art of from XVI to XXI centuries analysed in the social, cultural, political, and economic contexts. The research covers both artistic production and processes of artistic life, concentrates on the role of the state and of various social and ethnic groups in the production and consumption of art, and is also targeted at the development of artistic institutions (art schools, societies, museums, exhibitions, etc.). The research also includes the studies of visual culture, connections between art and visual media (photography, mass media, etc.) and investigates the production, spread and consumption of images in various historical periods.

In 2005–2016 the Department published academic bibliographical edition Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas / Dictionary of Lithuanian Artists

The first volume covering the artists of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was published in 2005: Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, XVI–XVIII a., vol. 1, ed. Aistė Paliušytė, Vilnius: KFMI, 2005.

The second volume relating to the artists of the 19th century was published in 2012: Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, 1795–1918, vol. 2, ed. Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: LKTI, 2012.

The third volume, dedicated to the artists of the first part of the 20th century was published in 2013: Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, 1918–1944, vol. 3, ed. Lijana Natalevičienė, Vilnius: LKTI, 2013.

The fourth volume, dedicated to the artists of the second part of the 20th century was published in 2016: Lietuvos dailininkų žodynas, 1945–2000, vol. 4, ed. Milda Žvirblytė, Vilnius: LKTI, 2016.

Selected publications:

Jolanta Širkaitė, Janina ir Vladislovas Umiastovskiai [Janina and Władysław Umiatowskis], Vilnius: Vilniaus klubas, 2022.

Jolanta Širkaitė, Getting to Know Schatz (יוֹלַנְטָה שירקַייטֶה, להכיר את שץ), Tel Aviv: Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the State of Israel, 2021.

Mindaugas Paknys, Pažaislio eremas: kamaldulių vienuolyno istorija [Pažaislis hermitage: History of the Camaldolese Monks], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020.

Grigoravičienė, Erika. Lietuvos dailininkų piešiniai nuo 1957 metų iš MO muziejaus kolekcijos [Lithuanian Artists’ Drawings from 1957 in the MO Museum Collection], ed. Erika Grigoravičienė, Vilnius: MO muziejus, 2020.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Nekenčiu sumaišties: Rimantas Sakalauskas [I hate Confusion: Rimantas Sakalauskas], Vilniaus grafikos meno centras, 2020.

Lijana Šatavičiūtė-Natalevičienė, Salvinija Giedrimienė. Kelias / Way, Vilnius: Lietuvos dailininkų sąjunga, Lietuvos dailės muziejus, 2019.

Laima Laučkaitė, Vilniaus dailė Didžiojo karo metais [Art in Vilnius during the First World War, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018.

Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866–1915 [Vilnius Drawing School 1866–1915], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018.

Po Trakų Dievo Motinos karūna [Under the Crown of Our Lady of Trakai], (Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 90), ed. M. Paknys, Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2018.

Erika Grigoravičienė, Ar tai menas, arba Paveikslo (ne)laisvė [How to Look it, or the (Un)freedom of a Picture], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, Interse, 2017.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė (ed., co-author), Dailės istorikas ir kritikas Mikalojus Vorobjovas (1903–1954) [Art Historian and Critic Mikalojus Vorobjovas (1903–1954)], Vilnius: M. Paknio leidykla, 2017; t. 1: Portreto eskizas, t. 2: Įžodinto vaizdo meistras.

Mindaugas Paknys, Pažaislio vienuolyno statybos ir dekoravimo istorija [The History of Construction and Decoration of the Pažaislis Monastery], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2013.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Mikas Vaicekauskas, Visagalė tradicija. Kristijono Donelaičio poemos Metai iliustracijos ir vizualinio kanono kūrimas / An omnipotent tradition. The illustrations of Kristijonas Donelaitis‘s poem Metai and the creation of a visual canon, Vilnius, 2013.

Erika Grigoravičienė, Vaizdinis posūkis: vaizdai – žodžiai – kūnai – žvilgsniai [Pictorial turn/ Iconic turn: verbal, mediatic and perceptual aspects of images], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Po raudonąja žvaigžde. Lietuvos dailė 1940–1941 m. / Under the Red Star. Lithuanian Art in 1940–1941, parodos knyga, Vilnius, 2011.

Atrasti Vilnių: skiriama Vladui Drėmai [Discovering Vilnius: dedicated to Vladas Drėma], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės istorikų draugija, VDA leidykla, 2010.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Lietuvos grafika 1918–1940 [Lithuanian graphics 1918–1940], Vilnius: E. Karpavičiaus leidykla, 2008.

Laima Laučkaitė, Ekspresionizmo raitelė Mariana Veriovkina [Expressionist Rider Marianne Werefkin],Vilnius: KFMI, 2007.

Lijana Natalevičienė Juozas Balčikonis, Vilnius: VDA, 2007. Mindaugas Paknys, Vilniaus miestas ir miestiečiai 1636 m.: namai, gyventojai, svečiai [City of Vilnius and its Residents in 1636: Houses, People, and Guests], Vilnius: VDA, 2006.

Jolanta Širkaitė, Dailininkė Sofija Romerienė (Zofia Romer, 1885–1972), Vilnius: KFMI, 2005.

Jolita Mulevičiūtė, Antanas Gudaitis. 1904–1989. Išsilaisvinimas. Liberation, Vilnius: LDM, 2004.

Išeivijos dailė. Tarp prisirišimo ir išsilaisvinimo [Emigré Art. Between Attachment and Liberation], ed. Ingrida Korsakaitė, Laima Laučkaitė, Vilnius: KFMI, 2003.

Mindaugas Paknys, Mecenatystės reiškinys XVII a. LDK. Bažnytinės architektūros užsakymai, [Patronage in the XVII century in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Development of Religious Art Orders], Vilnius: VDA, 2003.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Dailė ir valstybė: Dailės gyvenimas Lietuvos Respublikoje 1918–1940 [Art and State. Artistic Life in Lithuanian Republic 1918–1940], Kaunas: ČDM, 2003.

Lijana Šatavičiūtė–Natalevičienė, Antanas Tamošaitis. Gyvenimo ir kūrybos kelias [Antanas Tamošaitis. An Outline of his Life and Creative Work], Vilnius: VDA, 2003.

Laima Laučkaitė, Vilniaus dailė XX amžiaus pradžioje, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2002 /Laima Laučkaitė, Art in Vilnius 1900–1915, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2008.

Jolita Mulevičiūtė, Modernizmo link. Dailės gyvenimas Lietuvos Respublikoje 1918–1940 [Towards Modernism: The Art Scene in the Republic of Lithuania 1918–1940], Kaunas: ČDM, 2001.

Applied reseach publications:

Sunkus amžius [Difficult age], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius: MO muziejus, 2021.

Hommage donatoriams. Vilniaus paveikslų galerijos pradžia [Hommage to Donors. The beggining of the Vilnius Picture Gallery], ed. Laima Surgailienė (Laučkaitė), Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinis dailės muziejus, 2021, ISBN 978-609-426-158-9

Širkaitė, Jolanta. Boris Schatz, „Izraelio meno tėvas“ iš Varnių / Boris Schatz, “The Father of Israeli Art” from Varniai, Vilnius: LKTI, 2020.

Jankevičiūtė, Giedrė. Petras Repšys. Ekslibrisai ir kas jie mums [Petras Repšys. Bookplates and what they are fir us], cat., Šiauliai: Šiaulių apskrities Povilo Višinskio viešoji biblioteka, 2019.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Pozuojantys daiktai / Objects on Show, Vilnius: Ellex Valiunas, 2017.

Académie de Vilna – Vilniaus piešimo mokykla / Vilnius Drawing School (1866–1915), cat., ed. Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017.

Jolita Mulevičiūtė, Vaitkuškis. Grafas Stanislovas Kazimieras Kosakovskis (1837-1905) ir XIX a. mėgėjų fotografija [“Wojtkuszki”. Count Stanisław Kazimierz Kossakowski (1837–1905) and 19th Century Amateur Photography], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, Kaunas: Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus, 2015.

Laučkaitė Laima, Vilnius. Topofilia II, Vilnius: Valiunas Ellex, 2015.

Aldona Liobytė (1915–1985). Korespondencijos fragmentai [Aldona Liobytė (1915–1985). Fragments of Correspondance], ed. Jankevičiūtė Giedrė, Gintarė Paškevičiūtė-Breivienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2015.

Pažaislio legendos ir tikrovė: vienuolyno XVIII–XIX a. aprašymai [Legends and Reality of Pažaislis: descriptions of the monastery in XVIII–XIX centuries] ed. and translated by Mindaugas Paknys, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2014.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Laima Laučkaitė–Surgailienė, Okupacijos realijos: Pirmojo ir Antrojo pasaulinių karų plakatai Lietuvoje/ The Reality of Occupation: Posters in Lithuania During World War I and World War II, Vilnius: Vilniaus grafikos meno centras, 2014.

Laima Laučkaitė, Vilnius. Topophilia I. [Art collection of the Law Firm LAWIN], Vilnius: LAWIN, 2014.

Vincentas Juzumas. Žemaičių vyskupijos aprašymas [The Description of Samogitia dioecese],0 ed.  Mindaugas Paknys, Varniai: Žemaičių vyskupijos muziejus, 2013.

Laima Laučkaitė, Rafael Chvoles. Search for Jerusalem, Vilnius: Vilniaus Gaono žydų muziejus, 2013.

Ereika Grigoravičienė, Žibuntas Mikšys. Grafika [Žibuntas Mikšys. Graphics], Vilnius: Artseria, 2013.

Racconti disegnati / Drawn Stories. Incisioni di / Engrawings by Petras Repšys, cat., ed. by Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius, 2013.

Vadovas po Lietuvos Didžiąją Kunigaikštystę [Guide to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania], ed. Aistė

Paliušytė, Irena Vaišvilaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2012.

Dailės istorijos šaltiniai. Nuo seniausių laikų iki mūsų dienų. Antologija, [Sources of Art History.

From Ancient Times to Our Days. Anthology], ed., co-author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2012.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Ne vien grožis. Moters atvaizdas LAWIN kolekcijoje / More than just beauty. The image of woman in the LAWIN collection, Vilnius, 2012.

Jolita Mulevičiūtė, Besotis žvilgsnis: Lietuvos dailė ir vizualioji kultūra, 1865–1914 [An Insatiable Look: Lithuanian Art and Visual Culture from 1865 to 1914], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2012.

Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, ed., co-author, Lentvario bažnyčia ir jos dekoras 1905–1943 [Lentvaris Church and its Decor 1905–1943], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2012.

XX a. romantikas Vaclovas Kosciuška (1911–1984) [Vaclovas Kosciuška (1911–1984), Romantic of the 21 Century], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės muziejus, Vilniečių ainių klubas, 2011.

Illustrarium. Soviet Lithuanian Children’s Book Illustration, cat., ed. by Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius, 2011.

Skulptoriaus dosjė: Vladas Urbanavičius [Sculptor‘s Dosier: Vladas Urbanavičius], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius–Kaunas: AICA, Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio muziejus, 2009.

Pasaulis be tamsos: Petro Aleksandravičiaus (1906–1997) kūryba [World without Darkeness: Creative Work of Petras Aleksandravičius (1906–1970)], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės muziejus, Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus, 2006.

Jolanta Širkaitė, Dailininkai Römeriai. The Artists of the Römer family, Vilnius: LDM, 2006.

Balys Macutkevičius (1905–1964): modernisto portretas socrealizmo fone [Balys Macutkevičius (1905–1964): Portrait of Modernist in the Background of Socrealism ], ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Kaunas: Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus, Vilniečių ainių draugija, 2005.

Department also issued the annual number of the scholarly journal Menotyra/ Studies in Art, edited by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. In 2010–2021 Editors-in-Chief were Dr. prof. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Dr Gabija Surdokaitė-Vitienė, editorial secretary Dr. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 13, 2006, Nr. 2: Tarp dailės ir amato [Between Art and Craft], ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 14, 2006, Nr. 2, ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 16, 2009, Nr. 3–4: Valdžios ženklai [Signs of Power], ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 17: 2010, Nr. 4: Amatų istorijos tyrinėjimai ir šaltiniai [The Research and Sources of the History of Crafts], ed. Lina Balaišytė, Gabija Surdokaitė.

Menotyra, t. 18, 2011, Nr.4: XX a. Lietuvos architektūros ir buities modernizacija [The Research and Sources of the History of Crafts], ed. Lina Balaišytė, .

Menotyra, t. 19, 2012, Nr. 4: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės architektūra: tekstai ir kontekstai [Architecture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Texts and Contexts], ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 20, 2013, Nr. 4: Permąstant sovietmečio ir Šaltojo karo meną bei jo tyrimų paveldą [Reconsidering Soviet / Cold War Art and Heritage of Its Studies], ed. Milda Žvirblytė.

Menotyra, t. 21, 2014, Nr. 4: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės meno paveldo tyrimai: socialinis aspektas [Research into the Artistic Heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Social Aspect], ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, t. 22, 2015, Nr. 4: Migracija ir kultūra [Migration and culture], ed. Aistė Paliušytė.

Menotyra, t. 24, 2017, nr. 4: Galios reprezentacija [Representation of Power], ed. Lina Balaišytė.

Menotyra, 2018, nr. 4: Autorystė Lietuvos vizualiojoje kultūroje: vertinimai ir kūrybos praktikos, sudaryt. Aistė Paliušytė.

Menotyra, t. 26, 2019, nr. 4: Vilniaus piešimo mokyklos mokiniai iš Baltarusijos [Alumni of the Vilnius Drawing School from Belarus], ed. Jolanta Širkaitė.

Menotyra, t. 27, 2020, nr. 1: Iš dailininkų dinastijų istorijos / XX a. žydų dailininkai Lietuvoje [From the Stories of the Artist Dynasties / 20th Century Jewish Artists in Lithuania, ed. Jolanta Širkaitė.

Since 2004 researchers of the Department are publishing the scholarly series Dailės istorijos studijos / Art History Studies, from 2022 – Meno istorijos studijos / Art History Studies,

Vol. 1: XX amžiaus pradžios Vilnius: modernėjančios kultūros židinys / Wilno początku XX wieku: ognisko modernizującej się kultury [Vilnius at the Turn of the Century: Center of the Cultural Modernisation], 2004, ed. Laima Laučkaitė.

Vol. 2: Dailė LDK miestuose: poreikiai ir užsakymai, [Art in the Towns of Great Duchy of Lithuania: Needs and Commisions], 2006, ed. Aistė Paliušytė.

Vol. 3: Ars memoriae: atmintis – dailės funkcija ir tema (XVIII–XXI a. ), [Ars Memoriae: Memory – Function and Theme in Arts], 2008, ed. Lina Balaišytė, Auksė Kaladžinskaitė.

Vol. 4: Socialinių tapatumų reprezentacijos Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kultūroje [Representations of social identities in the culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania], 2010, ed. Aistė Paliušytė.

Vol. 5: Art and Artistic Life during the Two World Wars, 2012, ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, Laima Laučkaitė.

Vol. 6: Vaizdo kontrolė [Controll of Images], ed. Erika Grigoravičienė, 2014.

Vol. 7: Vaizdų tekstai – tekstų vaizdai [Texts of Images – Images of Texts], 2016, ed. Lina Balaišytė, Erika Grigoravičienė.

Vol. 8: Community and Utopia: Artist‘s Colonies in Eastern Europe from the Fin-de-Siècle to Socialist Period, 2017, ed. Laima Laučkaitė, Marina Dmitrieva.

Vol. 9: Uncomfortable Heritage, 2021, ed. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė,

Vol. 10: (Trans)locality of Artistic Culture, 2021, ed. Lina Balaišytė, Gabija Surdokaitė-Vitienė

Vol. 11: Object and Décor: Heritage, Processes, Contexts (I), 2022, ed. Skirmantė Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Regimanta Stankevičienė

Head of Departament – senior researcher Gabija Surdokaitė-Vitienė, PhD
E-mail: gabisu@gmail.com

Research staff:
Lijana Birškytė-Klimienė, PhD
Asta Giniūnienė, PhD
Silvija Slaminskienė, MA
Skirmantė Smilingytė-Žeimienė, PhD
Regimanta Stankevičienė, PhD
Skaidrė Urbonienė, PhD
Dalia Vasiliūnienė, PhD
Aleksandra Aleksandravičiūtė, PhD, emeritus
Teresė Jurkuvienė, PhD, emeritus

Doctoral students at the Department: Milda Adamonytė, Karolina Bukovskytė, Odeta Stripinienė

Eglė Razumaitė, technical assistant

The main themes of the Department:

1. “The researches of the heritage of Lithuanian religious and folk art” 

The main scientific activities of the Department of Sacral Art Heritage are distinguished by consistency and continuity. It is a systematic search, investigation and publication of Lithuanian diocese cultural (architecture and art objects) and folk art heritage comprising the largest part of surviving Lithuanian artistic heritage. The department staff scrutinizes the religious art of the 16^th-21^st centuries and folk art history, ties between piety traditions, various factors and religious fine and applied arts, the craft of the goldsmith in Lithuania, history of textile; contribution of sacral art into Lithuanian culture, iconography of saints; links between professional and folk fine art; problems of interaction and division between art and crafts. In the Department, the archive of iconography data (or iconographical sources) has also been accumulated. The researchers of the Department provide participate in the expert commissions for heritage protection influence the strategy of the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lithuania and assist in addressing important heritage recording tasks.

Since 1996, the Department researchers have been preparing and publishing a scientific voluminous edition Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art]. In 1996–2007, seven books of the 1^stvolume dedicated to churches of Vilkaviškis diocese were published. Currently the sacral heritage of Šiauliai diocese is being analysed and presented in books. The articles of the volume introduce into sacral architecture, new explorations of the history of churches and parishes, works of fine and applied art and most of them are newly detected or attributed. The publication retains a catalogue-like structure which is the most consistent and convenient way to introduce the heritage of each church and chapel.

The most important works of the department:

Scientific research by the employees of the Sacred Art Heritage Department in the Diocese of Šiauliai

The Department of Sacral Art Heritage has implemented or implements the projects financed by Lithuanian Science Council, according to the Lithuanistics development programme “The Sacred Art of Lithuania: the Šiauliai Diocese”, 2010–2018 head of the programme Dalia Vasiliūnienė, (No. LIT-2-17, duration 2010-2012; No. LIT-7-9, duration 2013-2015; No. LIP-006/2016, duration 2016-2018), 2019–2022 head of the programme Smilingytė-Žeimienė (No. S-LIP-19-74, duration 2019–2022).

• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], t. II: Šiaulių vyskupija, d. 2: Šiaulių dekanatas, kn. 3: Kužiai–Pavėkiai, sudaryt. Skirmantė Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Dalia Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2022
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], t. II: Šiaulių vyskupija, d. 2: Šiaulių dekanatas, kn. 2: Kairiai–Kurtuvėnai, sudaryt. R. Stankevičienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol.  II: Šiaulių vyskupija, p. 2: Šiaulių dekanatas, b. 1: Agailiai–Juozapava, sudaryt. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol.  II: Šiaulių vyskupija, p 1: Joniškio dekanatas, b. 3: Skaistgirys-Žukančiai, ed. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2015.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. II: Šiaulių vyskupija, p. 1: Joniškio dekanatas, b. 2: Juodeikiai-Rudiškiai, ed. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas,  2012.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. II: Šiaulių vyskupija, p. 1: Joniškio dekanatas, b. 1: Balkaičiai-Joniškis, ed. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I: Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 6: Šakių dekanatas, p. 2: Naudžiai–Žvirgždaičiai, ed. R. Stankevičienė, G. Surdokaitė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2007.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I:Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 6: Šakių dekanatas, p. 1: Barzdai–Lukšiai, ed. R. Stankevičienė, G. Surdokaitė: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, Vilnius, 2006.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I:Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 5: Alytaus dekanatas, ed. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, D. Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Savastis, 2003.
• Lietuvos sakralinė dailė [Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I: Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 4: Aleksoto dekanatas, ed. G. M. Martinaitienė, Vilnius: Gervelė, 2000.
• Lietuvos sakralinės dailės katalogas [Catalog of Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I: Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 3: Lazdijų dekanatas, ed. S. Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Vilnius: Gervelė, 1998.
• Lietuvos sakralinės dailės katalogas [Catalog of Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I: Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 2: Vilkaviškio dekanatas, ed. T. Jurkuvienė, Vilnius: Gervelė, 1997.
• Lietuvos sakralinės dailės katalogas [Catalog of Lithuanian Religious Art], vol. I: Vilkaviškio vyskupija, b. 1: Marijampolės dekanatas, ed. G. Martinaitienė, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 1996.

2. Since 2008, the Department has been publishing the scholarly series Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos [Religious Studies of Cultural Heritage], since 2021 also issues numbers of the scholarly peer-reviewed journal Meno istorijos studijos [Art History Studies].

Selected publications:

Monographs, studies:

• Jurkuvienė, Teresė. Lietuvių tautinis kostiumas: liaudies drabužių interpretacijos XX amžiuje [Lithuanian National Costume. The Interpretations of Folk Dress in 20th Century], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020.
• Surdokaitė-Vitienė, Gabija. Tėvo Stanislovo palikimas: siuvinėtų liturginių rūbų rinkinys [Inheritance of Father Stanislovas: the collection of embroidered liturgical textile], Panemunėlis: Kunigo švietėjo Jono Katelės labdaros ir paramos fondas, 2019.
• Krikštopaitytė-Urbonienė, Skaidrė, Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Skirmantė. Paminklai Lietuvos valstybingumui įamžinti: tarpukario kryždirbystė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2018.
• Stankevičienė, Regimanta. Antakalnio Jėzus ir kiti stebuklingojo Jėzaus Nazariečio atvaizdai Lietuvoje [Jesus of Antakalnis and other Images of the Miraculous Jesus of Nazareth in Lithuania], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017.
• Surdokaitė-Vitienė, Gabija. Susimąstęs Kristus: nuo religinio atvaizdo iki tautos simbolio Rūpintojėlio [The Christ in Distress: From Religious Image to a National Symbol Rūpintojėlis], Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017.
• Martinaitienė, Gražina Marija. Ioannes Breutelt nos fecit, Vilnius: Nacionalinis muziejus Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valdovų rūmai, 2014.
• Martinaitienė, Gražina Marija. Audiniai ir jų spalvos Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės istoriniuose šaltiniuose [Textiles mentioned in Historical Sources of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania], Vilnius: Nacionalinis muziejus Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valdovų rūmai, 2013.
• Giniūnienė, Asta. Kryžiaus kelias Lietuvoje XVIII a. II pusėje–XX a. pradžioje: Sklaida ir raiška [Way of the Cross in Lithuania from second half of 18 century to beginning of 20^th century: the spread and expression], Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 2013.
• Martinaitienė, Gražina Marija. Lietuvos kryždirbiai ir kryždirbystė XX a. pervartose [Lithuanian Cross-makers and Cros-craffting Art during Transformations of 20^thCentury], Vilnius: Savastis, 2010.
• Vasiliūnienė, Dalia. Žemaičių Kalvarija: piligriminio centro istorija ir dailė XVII–XIX a. [Žemaičių Kalvarija. The History and Art of the Piligrimage Centre in the 17^th–19^thCentury], Vilnius: Aidai, 2010.
• Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Skirmantė. Lietuvos bažnyčių dailė: XX a. I pusė [Lithuanian Church Art in the 1^st half of 20^th centiry], Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2009.
• Stankevičienė, Regimanta. Palangos Švč. Mergelės Marijos Ėmimo į dangų bažnyčios didžiojo altoriaus paveikslas „Švč. Mergelė Marija su Vaikeliu“: tyrimai, restauravimas [High Altar Painting “The Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child” of Palanga Church of the Assumption. Researches and Restoration], Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės muziejus, 2008.
• Martinaitienė, Gražina Marija, Kontušo juostos Lietuvoje [Kontusz Sashes in Lithuania], Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2006.
• Jurkuvienė, Teresė. Lietuvių tautinis kostiumas [Lithuanian national costume], Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2006.
• Martinaitienė, Gražina Marija. Užnemunės grafai Butleriai ir jų meninis palikimas [Counts Butlers of Užnemunė and their Artistic Heritage], Vilnius: Savastis, 2002.
• Jurkuvienė, Tersė. Lietuvių liaudies juostos [Lithuanian National sashes], Vilnius: Gervelė, 2001.

Collections of articles:

• Veliuonos bažnyčia. Istorija, architektūra ir dailė [The Church of Veliuona. History, Architecture and Art], editors Asta Giniūnienė, Svetlana Poligienė, Veliuonos krašto istorijos muziejus, 2021.
• Menotyra, peer-reviewed journal, 2010, Nr. 1, Nr. 4; 2012, Nr. 1; 2013, Nr. 1; 2014, Nr. 1; 2015, Nr. 1; 2016, Nr. 1; 2017, Nr. 1; 2018, Nr. 1, 2019, Nr. 1, 2020, Nr. 4. editor Gabija Surdokaitė-Vitienė.
• Excellentia virtutum: šventieji Lietuvos kultūroje [Excellentia virtutum: saints in Lithuanian culture] (serija Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos, 4), ed. Asta Giniūnienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2019.
• Lilia Zabalotnaia, Moldavian Women in History (destinies, politics, and love), ed. Gabija Surdokaitė-Vitienė, Târgovişte: Editura Cetatea de Scaun; Chişinău: National Museum of History of Moldova, 2018.
• Dailės kūrinys – istorijos šaltinis [The Artwork as the Source of History], ed. Skirmantė Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2016.
• Ornamentas: XVI–XX a. I pusės paveldo tyrimai [The Ornament: Researches into the heritage of the 16^th - 1 half of 20^th centuries], ed. Aleksandra Aleksandravičiūtė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2014.
• Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos [Religious Studies of Cultural Heritage], Vol. 3: Virgo venerabilis: Marijos paveikslas Lietuvos kultūroje [Virgo venerabilis: The image of Virgin Mary in Lithuanian culture], ed. Gabija Surdokaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011.
• Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos [Religious Studies of Cultural Heritage], Vol. 2: Tridento visuotinio bažnyčios susirinkimo (1545–1563) įtaka Lietuvos kultūrai [The influence of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) on the culture of Lithuania], ed. Aleksandra Aleksandravičiūtė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2009.
• Religinės kultūros paveldo studijos [Religious Studies of Cultural Heritage], Vol. 1: Pamaldumas Išganytojui Lietuvos kultūroje [Devotion to the Savior in Lithuanian Culture], ed. Gabija Surdokaitė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2008.
• The Užnemunė region: society and spiritual life [The Užnemunė Region: Society and Spiritual Life], ed. Skirmantė Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2005.
• Viduklės Šv. Kryžiaus bažnyčia: architektūra ir sakralinės dailės vertybės [St. Church of the Cross in Viduklė: architecture and sacral art], ed. Gražina Marija Martinaitienė, Regimanta Stankevičienė, Vilnius: Savastis, 2003.
• Prienų Kristaus Apreiškimo bažnyčia: architektūra ir sakralinės dailės vertybės [Church Revelation of Christ in Prienai: architecture and sacral art], ed. Gražina Marija Martinaitienė, Vilnius: Savastis, 2002.
• Kultūrologija [Cultorology], t. 9: Lietuvos menas permainų laikais [Lithuanian Art in Age of Transformations], ed. Aleksandra Aleksandravičiūtė, Vilnius, 2002.
• Primityvumas mene [Primitivism in Art], ed. Teresė Jurkuvienė, Vilnius: Gervelė, 1999.

Applied studies:

• Surdokaitė-Vitienė, Gabija, Pauliukevičiūtė, Rita. Pro Rytų vartus: Orientas Lietuvos liturginėje tekstilėje XVI–XX amžiais [Through the Gates of the East: Orient in Lithuanian liturgical textiles XVI–XX c.], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2022.
• Stankevičienė Regimanta. Ispanijoje užgimęs, Antakalnyje pamiltas: Jėzaus Nazariečio atvaizdai Lietuvoje. Parodos knyga [Born in Spain, Beloved in Antakalnis. Images of Jesus of Nazareth in Lithuania], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, LKTI, 2021
• Dangaus miestas. Vilniaus vienuolynų palikimas Bažnytinio paveldo muziejuje [City of Heaven. The Legacy of Vilnius Monasteries in the Collections of the Church Heritage Museum], ed. Dalia Vasiliūnienė, text D. Vasiliūnienė, Liudas Jovaiša, Martynas Jakulis, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2020.
• Vasiliūnienė, Dalia. Vilniaus vienuolijos ir jų lobynai. Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bernardinių vienuolynas [Vilnius monasteries and their treasures. The Bernardines convent of St Michael the Archangel], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2019.
• Vinco Svirskio mediniai stebuklai [Wooden wonders of Vincas Svirskis], parengė Margarita Matulytė (sudarytoja, tekstų autorė), Skaidrė Urbonienė (mokslinė redaktorė, tekstų, rodyklės autorė), Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės muziejus, 2019.
• Ne vien Dangus [advokatų kontoros „Valiunas Ellex“ meno kolekcija] [Heaven and Beyond, the collection of the law firm Valiunas Ellex], texts Dalia Vasiliūnienė, Skaidrė Urbonienė (ed. Dalia Vasiliūnienė), Vilnius: Valiunas Ellex, 2016.
• Surdokaitė-Vitienė, Gabija. Susimąstęs Kristus: nuo religinio atvaizdo iki tautos simbolio Rūpintojėlio: parodos katalogas [The Christ in Distress: From Religious Image to a National Symbol Rūpintojėlis: exhibition catalogue], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2015.
• Aleksandravičiūtė. Aleksandra. Birutė Stulgaitė. Įvadinis straipsnis, sudarymas ir tekstai albumui: Birutė Stulgaitė: grýna [Birutė Stulgaitė: Purity], Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla, 2015.
• Smilingytė-Žeimienė, Skirmantė. Abrozdėliai. Religiniai paveikslėliai su Vaikelio Jėzaus atvaizdu iš kun. Mozės Mitkevičiaus rinkinio [Religious Pictures with the Image of the Child of Jesus from the Mozė Mitkevičius Collection], Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2014.
• Jėga ir grožis jo šventovėje. Vilniaus arkivyskupijos sakralinės vertybės Bažnytinio paveldo muziejuje [Sacral Valuables of Archidiocese of Vilnius in the Church Heritage Museum], ed. Dalia Vasiliūnienė, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, 2013.
• Vasiliūnienė, Dalia. Wooden Churches in Lithuania. (fot. Raimundas Paknys), Vilnius: R. Paknio leidykla, 2012 (Separate publications in Lithuanian and English).

Department of Music and Theatre History
Tel.: +370 5 2 2755912 E-mail: MTIS@LKTI.LT

Head of Department – senior researcher PhD Helmutas Šabasevičius

Research staff
PhD Laima Budzinauskienė
PhD Šarūnė El Raed [Trinkūnaitė]
PhD (Art) Jūratė Landsbergytė-Becher
PhD Vytautė Markeliūnienė
PhD Asta Petrikienė (since April 1, 2021)
PhD Kamilė Rupeikaitė
PhD Helmutas Šabasevičius
PhD Rasa Vasinauskaitė

The scientists of the Department research the peculiarities and the development of Lithuanian music and theatre. The research object is evaluated in the context of European political, social, and cultural life. Scientific research is carried out on two topics – “Research of Lithuanian Music History” and “Research of Lithuanian Theatre History”. The chronological framework expands from 19^th to the 21^st century.

In the topic of Research of Lithuanian Music History (supervisor – PhD Laima Budzinauskienė) scientists research the development of Lithuanian musical and creative life, stylistic change, history of musical education, the activities and biographies of creators and performers, critics and educators, the evolution of musical theatre. The researchers are carried out by musicologists of Department: PhD Vyda Bakutytė-Jauniškienė, PhD Laima Budzinauskienė, DA Jūratė Landsbergytė-Becher, PhD Kamilė Rupeikaitė-Mariniuk, PhD Vytautė Markeliūnienė.

In the topic of Research of Lithuanian Theatre History (supervisor – PhD Rasa Vasinauskaitė) scientists research and appreciate the peculiarities of the Lithuanian theatre in the context of the development of European theatre, analyse the legacy of creators and critics, the contemporary theatre phenomena, the theatre theory, and methodology. The researchers are carried out by theatrologists of Departament: PhD Asta Petrikienė, PhD Helmutas Šabasevičius, PhD Šarūnė Trinkūnaitė, PhD Rasa Vasinauskaitė.

The Department is implementing the long-lasting program “Research on the Non/autonomy of art” (from 2022 to 2026), head of the program is PhD Erika Grigoravičienė. The main goal of the program is to discover and include the previously unknown Lithuanian artistic heritage into the sphere of scholarly research together with related historical texts and sources. The Department’s researchers are working on the topic “The field of music and performing arts in the context of 19^th–21st century transformations” and analysing the peculiarities of Lithuanian musical and theatrical life and his theoretical reflection in the different contexts. Research areas in this topic: the heritage of music and performing arts (musical manuscripts from the 19th to early 20th centuries, the functioning of music in the contexts of religion and society, historical themes and the formation of the Lithuanian national theatre); functioning of music and performing arts in the 20th century in the environment of cultural and political changes (sources of oral history, works of personalities of Lithuanian musicology and theatrology, ballet and theatre creators, phenomena of music and theatre art of the interwar, occupation years and the Soviet era and their critical reflection; music and performing arts in the 21st century in the face of challenges (21st century music and stage art creators, applied and experiential theatre art practices, the impact and influence of the pandemic on theatre art, transformations of music creation).

The Department’s researchers publish their research in monographs and studies, scientific articles, present at foreign and Lithuanian conferences, public lectures, scientific and artistic events. They actively participate in Lithuanian and foreign scientific and educational projects. Each year, the researchers prepare (and publish their research, since 2022) one volume of the continuous peer-reviewed journal of scientific articles Meno istorijos studijos (Art History Studies, https://www.arthistorystudies.lt/ ) (LKTI), also publish their scientific articles in a continuous peer-reviewed scientific journal Menotyra (Studies in Art) published by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LMAL) and compiled by the Department (https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/index).

Most important latest publications

Monographs and studies

Šabasevičius, Helmutas. Baletas LT. Originalūs baleto ir šokio spektakliai, sukurti Lietuvoje XX a.–XXI a. pradžioje [Ballet LT: original ballet and dance performances created in Lithuania in the 20th – the beginning of the 21st century]. Vilnius: LKTI, “Krantų” redakcija, 2022. P. 356. ISBN 9789955857341
https://kranturedakcija.lt/product/baletas-lt-originalus-baleto-ir-sokio-spektakliai-sukurti-lietuvoje-xx-xix-a-pradzioje/

Landsbergytė, Jūratė. Baltiškasis fenomenas vargonų garsovaizdžiuose [Baltic Phenomenon in Organ Soundscapes]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2020. P. 350. ISBN 609-8231-01-4
https://www.lkti.lt/baltiskasis-fenomenas-vargonu-garsovaizdziuose/

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Dialogai. Kompozitorius Anatolijus Šenderovas [Dialogues. Composer Anatolijus Šenderovas]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2020. P. 304. ISBN 978-609-8231-23-6
https://www.lkti.lt/dialogai-kompozitorius-anatolijus-senderovas/

Šabasevičius, Helmutas. Šokio erdvėse. Baleto solistės Loretos Bartusevičiūtės kūryba, Vilnius: “Krantų” redakcija, LKTI, 2020. P. 207. ISBN 978-9955-857-32-7
https://kranturedakcija.lt/product/sokio-erdvese-balerinos-loretos-bartuseviciutes-kuryba/

Nuo Juozo Naujalio iki Eduardo Balsio. Muzikologės Onos Narbutienės straipsniai [From Juozas Naujalis to Eduardas Balsys. Ona Narbutienė’s musicological works] (sudaryt. / ed. by Vytautė Markeliūnienė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2020. P. 368. ISBN 978-609-8231-30-4
https://www.lkti.lt/nuo-juozo-naujalio-iki-eduardo-balsio/

Bakutytė, Vida. Vilniaus muzikas, fotografas ir poetas Faustynas Łopatyńskis (1825–1886): lietuviški kūrybinės veiklos punktyrai [Vilnius Musician, Photographer and Poet Faustyn Łopatyński (1825–1886): A Lithuanian Sketch of Creative Activities]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2019. 216 p. ISBN 978-609-8231-10-6
https://www.lkti.lt/vilniaus-muzikas-fotografas-ir-poetas-faustynas-lopatynskis-1825-1886-lietuviski-kurybines-veiklos-punktyrai/

Latest collections of scientific articles

Muzika ir teatras: istoriniai kontekstai / šiuolaikinės interpretacijos [Music and Theatre: Historical Contexts / Contemporary Interpretations] (sudaryt. /ed. by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2022. P. 217. ISBN 978-609-8231-50-2

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2022, Vol 29, Nr. 4. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/593

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2022, Vol 29, Nr. 3. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/580

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2022, Vol 29, Nr. 2. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/578

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2022, Vol 29, Nr. 1. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/571

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2021, Vol 28, Nr. 1–2. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/561

Menotyra [Studies in Art] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, 2020, Vol 27, Nr. 4. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/531

Menotyra [Studies in Art: Musicology] (sudaryt. K. Rupeikaitė). Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2020, Vol 27, Nr. 3. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/522

Menotyra [Studies in Art: Theatrology] (sudaryt. H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2020, Vol 27, Nr. 2. ISSN 1392-1002 (print), ISSN 2424-4708 (online) https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/view/515

Latest conferences

New Spectatorship in Post-Covid Times: Theatre and the Digital (Nauji Post-Covid laiko žiūrovai: teatras ir skaitmeninė erdvė), Vilnius: EASTAP (European Association for the Studies of Theatre and Performance), Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Vilnius University Faculty of Communication, 2021 09 23–24 (online). https://eastap.com/2021/04/10/eastap-2021-new-spectatorship-in-post-covid-timestheatre-and-the-digital/

Music, Theatre, Society, Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Opole University (Poland), Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Science Kyiv (Ukraine), 2020 11 20 (online).
https://www.lkti.lt/2020-m-lapkricio-20-d/

Muzika ir teatras – sąveikos, skirtys, tarpininkavimai [Interactions, Differences, Mediations] Konferencija skirta habil. dr. Jūratei Marijai Trilupaitienei. Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuanina Academy of Music and Theatre, 2018 11 20.
https://lmta.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-11-20-Konferencija-skirta-Juratei-Marijai-Trilupaitienei_el.programele.pdf

Tel.: +370 5 275 3608, E-mail DLK@LKTI.LT
Head of Department – Assoc. Prof. PhD Rita Repšienė

Researchers of the department of Contemporary Lithuanian Culture examine the shifts of Lithuanian culture in the context of European integration and globalization. The aim of interdisciplinary cultural research is to study the issues of the intersection of tradition and contemporary culture, to analyse the change of moral, aesthetic, and religious values in the context of intercultural communication processes induced by European integration, and to explore the issues of the development of the cultural industry under the conditions of virtual networking. The researchers of the department also participate in the long-term program “Cultural Change and Interaction Facing Challenges of the 21st Century” (2022–2026).

RESEARCH STAFF:
Senior researcher  PhD Aida Savicka
Senior researcher  PhD Skaidra Trilupaitytė
Researcher Assoc. Prof.  PhD Renata Šukaitytė
Researcher Prof. PhD Agnė Narušytė

DOCTORAL (PhD) STUDENTS:
Jogintė Bučinskaitė
Valentyn Odnoviun

STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

Scientific research, conference, young researchers’ education, expert activities, international cooperation

COLLECTIVE PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH:

Marija Gimbutas in the 21st Century: Longing for Peaceful Civilisations, ed. by Rita Repšienė, Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2022. 208 p. ISSN 2029-8560, eISSN 2783-5529 – Sphairos: Cultural and Media Studies, 13.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH:

Agnė Narušytė. The Beaver, a Partisan Fighting for the Survival of the Planet (Bebras, partizanas, kovojantis už planetos išlikimą), Life in the Posthuman Condition. Critical Responses to the Anthropocene, edited by S. E. Wilmer and Audronė Žukauskaitė, Edinburgh University Press, 2023, p. 173–192. ISBN 978 1 3995 0527 7

Agnė Narušytė. Swimming in the Desert of Time: Photography Transformed by the Flow of Digital Images and Akvilė Anglickaitė’s Installation Ocean, Marija Gimbutas in the 21st Century: Longing for Peaceful Civilisations, ed. by Rita Repšienė, Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2022, p. 164–185. ISSN 2029-8560, eISSN 2783-5529 – Sphairos: Cultural and Media Studies, 13.

Agnė Narušytė, A Single Viewerʼs Observation, Valentyn Odnoviun, Surveillance. A Typology of Oppression, Vilnius: Artprint, 2020, pages not specified, ISBN 978-609-95181-9-0.

Rita Repšienė. Marija Gimbutas, the 21st Century and the Media: Creating Hope for the Peaceful Future through the Discovery of Prehistoric Civilization, Marija Gimbutas in the 21st Century: Longing for Peaceful Civilizations, ed. by Rita Repšienė, Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2022, p. 26–63. ISSN 2029-8560; eISSN 2783-5529 – Sphairos: Cultural and Media Studies, 13.

Rita Repšienė, Odeta Žukauskienė. The Song Celebration as Power of Cultural Memory and a Mission of Modernity, Culture Crossroads, Vol. 9. ISSN 2500-9974. Riga: Research Centre of the Latvian Academy of Culture, 2016, p. 20–35, http://www.culturecrossroads.lv/pdf/5/en

Aida Savicka. The Song and Dance Celebration in Lithuania, Culture Crossroads, vol. 9. ISSN 2500-9974. Riga: Research Centre of the Latvian Academy of Culture, 2016, p. 36–49, http://www.culturecrossroads.lv/system/articles/pdf_ens/000/000/006/original/5_Savicka.pdf?1478107998

Aida Savicka, Doug Baer, Lionel Prouteau, David Swindell, David H. Smith, Kuang-Ting Tai. Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering, Smith, David Horton, Stebbins, Robert A., Grotz, Jurgen (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, p. 580–608. ISBN 978-1-137-26316-2.

Skaidra Trilupaitytė, Neoliberal Culture, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2016, DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2016.1248955. 

CONFERENCES

International Conference “New Media” and Challenging (Artificial) Intelligence, Identity and Culture, Vilnius, National Gallery of Art, 2019. 6 December, http://ndg.lt/renginiai/konferencijos/naujosios-medijos-ir-i%C5%A1%C5%A1%C5%ABkiai-kult%C5%ABrai,-tapatybei-ir-(dirbtiniam)-intelektui.aspx http://www.lkti.lt/Files/Konferencijos/2019/12.06/Programa_naujosios.medijos.konferencija.pdf

MAIN REPORTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Agnė Narušytė, Women Artists in the New Permanent Display at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius: An Insider’s Account, Women Artists in Baltic and Nordic Museums, Tallinn: Kumu, 2020 03 05–06

Agnė Narušytė, Swimming in the Desert of Time: Photography Transformed by the Flow of Digital Images, “New Media” and Challenging (Artificial) Intelligence, Identity and Culture, Vilnius: National Gallery of Art, 2019 12 06

Repšienė, Rita. Challenging Reality and Crisis Communication: Shaping Public Opinion, Performing Global Crises: Conference, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 30 November – 2 December 2022.

Rita Repšienė; Tsafi Sebba (Elran University of Haifa, Israel). Iconic Mythicality and Visual Thinking in Pandemic Memes: Pursuing “The Forgotten Language”, From Language to Communication and Beyond Language in the Third Millennium, Kraków, 23-25 March 2022.

Rita Repšienė; Tsafi Sebba (Elran University of Haifa, Israel). “If God Asks…”, Hidden Emotions and Folk Beliefs in the “Mythical Meme” of the Pandemic, Balkan and Baltic States in United Europe: History, Religion, and Culture V; Nature and Culture in the Rituals, Narratives and Beliefs, Tartu, September 18–22, 2022.

Rita Repšienė, Challenges for Culture and MIL’s Today: Theoretical Prerogatives, Strategic Approach and Practical Achievements,  “New Media” and Challenging (Artificial) Intelligence, Identity and Culture, Vilnius: National Gallery of Art, 2019 12 06

Rita Repšienė, New Media Challenges and Intellectual Crisis, The Feature Conference of Global MIL Week 2018, the 8th Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) Conference, Kaunas:  UNESCO, Vytautas Magnus University, 2018 10 24–25

Rita Repšienė, Sacred Past in Controversial Future: Legendary Memory as Contemporary Communication, From language to mind V: What a wonderful world of legends! Conference dedicated to Estonian folklorist Eda Kalmre, Tartu: Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum Academic Folklore Society Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies (CEES), 2018 09 21

Aida Savicka, Trust in Networking in Lithuania, “New Media” and Challenging (Artificial) Intelligence, Identity and Culture, Vilnius: National Gallery of Art, 2019 12 06

Skaidra Trilupaitytė, Digital Creativity: Between Human and Machine, “New Media” and Challenging (Artificial) Intelligence, Identity and Culture, Vilnius: National Gallery of Art, 2019 12 06

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Edition and publication of Sphairos: Cultural and Media Studies (13 volumes, since 2001: until 2021 Lithuanian Cultural Studies)

Participation in the activities of the Lithuanian Culture Council, the Lithuanian Science Council, the Study Quality and Assessment Center (SKVC)

Collaboration with Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University

Expert activity at the Latvian Academy of Culture, Lithuanian Culture Council, Lithuanian Science Council, Press, Radio and Television Support Fund, International Database of Lithuanian Studies

Tel.: +370 5 275 1898
E-mail: LKTI@LKTI.LT

Head of department: Dr. Saulius Rumšas, Senior researcher

By applying the strategies and methods of interdisciplinary research, the scientists of the Department of the Research of Ancient and Medieval Cultures (DRAMC), founded at the Institute in 2020, conduct research on the fundamental elements of Western civilization, i. e. ancient and Medieval cultures, their mentalities and the interactions between their traditions and the Baltic culture and the cultures occupying covering the civilizational area of the Great Duchy of Lithuania as well as modern Lithuanian cultures. The department disseminates the research results widely to a large audience.

The areas of research conducted by the specialists of the department include history, archaeology, linguistics, philosophy, culturology, the history of art, religions, patristics, byzantine studies, the history of literature, and paleography. The department establishes interdisciplinary and interinstitutional projects, and for their fulfilment invites scholars of varied scientific fields from Lithuania and abroad. By creating the research seminars, national and international conferences, the specialists of the department promote wide and open collaboration between scientific institutions.

DRAMC pilots a long-term program of editing ancient and Medieval cultural written sources. It aims to prepare and make accessible to a wider audience the translation into Lithuanian of the major Lithuanian and European cultures’ historical sources with a scientifically rigorous critical apparatus and exhaustive commentaries. DRAMC edits and curates the series Philosophica and Christiana Tempora.

Main research area:

The cultural foundations of Europe

Goal of research area:

By employing interdisciplinary strategies and methods the DRAMC conducts extensive research on the fundamental elements of classical Antiquity as well as Eastern and Western Medieval cultures, their interactions with Baltic culture and the cultures occupying the civilizational area of the Great Duchy of Lithuania, as well as with modern Lithuanian cultures

Participation in a program for long-term research

The Departement's researchers participate in a program for long-term research (2022-2026): Culture Change and Interaction Facing Challenges of the 21st Century (leader - Dr. Rasius Makselis). The aim of the program is to outline, through cultural studies, philosophical, historical, interdisciplinary and other types of cultural studies, a coherent visin of the development of various areas of Lithuanian culture and its aspects, which would not only allow a proper assessment of the origins of Lithuanian culture and its place in the context of the cultures of Europe and the rest of the world, but also to point out the perspectives for the possible development of Lithuanian culture in the world of today and tomorrow, which is full of cultural and civilisational challenges. Among the program’s objectives in which the Departement's researchers are engaged is research on European cultural sources.

Areas of expertise:

Classical antiquity and Medieval cultures and history; written sources of history, philosophy, patristics, Byzantine studies, art, historiography; material and intangible cultural heritage

The goals of research:

1. Development of understanding of the interactions between classical antiquity as well as Eastern and Western Medieval cultures with regional Lithuanian cultures from various historical periods

2. Acquisition of knowledge of the different religious and cultural traditions of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages and their relations

3. Translation and commentary of the fundamental Greek and Latin written sources of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages

Research Staff:

Tatjana Aleknienė, Prof, Dr. habil., chief researcher,
Darius Alekna, PhD, senior researcher,
Kristina Mitalaitė, PhD, senior researcher,
Tomas Baranauskas, PhD, researcher,
Egidijus Miltakis, junior researcher

PhD Students:
Miglė Miliūnaitė
Gediminas Zelvaras

International cooperation
Collaborates with IRHT (Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)). The areas of cooperation : the research on the Medieval manuscripts, digital databases enrichment, scientific mediation between IRHT and the Lithuanian Cultural institutions, libraries, museums and archives holding the Ancient and Medieval manuscripts.

Main publications
Alekna, D. Šv. Bonaventūros Brevilokvijas ir Paryžiaus universitetas XIII a. [St Bonaventure's Breviloquium and the University of Paris in the 13th Century], in: Bonaventūra, šv. Brevilokvijas. Iš lotynų kalbos vertė, Pratarmę ir Paaiškinimus parašė bei rodykles sudarė Darius Alekna. Įvadą parašė t. Leopold Scheifele ofm, Christiana tempora VII, Vilnius, Žara 2023, p. 11–20

Šv. Bonaventūra, Brevilokvijas – Breviloquium, vertė, komentarus parašė ir rodykles sudarė Darius Alekna, įvadą parašė Leopold Scheifele OFM, mokslinis redaktorius Saulius Rumšas OP,[Breviloquium. translation, commentary and indices by D. Alekna, foreword by L. Scheifele OFM, scholarly editor S. Rumšas], Christiana tempora VII, Vilnius, Žara, 2023, 430 p.. ISBN 978-9986-34-385-1.

Alekna, Darius, Ptolemajo „Geografijos“ tyrimai: kas (ne)gyveno dešiniajame Vyslos krante? [Ptolemy’s Geography Studies: Who Lives and Who Does Not Live on the Right Bank of the Vistula], Lituanistica. 2022. T. 68. Nr. 4 (130), p. 292–318.

Aleknienė, Tatjana, La prémisse mobiliste de la perception sensible dans le Théétète de Platon: cartographie des mouvements [The mobilist premise of sensible perception in Plato’s Theaetetus: mapping movements], Revue de philosophie ancienne (Éditions Ousia), 2022 / 2, p. 245–272.

Baranauskas, Tomas, Žiemgala kryžiaus karų laikotarpiu, Vilnius: Ex Arte, 2022, 111, [1] p. ISBN 978-609-8010-50-3. English translation.: Baranauskas, Tomas, Semigallia during the period of the Crusades, translated by Inga Baranauskienė, Vilnius: Ex Arte, 2022, 111, [1] p. ISBN 978-609-8010-52-7. Latvian translation: Baranauskas, Tomas, Zemgale krusta karu laikā, tulkojusi Liesma Sāviča, Vilnius: Ex Arte, 2022, 111, [1] p. ISBN: 978-609-8010-51-0.

Miliūnaitė, Miglė, Filosofinių nuostatų ir religinės muzikos patirties konfliktas Šv. Augustino Išpažinimuose [Reconciling St. Augustine’s Philosophical Approach and His Experience of Religious Music in Confessions], LOGOS 111, 2022, p. 201-208, ISSN 0868–7692.

Rumšas, Saulius, Žmogus sukurtas pagal Dievo paveikslą ir/ar panašumą? Bazilijaus Cezariečio Pr 1, 26–27 komentaro teologiniai iššūkiai [Is man created in the image and/or likeness of God? Theological challenges of Basil of Caesarea's commentary on Gen 1:26-27], Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademijos metraštis 45 (2022), p. 7-35. ISSN 1392-0502.

Nikeforas Gregoras, Romėnų istorija xxxvii, 18, “Algirdo teologinis laiškas Konstantinopolio patriarchui”, iš senosios graikų kalbos vertė  T. Aleknienė, in: Algirdas M. Budreckis, Algirdas senosios Lietuvos valstybininkas: jo veikla ir laikai, Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras, Vilnius, 2021, p. 324–326.

Mitalaitė, Kristina, Lerch, Dominique, Rousseau, Claire, Séruzier Isabelle (dir.), Les images de dévotion en Europe, XVIe-XXIe siècle [The Devotional Images in Europe, xvi^th-xx^th centuries], Paris: Beauchesne, 2021, ISBN 9782701023298.

Alekna, Darius, Žemės druska, arba vienos knygos istorija [Salt of the Earth, or the Story of a Book], in: Frossard, A., Žemės druska. Apie svarbesniuosius vienuolių ordinus, iš rusų k. vertė P. Kimbrys., Christiana tempora VI, Vilnius, Žara, 2020, p. 113–160, ISBN 978-9986-34-357-8.

Alekna, Darius, Klaudijus Ptolemajas apie Vyslą ir jos apylinkes [Claudius Ptolemy on the Vistula and its surroundings], Lituanistica 2020. T. 66. Nr. 2 (120), p. 67–94.

Alekna, Darius, Romėnų pietas dorybė ir mirusios žmonos pašlovinimas (CIL VI, 1527, „Laudatio Turiae“) [The Roman virtue of pietas and the eulogy of the deceased wife (CIL VI, 1527, "Laudatio Turiae")], Literatūra 2020, vol. 62 (3), p. 49–66. ISSN 0258-0802 eISSN 1648-1143.

Alekna, Darius, Mirusios žmonos pašlovinimas (CIL VI, 1527 „Laudatio Turiae“) [Eulogy of a deceased wife (CIL VI, 1527 "Laudatio Turiae")], Literatūra 2020, vol. 62 (3), pp. 66–77. ISSN 0258-0802 eISSN 1648-1143.

Dominic O’Meara, Plotinas, Įvadas į Eneadas, iš prancūzų kalbos (Plotin. Une introduction aux Ennéades, Academic Press Fribourg / Editions Saint-Paul Fribourg Suisse, 2004²) vertė T. Aleknienė / Porfirijas. Plotino gyvenimas, iš senosios graikų kalbos vertė Rasa Marija Šileikienė, Vilnius, Žara, 2020, ISBN 9789986343547.

Aleknienė. T., Diplomatijos ir filosofijos sankirtos Antikoje: Atėnai, Roma [Intersections between Diplomacy and Philosophy: Athens, Rome], Problemos 2020 / 97, p. 176–185.

Mitalaitė, Kristina, Social Memory at the end of the 8th century in the Frankish Controversy around images and their veneration (Socialinė atmintis VIII amžiaus pabaigoje frankų kontroversijoje apie atvaizdus ir jų garbinimą), LOGOS, 105, 2020, p. 42–51. ISSN 0868-7692.

Rumšas, Saulius, Žmogaus ir Dievo atsakomybės gamtos stichijų akivaizdoje pagal Bazilijaus Cezariečio Homilia dicta tempore famis et siccitatis [The Responsibility of Man and God in Times of Natural Disasters in “Homilia dicta tempore famis et siccitatis” by Basil of Caesarea], LOGOS, 105, 2020, p. 31–41, ISSN 0868–7692.

Conferences
Ancient and Medieval Studies 2019. National conference in cooperation with Mykolas Romeris University, the Ancient and Medieval Studies Cluster of Vytautas Magnus University. Conference programme and overview.

Ancient and Medieval Studies 2020-2021. National Conference in cooperation with the Cluster of Ancient and Medieval Studies of Vytautas Magnus University. Conference programme and overview.

Ancient and Medieval Studies 2022. National conference in cooperation with the Ancient and Medieval Studies Cluster of Vytautas Magnus University. Conference programme and recordings of presentations.

Head of Department  – Senior Researcher Žilvinė Gaižutytė–Filipavičienė,
Research staff:
Antanas Andrijauskas, chief researcher
Nida Gaidauskienė, researcher
Salomėja Jastrumskytė, researcher
Stanislovas Juknevičius, senior researcher
Rasius Makselis, senior researcher
Stanislavas Mostauskis,  senior researcher
Loreta Poškaitė,  senior researcher
Vytautas Rubavičius, chief reseracher
Tadas Snuviškis, junior researcher 
Aivaras Stepukonis, senior researcher
Žilvinas Svigaris, reseracher
Žilvinas Vareikis, researcher
Odeta Žukauskienė, senior researcher

Department assistant: Inga Laužonytė

Department PhD students: Dalia Aleksandravičiūtė, Ina Kiseliova-El Marassy, Ugnė Marija Makauskaitė, Paulius Petraitis.

OBJECTS, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT RESEARCH:

The department is the main centre of Lithuanian comparative cultural studies, civilisational and philosophical comparative studies, whose researchers study the intersections of civilisations, Western and non-Western cultures, traditions of thought, interactions between Lithuanian and regional cultures, historical relations in the framework of the globalisation transformations and European integration, focusing on the threats to the national identity and culture caused by globalisation, as well as on the opportunities offered by the European integration for the promotion of the self-development of national cultures. It analyses the essential features of Lithuania's relations with other civilisational worlds; the processes of cultural change stimulated by the transformations of globalisation; the consolidation and development of the infrastructure for such research; and the recruitment of scholars from various institutions for new areas of research. The main partners of the department in Lithuania are Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History and the Lithuanian Aesthetics Association. In order to ensure the continuity of comparative cultural research, the department trains PhD students with a unique knowledge of ancient and oriental languages, who are being successfully integrated into the field of civilisational and philosophical comparative studies.

The department works on topics approved by the Institute's Research Council: Comparative Studies of Lithuanian Culture and Studies of National and Cultural Identities and their Interaction, which cover the following main areas: civilisational and philosophical comparative studies; regional studies and comparative Lithuanian culture studies; comparative studies of aesthetics and philosophy of art; and Litvak culture studies. New interdisciplinary comparativistic principles of culture, philosophy, aesthetics and art research are established in Lithuanian cultural studies, and perspective research strategies and methods are highlighted. These directions are also linked to the Institute's long-term research programme Cultural Change and Interaction in the Challenges of the 21st Century (2022-2026).

RESEARCH RESULTS:

The department produces and publishes monographs and their series (Bibliotheca Orientalia et Comparativa), continuing series (Culturology, East-West: Comparative Studies, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Studies, Non-Classical Philosophy, Lithuanian Jewish Culture Studies, Lithuanian Culture Studies), Unio Pictorum, anthologies, sources and other scientific publications. The editorial boards of the publications edited by the Department include prominent scholars in the fields of comparative studies, aesthetics and philosophy of art: philosopher, Hellenist and sinologist François Jullien, art historian Hidemichi Tanaka, Asian aesthetics scholar Kenichi Sasaki, Indologist Michel Hulin, Byzantinologist Victor Bychkov, sinologist Vladimir Maliavin, philosopher Algis Mickūnas, and others.

The researchers of the Department participate in Lithuanian and international scientific projects, regularly organise national and international scientific conferences on comparative studies, Lithuanian cultural studies, oriental studies, Jewish cultural heritage, non-classical philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of art. Since 1989, the conference series East-West, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, Non-Classical and 20th Century Philosophy have been regularly organised.

The staff of the Department attends scientific conferences in Lithuania and abroad, participates in internships, does research work, and lectures in various research centres around the world. Several members of the Department have been awarded with science prizes: the National Science Prize (A. Andrijauskas), the State Culture and Art Prize (V. Rubavičius) and the Lumen Foundation Prize (A. Andrijauskas, A. Stepukonis, S. Jastrumskytė).

MAIN PUBLICATIONS:

Collective continuous series:

Series of East-West: Comparative Studies, published since 2001:

Rytai-Vakarai: Komparatyvistinės studijos – I. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: Vaga, 2002. – 495 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – II, Kultūrologija-7. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Culturology, East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2001. – 384 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – III, Kultūrologija-8. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Culturology, East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2002. – 591 p.

Rytai-Vakarai: Kultūrų sąveika. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Interactions of Cultures] Vilnius: Lumen fondas, 2002. – 357 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – IV, Kultūrologija-12. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Culturology, East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2005. – 692 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – V. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2006. – 511 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – VI. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2007. – 496 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – VII. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2008. – 512 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – VIII. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: KFMI, 2008. – 432 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – IX. Sud. A. Andrijauskas.  [East-West: Comparative Studies]Vilnius: KFMI, 2010. – 512 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – X, Sigitas Geda: pasaulinės kultūros lietuvinimas.  Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies: Sigitas Geda – Lithuanisation of World Culture] Vilnius: KFMI, 2010. – 600 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – XI, Kultūrų sąveikos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas.  [East-West: Comparative Studies: Interactions of Cultures] Vilnius: LKTI, 2011. – 592 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – XII, Algio Uždavinio fenomenas. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies: Phenomenon of Algis Uždavinys] Vilnius: LKTI, 2012. – 576 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – XIII. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: LKTI, 2014. – 704 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – XIV. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [East-West: Comparative Studies] Vilnius: LKTI, 2016. – 608 p.

Rytai-Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos – XV. Paulius Normantas: Kelionė į tolumas, ėjimas į save. Sud. O. Žukauskienė. [East-West: Comparative Studies: Paulius Normantas: Journey to Faraway and into Self] Vilnius: LKTI, 2019. – 388 p.

Thematic series of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Studies, published since 2005:

Estetikos ir meno filosofijos transformacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Tranformations of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art] Vilnius: KFMI, 2005. – 700 p.

Estetikos ir meno filosofijos teritorijų kaita. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Alternation of Aethetics and Philosophy of Art ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2006. – 600 p.

Komparatyvistinė Rytų ir Vakarų estetika. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Comparative Aesthetics of East and West] Vilnius: KFMI, 2006. – 568 p.

Estetikos ir meno filosofijos probleminių laukų sąveika. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Interactions of Problem Fields of Aesthetics and Art Philosophy] Vilnius: KFMI, 2008. – 538 p.

Estetikos ir meno filosofijos teorinės problemos. VII. Sudarytojas: Antanas Andrijauskas. [Theoretical Problems of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art] Vilnius: LKTI, 2021. 416 p. ISBN 978-609-8231-35-9

Series of Non-Classical Philosophy, published since 2006:

Egzistencijos paradoksai: Kierkegaardo filosofinės interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Paradoxes of existence: interpretations of Kierkegaard’s philosophy] Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2006. – 336 p. 

Gyvenimo apologija: Nietzsche’ės interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Apologia of life: theoretical interpretations of Nietzsche] Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2006. – 496 p.

Valios metafizika: Schopenhauerio filosofijos interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Metaphysics of will: interpretations of Schopenhauer's philosophy] Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2007. – 536 p.

Gyvybinis polėkis: Bergsono filosofijos interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Elan Vital: Interpretations of Bergson’s Philosophy] Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2007. – 496 p.

Postmodernizmo fenomeno interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Interpretations of Postmodernism Phenomenon] Vilnius, Versus aureus, Vilnius, 2009. – 602 p.

Iššūkis metafizikai: Lietuviškos Heideggerio filosofijos interpretacijos. Sud. A. Andrijauskas. [Challenge to metaphysics: Lithuanian interpretations of Heidegger’s philosophy] Vilnius: LKTI, 2019. – 656 p.

Continuous series Lithuanian Cultural Studies: 

Nacionalinio tapatumo tęstinumas ir savikūra eurointegracijos sąlygomis. Sud. ir moksl. red. A. Andrijauskas, V. Rubavičius. [Continuity and Self-Constuction of National identity in the conditions of European Integration] Vilnius: Kronta, 2008. – 352 p.

Lietuviškojo europietiškumo raida: dabarties ir ateities iššūkiai. Sud. A. Andrijauskas, V. Rubavičius. [The development of Lithuanian Europeanness: Present and Future Challenges].Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2006. – 288 p.

Continuous series Lithuanian Jewish Cultural Studies:

Žydų kultūros paveldas: istorija ir dabartis. Sud.  A. Andrijauskas [Jewish Cultural Heritage: History and Present] Vilnius, Kronta, 2009. – 452 p.

Lietuvos žydų kultūros paveldas: Kasdienybės pasaulis. Sud.  A. Andrijauskas, [Lithuanian Jewish Cultural Heritage: The Everyday World] Vilnius, LKTI, 2013. – 576 p. 

Monographs published in the series Bibliotheca Orientalia et Comparativa:

Andrijauskas A., Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno profiliai (Rytai-Vakarai-Lietuva). [Profiles of culture, philosophy and art (East-West-Lithuania).] Vilnius: KFMI, 2004. – 624 p.

Andrijauskas A., Amžinybės ilgesys: Tradicinė indų kultūra, estetika ir menas. [Longing for Eternity: Traditional Indian Culture, Aesthetics and Art] Vilnius, 2015, 608 p.

Andrijauskas A., Vaizduotės erdvės: tradicinė kinų estetika ir menas. [Spaces of Imagination: Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Art ] Vilnius, 2015, 608 p.

Andrijauskas A., Artimųjų Rytų, Indijos ir Islamo pasaulių estetika ir meno teorija. [Aesthetics and Art Theory of the Middle Eastern, Indian and Islamic Worlds ] Vilnius: LKTI, 2017.- 720 p. 

Andrijauskas A., Rytų Azijos tradicinė estetika ir meno teorija. [East Asian Traditional Aesthetics and Art Theory ] Vilnius: LKTI, 2017.- 720 p.

Andrijauskas A., Vakarų estetika ir meno filosofija. [Western aesthetics and philosophy of art ] Vilnius: LKTI, 2017.- 720 p.

Andrijauskas A., Andrijauskas K. Civilizacijos istorijos metamorfozės: Komparatyvistinis požiūris į neeuropinį pasaulį. [Metamorphoses of the history of civilization: A comparativist approach to the non-European world] Vilnius: LKTI, 2018. – 608 p.

Beinorius A., Sąmonė klasikinėje Indijos filosofijoje. [Consciousness in Classical Indian Philosophy ] Vilnius:  KFMI, 2002. – 527 p.

Beinorius A., Imagining Otherness: Postcolonial Perspective to Indian religious Culture. Vilnius: Kronta, 2006. – 216 p. 

Makselienė S., Intelektualinis vėlyvosios Bizantijos gyvenimas. [Intellectual Life of Late Byzantium ]Vilnius: KFMI, 2006. – 232 p.

Jaskūnas V., Vizualiosios tapatybės. Indijos meno recepcija Vakaruose. [Vizualiosios tapatybės. Indijos meno recepcija Vakaruose.] Vilnius: KFMI, 2005. – 232 p.

Poškaitė L., Estetinė būtis daoizme. [Aesthetic Being in Taoism]Vilnius: KFMI, 2004. – 296 p.

Uždavinys A., Helėniškoji filosofija nuo Numenijo iki Sirijano. [Hellenic philosophy from Numenius to Syrianus ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2003. – 320 p.

Uždavinys A., Simbolių ir atvaizdų interpretacijos problema senovės civilizacijose. [The problem of interpretation of symbols and images in ancient civilizations ]Vilnius: Sophia, 2005.

Uždavinys A., Sakraliniai platoniškosios filosofijos pagrindai. [Sacred foundations of Platonic philosophy ] Vilnius: Sophia, 2010- 234 p. 

Uždavinys A., Philosophy and Teurgy in Late Antiquity. [Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity.] Vilnius, 2016, 288 p.

Žukauskienė O., Meno formų metamorfozės: komparatyvistinė Focillono ir Baltrušaičio menotyra. – [Metamorphoses of art forms: the comparative art study of Focillon and Baltrušaitis] Vilnius: KFMI, 2006, p. 288.: iliust., santr. pranc. k.

Unio Pictorum Series

The aim of this series is to study and represent Lithuanian art focusing on its intersections and conceptual relations with non-Western cultural, philosophical, aesthetical, and artistic traditions. Understanding these connections enhances the field of Lithuanian art history. The comparative art inquiries reveal Lithuania’s relations with other civilizational worlds and processes of intercultural exchange. The art books present the individual personalities of painters, sculptors, graphic artists, etc. and their works. The series encompasses visual arts from the past to the present day.

Vida Norkutė. Slėpininga akvarelės meno magija. [Vida Norkutė. The mysterious magic of watercolor art] Unio Pictorum Series. Sud. Antanas Andrijauskas. Vilnius: LKTI,  2022, 143 p. ISSN 2783-7165 ISBN 978-609-8231-42-7

Other monographs:

Andrijauskas A. Tradicinė japonų estetika ir menas.  [Traditional Japanese aesthetics and art] Vilnius: Vaga, 2001. – 670 p.

Andrijauskas  A. Lyginamoji civilizacijos idėjų istorija. [A comparative history of the ideas of civilization ] Vilnius: VDA, 2002. – 628 p.

Andrijauskas  A. Istorinė Rytų ir Vakarų civilizacijų santykių raida. [Historical development of relations between Eastern and Western civilizations ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2002. – 194 p.

Andrijauskas  A. Kultūrologijos istorija ir teorija. [History and theory of culturology ]Vilnius: VDA, 2003. – 634 p.

Andrijauskas A. Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno profiliai. Rytai-Vakarai-Lietuva, [Profiles of culture, philosophy and art. East-West-Lithuania ] Vilnius, 2004- 623 p. 

Andrijauskas  A. Komparatyvistinė  vizija: Rytų estetika ir meno filosofija. [A Comparativist Vision: Eastern Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2006. – 137 p.

Andrijauskas  A.  Litvakų dailė L’école de Paris aplinkoje. [Litvak art in the L'école de Paris environment.] Vilnius: Vilniaus aukciono biblioteka, Meno rinka,  2008. – 312  p. ISBN 978-609-8014-00-6

Andrijauskas  A.  Litvak Art in the Context of L’école de Paris. Vilnius: Vilniaus aukciono biblioteka, Meno rinka,  2008. – 312  p. ISBN 978-609-8014-01-3

Andrijauskas A. Neklasikinės  ir postmodernistinės filosofijos metamorfozės. [Metamorphoses of non-classical and postmodern philosophy ] Vilnius: Vilniaus aukciono biblioteka, Meno rinka, 2010. – 648 p. ISBN 978-609-8014-06-8

Gaidauskienė N. Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė: modernėjančios savimonės kontūrai, [ Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė: contours of modernizing self-awareness] Vilnius: LKTI, 2018. - 472 p., ISSN 2424-3965, ISBN 978-609-8231-01-04

Gaižutytė-Filipavičienė Ž. Pierre’as Bourdieu ir socialiniai meno žaidimai, [Pierre Bourdieu and the social games of art] Vilnius: KFMI, 2005. – 350 p.

Juknevičius, S. Skirtingumo dimensijos: Lietuvos gyventojų vertybės europiniame kontekste.  [Dimensions of difference: values of Lithuanian residents in the European context] Vilnius: Gervele, 2002. –  316 psl.Santr. anglų k.  ISBN 9986 – 638 – 27 – 5

Juknevičius, S. Pasąmonė ir religija. [The subconscious and religion.] Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011. – 256 psl. Santr. anglų k.  ISBN 978-9955-868-34-7.

Mostauskis S. Beprotybės kartografija. [ A Cartography of Madness ]Vilnius: Kronta, 2011.- 328 p.

Rubavičius V. Postmodernusis diskursas: filosofinė hermeneutika, dekonstrukcija, menas. [Postmodern discourse: philosophical hermeneutics, deconstruction, art ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2003. – 276 p. 

Rubavičius V.  Postmodernusis kapitalizmas. [Postmodern Capitalism] Vilnius: Kitos knygos, 2010- 269 p.

Rubavičius, V. Vėluojanti savastis. Studijos ir straipsniai. [The delayed self. Studies and articles.] Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2014;

Rubavičius, V.  Nacionalinis tapatumas, kultūrinė atmintis ir politika, [National Identity, Cultural Memory, and Politics] Vilnius: LKTI, 2018. – 328 p. ISBN 9786098231045

Stepukonis A. Pavergto mąstymo problema: Maxas Scheleris ir žinojimo sociologijos ištakos. [The Problem of Enslaved Thinking: Max Scheler and the Origins of the Sociology of Knowledge ] Vilnius: KFMI, 2005. – 300 p. 

Uždavinys A. Versmių labirintai. Proklo hermeneutinė filosofija ir mistagogija, [Labyrinths of springs. Hermeneutic philosophy and mystagogy of Proclus ] Vilnius: Eugrimas, 2002. – 248 p. 

Uždavinys A. Egipto Mirusiųjų knyga.  [Egyptian Book of the Dead.] Kaunas: Ramduva, 2003. – 424 p.

Uždavinys A. Hermio Trismegisto išminties kelias. [The Way of Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus.] Sophia, 2005.

Uždavinys A. Sufizmas islamo civilizacijoje. [Sufism in Islamic Civilization ] Kaunas: Atvirosios  Visuomenės Studijų  Asociacija, 2007. –  487 p.

Uždavinys A. Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth. From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism, Westbury: The Prometheus Trust, 2008, 340 p. (ISBN 9781898910350)

Uždavinys A. Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity, San Rafael, CA: Sophia Perennis, 2010. 324p., ISBN 978-1597310864

Žukauskienė, O. Gaižutytė-Filipavičienė, Ž. Atminties ir žvilgsnio trajektorijos: vaizdo kultūros refleksija. [Trajectories of Memory and Gaze: Reflections on Visual Culture] Vilnius: LKTI, 2018. – 304 p. ISBN 978-609-8231-05-2

Other publications:

Vytenis Lingys: tapyba, piešiniai, Sud. A. Andrijauskas, [Vytenis Lingys: painting, drawings] Vilnius, 2006.- 156 p.

Solomonas Teitelbaumas: tapyba, piešiniai, [Solomon Teitelbaum: painting, drawings ] Vilnius, Maldis, Sud. A. Andrijauskas, 2007. – 111 p.

Valentinas Algirdas Kaliūnas. Išgyvenimų ir patirčių atspindžiai: Tapyba, piešiniai,fFotografijos, [Valentinas Algirdas Kaliūnas. Reflections of experiences: Painting, drawings, photography] Sud. A. Andrijauskas, Vilnius: Bitutės, 2010. – 108 p.

Soutine and L’école de Paris. From Shmuel Tatz’s Art Collection. An introduction to Shmuel Tatz’s art collection / Antanas Andrijauskas. P. 8-10 — An interview with Shmuel Tatz / Ieva Kuzminskaitė. P. 11-14 — An overview of Shmuel Tatz’s collection / Antanas Andrijauskas. P. 15-16. —  Catalogue entries. New York- Vilnius, 2016. - P. 17-65.

 Algis Uždavinys. Kūrybinė vaizduotė: dailės kritika ir publicistika. [Creative imagination: art criticism and journalism] Sud. O. Žukauskienė ir Ž. Gaižutytė–Filipavičienė, Vilnius: LKTI, 2013. – 352 p.: iliustr., ISBN 978–9955–868–62–0.

Kultūra tinklaveikos visuomenėje: tapatybės industrija. [Culture in the Networked Society: The Identity Industry ] Sud. R. Repšienė, O. Žukauskienė, Vilnius: LKTI, 2017. – 199 p., santr. angl. k. ISBN 978-9955-868-99-6

Nacionalinis tapatumas medijų kultūroje. [National Identity in the Media Culture] Sud. Ž. Gaižutytė–Filipavičienė, V. Rubavičius, Vilnius. 2011, 271 p. ISBN 978–609–427–062–8

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Vilniuje: mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys. [Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis in Vilnius: a collection of scientific articles]  Sud. N. Gaidauskienė. Vilnius: Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, 2016, 399 p., ISBN 978‒609‒425‒197‒9.

Čiurlionio namai Vilniuje: istorija ir veikla. [Čiurlionis' house in Vilnius: history and activities ] Sud. N. Gaidauskienė. Vilnius: Čiurlionio namai, 2017, 215 p., ISBN 978‒609‒95781‒1‒8.

M. K. Čiurlionio kūrybinis palikimas ir jo sklaida: vaizdai ir prasmės, tekstai ir kontekstai: pranešimų tezės, [The creative legacy of M. K. Čiurlionis and its dissemination: images and meanings, texts and contexts: abstracts of presentations ] Sud. N. Gaidauskienė. Vilnius: Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, 2020, 100 p., ISBN 978‒609‒425‒294‒5.

The Golden Chain. An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy, selected and edited by A.Uždavinys, Foreword by John F.Finamore, Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 2004, 330 p., U.S.A. (ISBN 0-941532-61-5)

The Heart of Plotinus. The Essential Enneads, selected and edited by Algis Uždavinys, Foreword by Jay Bregman, Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 2009, 296 p. (ISBN 978-1933316697)

Valentinas Algirdas Kaliūnas. Varėnos kraštas: Kūrybos versmės. [Valentinas Algirdas Kaliūnas. Varėna region: Sources of creativity ] Sud. A. Andrijauskas. Vilnius: Bitutės, 2019.  ISBN 978-9986-439-54-7, ISSN 978-83-65342-80-5

Albertas Gurskas. Kaligrafijos meno versmės: Tekstai Lietuvai. [Albert Gurskas. Sources of calligraphy art: Texts for Lithuania ] Sud. A. Andrijauskas,Daliutė Ivanauskaitė. Vilnius, Lietuvos Nacionalinis muziejus, 2020 – 176 p. ISBN 978-609-478-037-0

Tauta, kultūra, tapatybė: apie kuriamąsias ir ardomąsias įvairoves, Sud. A. Stepukonis, @eitis (lt), 2018, t. 772, ISBN 978-609-95858-1-9, ISSN 2424-421X.

Post-communist Lithuania: Culture in Transition, Edited by S. Juknevičius, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2005. – 183 psl. ISBN 9986 – 638 – 63 – 1.

Kultūra globalizacijos sąlygomis // Kultūrologija, 13 t. Sud. S. Juknevičius, [Culture in the conditions of globalization ] Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2006. – 368 psl.  ISSN 1822 – 2242, ISBN 9986 – 638 – 68 – 2. 

Department of the History of Lithuanian Philosophy
Phone: (8~5) 275 5912
The Head of department Rūta Marija Vabalaitė, PhD, researcher
E-mail: marijavabalaite@gmail.com

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Researchers:
Vygandas ALEKSANDRAVIČIUS, junior researcher
Gintaras KABELKA, PhD, researcher
Alvydas NOREIKA, PhD, researcher
Rūta Marija Vabalaitė, PhD, researcher
Pillė VELJATAGA, PhD, researcher
Dalius VILIŪNAS, PhD, senior researcher.

PhD students:
Matas Grubliauskas
Oleg Skoriukov

The Department is the main research center on the history of Lithuanian philosophy, its area of research is professional philosophy, commenced in Lithuania in 1507, and various non-academical philosophical activities including Lithuanian philosophy as well as Lithuanian emigrants thought in Latin, Polish and other languages. The history of Lithuanian philosophy is understood as the reception of the philosophical theories created in Middle Ages, Renaissance and Modern times, as well as in the 20^th century, and the input of the philosophy created in Lithuania to the world philosophical heritage. It is presented as the knowledge of the effect of philosophical ideas on the social life, development of sciences, the processes of educational and cultural development. The history of philosophical problems and philosophical concepts, trends and schools, their functioning in various historical contexts are investigated. Also, the works of prominent individual authors are analyzed, and an attention to the reflection of the historiography itself is made.

We accept the broad understanding of Lithuanian studies, taking the intellectual processes in Lithuania as a part of the broader history of European thinking. Their fundamental research is also an enrichment of the research of Lithuanian philosophy.

MAIN RESEARCH LINES:

• The preparation of the synthesis of the History of Lithuanian philosophy. It is planned to produce II-nd volume of it called “Enlightenment-Romanticism” (written by Dalius Viliūnas). The total amount of four volumes is planned.

• The results of an investigation in various areas, the translation from different languages (Polish, German, Latin, Russian, English, French, Hebrew) of the texts of Lithuanian philosophical heritage, written in a country and abroad are published in academic articles and in the continuous edition of “The History of Lithuanian Philosophy. Monuments and research”.

• Currently we are preoccupied with the research into these areas of the history of Lithuanian Philosophy: The philosophy of the Enlightenment and the Romanticism, the philosophy of the Soviet period, Analytical philosophy; the history of Lithuanian Aesthetics, philosophy in exile. The analysis of the works of particular authors and also of specific philosophical problems is performed. To name a few: the reception of Rousseauism and Schellingianism in Lithuania, the Vilnius period of Joseph Goluchowski, the conceptions of Lev Karsavin, Vytautas Kavolis and Rolandas Pavilionis, the aestheticism of an early Soviet period, the collection of works of Romanas Bytautas is being prepared for publishing.

• The department registers and systematizes the sources of philosophical thinking, publishes the catalog of the scientific sources of Lithuanian philosophy. There are four volumes already published.

THE CONTINUOUS EDITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT:

THE SOURCES OF LITHUANIAN PHILOSOPHY / LIETUVOS FILOSOFINĖS MINTIES ISTORIJOS ŠALTINIAI:

Vol. 1: The period of Feudalism / T. 1: Feodalizmo laikotarpis. Vilnius: Mintis, 1980, 397 p.

Vol. 2: The Middle of the 19^th century – the year 1940. / T. 2: XIX a. vidurys – 1940 m. Vilnius: Mintis, 1991, 420 p.

Vol. 3: Philosophy in exile, 1945-2000 / T. 3: Filosofija išeivijoje, 1945–2000. Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011, 375 p.

Vol. 4: The Soviet Period (1945–1989) / T. 4: Sovietinis laikotarpis (1945–1989 m.). Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2019, 560 p.

THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIAN PHILOSOPHY. MONUMENTS AND RESEARCH / LIETUVOS FILOSOFIJOS ISTORIJA. PAMINKLAI IR TYRINĖJIMAI:

1. Lietuvos filosofijos istorija. Paminklai ir tyrinėjimai / The History of Lithuanian Philosophy. Monuments and research. – Vilnius: Filosofijos, sociologijos ir teisės institutas, 1990, 217 p.

2. Kęstutis Masiulis. Moderniojo mokslinio pasaulėvaizdžio formavimasis Lietuvoje: Fizikos ir matematikos filosofinės problemos 1920–1940 m. / Formation of modern scientific worldpicture in Lithuania. Philosophical problems of physics and mathematics in 1920-1940. – Vilnius: Filosofijos, sociologijos ir teisės institutas, 1992, 171 p.

3. Gražina Pranckietytė. Jono Šliūpo filosofinė kūryba / Philosophical work of Jonas Šliūpas. – Vilnius: Filosofijos, sociologijos ir teisės institutas, 1993, 157 p.

4. Andrius Konickis. ...vienintelėj iš begalybės vietų nuskirtoj. Oskaro Milašiaus filosofinės idėjos /… le lieu seul situé. Philosophical ideas of Oskar Milosz. – Vilnius: Lietuvos filosofijos ir sociologijos institutas, 1996, 195 p.

5. Steponas Tunaitis. Apšvietos epochos socialinės ir politinės filosofijos metmenys / Dimensions of social and political philosophy of the Enlightenment. – Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2004, 223 p.

6. Apšvietos ir romantizmo kryžkelėse: filosofijos kryptys ir kontroversijos Lietuvoje XVIII a. pabaigoje – pirmoje XIX a. pusėje / The crossings of the Enlightenment and the Romantism: Philosophical trends and controversies in Lithuania on the verge of the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Ed. by D. Viliūnas. – Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2008, 360 p.

7. Izidorius Tamošaitis. Rinktiniai filosofiniai raštai / Collected philosophical works. Ed. by G. Pranckietytė. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2010, 400 p.

8. Vosylius Sezemanas. Loginiai ir gnoseologiniai tyrinėjimai / Logical and epistemological studies. Ed. by D. Viliūnas. Translated by D. Viliūnas, L. Anilionytė. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2010, 216 p.

9. Jeronimas Stroinovskis. Prigimtinės teisės mokslas / Science of natural and political laws, political economy and international law. Ed. and translated by D. Viliūnas. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2011, 272 p.

10. Dalius Viliūnas. Filosofija Vilniuje XIX amžiaus pirmoje pusėje. / Philosophy in Vilnius in the first half of XIXth century. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2014, 328 p.

11. Filosofija išeivijoje / Lithuanian philosophy in exile. Ed. by R. M. Vabalaitė. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2015, 256 p.

12. Dalius Viliūnas, Vygandas Aleksandravičius. Jeanas-Jacques’as Rousseau ir Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė / Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2016, 296 p.

13. Mauricijus Pranciškus Karpis. Žemaitijos kunigaikštystės pasiuntinio rinktiniai raštai / Collected works of Mauricijus Pranciškus Karpis envoy of Duchy of Samogitia. Ed. and translated by D. Viliūnas. – Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017, 335 p.

International cooperation

The researchers of Department of the History of Lithuanian Philosophy actively collaborate and carry out joint projects with science centers that examine same historical and philosophical heritage. These centers are: Department of the History of Polish Philosophy at Philosophy and Sociology faculty of Krakow university; Department of the History of Ukrainian Philosophy at H. S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; the Centre for the Comparative Researches at Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; the Departments of philosophy at the universities of Warsaw, Toruń, Zielona Gora.

D. Viliūnas is the head of Vilnius group of researchers who are implementing the international project of philosophical sources’ research “Polonica Philosophica Orientalia. Philosophy in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 16th to 18th century and the Historiography of Philosophy in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine” (2018-2022) http://philosophica.pl. Coordinated at the Jagiellonian University, Cracow (coordinator Stefen Huber https://filozofia.uj.edu.pl/steffen-huber ), the project brings together scientists from the following institutions: Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv; Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Vilnius (researchers D. Viliūnas and M. Grubliauskas from Department of the History of Lithuanian Philosophy); Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv; Library of the University of Vilnius; The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius; Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk. The project aims at finding new sources concerning intellectual geography and political theory, making the sources accessible, describing, transcribing, translating and commenting on them, looking for information on the lives and works of the philosophers, writing lexicon entries and preparing editions from manuscript sources, as well as commonly interpreting the history of philosophy in this part of Europe.

HISTORY

It has been set in 1969 as the section of the Social Thought at the Institute of History of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. In 1977 became a department of the History of Lithuanian Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law. In the eighth decade of the 20^th century the research on the history of Lithuanian philosophy mainly due to the work of professor Romanas Plečkaitis (1933–2009), had expanded the dominant historiographical paradigm and the notion of Lithuanian cultural heritage. It was refused to set the limits within the ethnolinguistic boundaries and decided to include the theory building performed in many other languages of Lithuania (Latin, Polish, others), thus obtaining the international renown. Having refused the reductionist (Marxist) models of explanation, the methodology of contextual and rational reconstruction has been developed, enabling to be competitive within the contemporary European historiography. The bio-bibliographical catalog has been collected systemically. The prospects of volumes of a synthetic history of Lithuanian philosophy has been prepared, the translation of the monuments of Lithuanian philosophy has started. The research strategy for the investigation into the history of Lithuanian philosophy has been created and maintained. During the Reform Movement the department was one of the main fireplaces for nurturing statehood; researchers of the Department Bronislavas Kuzmickas and Mečys Laurinkus became the signatories of March 11th Act.

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Head – Senior Researcher, dr., Assoc. Prof. Danutė Bacevičiūtė

The main direction of scholarly investigations conducted at the Department is the research of contemporary Lithuanian philosophy. The theoretical and practical value of this research is based on the deep theoretical understanding and grounding of humanities in general and Lithuanian studies in particular, as well as the introduction of various aspects related to Lithuanian studies into the scholarly investigations of contemporary Lithuanian philosophy. A methodologically refined conception of the essence and meaning of Lithuanian studies as such, along with the broader understanding of the nature of humanities, provides a possibility to define more strictly and effectively the field of those problems that are relevant to contemporary Lithuanian philosophy, along with the capability to conduct the research into Lithuanian and world culture using new methodological instruments, constantly developing new methodological approaches and refining those that are already in use. Philosophical investigations conducted at the Department are employed as part of a broader interdisciplinary research in the context of contemporary humanities – the research that helps to reveal the most significant trends in the development of contemporary culture. The main research aspects related to Lithuanian studies and introduced into the philosophical investigations conducted at the Department are these: 1) a methodological aspect (the scholars of the Department provide a philosophical analysis of those methodological problems that are most relevant to the research of Lithuanian culture); 2) a practical aspect (the scholars of the Department provide a philosophical reflection of current societal and political processes in Lithuania); 3) an aspect of philosophical heritage (the scholars of the Department are conducting the research into the textual and other legacy of contemporary Lithuanian philosophers who are living or had lived in Lithuania and the philosophers of Lithuanian descent who are living or had lived abroad); and 4) an aspect of reception and dissemination of those ideas of world philosophy that communicate the fundamental values of Western civilization (the scholars of the Department are researching into, translating, commenting on and revealing the relevance of the most important texts of Western philosophy).   The Department consists of a group of creative and productive researchers who are able to reflect on those pressing challenges that are constantly emerging in global contemporary world. The philosophical investigations conducted by the Department’s researchers are not only related to all of the aforementioned Lithuanian aspects of contemporary Lithuanian philosophy, but also addressing those new global challenges that have an impact on both world culture and Lithuanian culture. The scholars of the Department are the authors of numerous original and highly innovative scholarly monographs, studies, and articles addressing the multifaceted problems of contemporary philosophy, as well as translators and editors of numerous writings of foreign philosophers. In order to insure the continuity and constant renewal of philosophical research, the scholars of the Department participate in the process of supervision of doctoral studies in the field of philosophy, thus ensuring a competent training of a new generation of young scholars.

Researchers

• Linas Jokubaitis, Researcher, dr.
• Dalius Jonkus, Chief Researcher, Prof. dr.
• Naglis Kardelis, Chief Researcher, Prof. dr.
• Nijolė Keršytė, Senior Researcher, dr., Assoc. Prof.
• Basia Nikiforova, Senior Researcher, dr.
• Denis Petrina, Researcher, dr.
• Arūnas Sverdiolas, Chief Researcher, dr. (hp), Prof.
• Kęstutis Šapoka, Senior Researcher, dr.
• Audronė Žukauskaitė, Chief Researcher, dr.
• Laima Zinkutė, technical assistant.

Doctoral students at the Department

Sigita Dackevičiūtė, Aistis Žekevičius (the research adviser of doctoral students is Prof. A. Žukauskaitė), Laurynas Norus (the research adviser Assoc. Prof. D. Bacevičiūtė), Justina Šumilova (the research adviser Prof. A. Ousmanova), Teodora Marija Grigaitė (the research adviser Assoc. Prof. V. Bachmetjevas), Mantas Daknys (the research adviser Prof. N. Kardelis)

Former research employees at the Department

Vida Gumauskaitė, senior researcher, dr., former Head of the Department (until 2010); Juozas Algimantas Krikštopaitis, head researcher, habil. dr., Prof.; Algirdas Degutis, senior researcher, dr. (hp), Prof.; Lilijana Astra, senior researcher, dr., Assoc. Prof.; Tomas Kačerauskas, researcher, dr.; Antanas Katalynas, researcher; Gražina Miniotaitė, senior researcher, dr. (hp), Assoc. Prof.; Alvydas Noreika, researcher, dr., Assoc. Prof.; Daiva Tamošaitytė, researcher, dr.

Main directions of the research conducted in the form of long-term research themes

The philosophical investigations of contemporary culture (headed by Prof. dr. (hp) A. Sverdiolas)

The object of research – a broad range of methodological problems related to Lithuanian cultural, societal, and political development, its driving forces and tensions, as well as current theories in the field of contemporary philosophy of culture and social philosophy. The aim of the research – the development and employment of those theories of philosophy of culture and social philosophy that could reveal, actualize, analyze, and evaluate the most fundamental trends in Lithuanian culture, as well as reflect on the global challenges to Lithuania, Europe, and Western civilization.

The dissemination of Western philosophy in Lithuania (headed by Prof. dr. N. Kardelis)

The object of research – the texts of world philosophy that are: 1) relevant to contemporary Lithuanian philosophy and culture; and 2) instrumental in the formation and preservation of fundamental Western values. The aim of the research – the analysis and development in the field of contemporary Lithuanian philosophy of the most important and relevant elements of Western philosophical tradition, the research into, translation of and commenting on the most important texts of Western philosophy, and the further development of Lithuanian philosophical language. The achieved results of this research are viewed as helping to place Lithuanian philosophy in the broader context of Western philosophy, and connecting the most significant points of the trajectory of Lithuanian philosophical thought with the main landmarks of Western philosophical tradition.

Research conducted in the form of long-term research programmes

The Intersections of Tradition and the Present: The Interdisciplinary Research of the 20th and 21st Century Culture (initially headed by Assoc. Prof. dr. R. Makselis and afterwards by dr. Gintaras Kabelka)

The aim of this long-term interdisciplinary research programme – the research into those processes, which took (or are still taking) part in the 20th and 21st centuries, characteristic of the development, dissemination, and expression of Lithuanian and world culture that were influential in the formation and change of Lithuanian cultural memory and cultural identity, trying to reveal the interactions and contexts of  those processes. The relevance of this research programme is made clear by the fact that, in 2018, Lithuania celebrates the centenary of modern Lithuanian state and tries to reflect afresh her modern identity. The philosophical dimension of this interdisciplinary research programme is related to the advancement of cultural research employing innovative theoretical research strategies, developing new and refining already existing methodological approaches. The philosophical investigations conducted in the context of this long-term research programme are employed as part of a broader interdisciplinary research in the field of contemporary humanities – the research that helps to reveal the most significant trends in the development of contemporary culture. The researchers of the Department of Contemporary Philosophy are participating in the current long-term research programme, which was initiated in 2017 and will continue until 2021, along with the scholars of other departments of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute.

From 2012 to 2016, the Department conducted a long-term research programme Lithuanian Philosophy: History and the Present (initially headed by dr. Dalius Viliūnas and afterwards by dr. Naglis Kardelis). For the results of this programme, see MTEP ataskaitos.

Since 2017, the Department carries out a long-term research programme The Intersections of Tradition and the Present: The Interdisciplinary Investigations of the 20th - 21st Century Culture (initially headed by dr. Rasius Makselis and currently by dr. Gintaras Kabelka). This programme will be conducted until 2021.

Main publications (monographs, collections of articles, compiled and edited books)

Konickis, Andrius, Iš meilės išminties meilei. Filosofai neprofesionalai Lietuvos filosofijos kontekste [From Love of Love of Wisdom. Non-professional Philosophers in the Context of Lithuanian Philosophy], monograph, Vilnius: Naujoji Romuva, 2017, 200 p.

Bacevičiūtė, Danutė, Praeiga ir pertrūkis. Fenomenologinės laiko sampratos transformacija [Passage and Rupture. The Transformation of Phenomenological Notion of Time], monograph, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2016, 256 p.

Keršytė, Nijolė, Pasakojimo pramanai [Inventions of Narration], monograph, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2016, 509 p. [scholarly output evenly divided by Lithuanian Culture Research Institute and Vilnius University].

Žukauskaitė, Audronė. Nuo biopolitikos iki biofilosofijos [From Biopolitics to Biophilosophy], monograph, Vilnius: Kitos knygos, 2016, 310 p.

Resisting Biopolitics: Philosophical, Political and Performative Strategies, eds. S. E. Wilmer, Audronė Žukauskaitė, New York: Routledge, 2016, 2018, 318 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Initiation and Preservation: Modes of Cultural Philosophy, monograph, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2015, 209 p.

Deleuze and Beckett, eds. S. E. Wilmer, A. Žukauskaitė, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, XII, 253 p.

Tarp Vilniaus ir Minsko: Lietuvos–Baltarusijos pasienio istorinis-kultūrinis paveldas [Between Vilnius and Minsk: Historical and Cultural Heritage of Lithuanian–Belarusian Borderland], edited by B. Nikiforova, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2014, 296 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Kultūra lietuvių filosofų akiratyje [Lithuanian Philosophers on Culture], monograph, Vilnius: Apostrofa, 2012, 618 p..

Žukauskaitė, Audronė, Gilles’io Deleuze’o ir Felixo Guattari filosofija: daugialypumo logika [The Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari: The Logic of Multiplicity], monograph, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2011, 268 p.

Interrogating Antigone in Postmodern Philosophy and Criticism, eds. S. E. Wilmer, Audronė Žukauskaitė, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, 444 p.

Estetika XX amžius. Problemos, teorinės kryptys, konfrontacijos [Aethetics in the 20th Century. Problems, Theoretical Directions, Confrontations], anthology of articles, compiled by A. Katalynas; edition supervised by V. Gumauskaitė, Vilnius: Mintis, 2 Vls., 2009–2013; 2009 (Vol. I.), 432 p., 2013 (Vol. 2), 464 p.

Kardelis, Naglis, Pažinti ar suprasti? Humanistikos ir gamtotyros akiračiai [To Know or to Understand? The Horizons of Humanities and Natural Sciences], collection of articles and essays, Vilnius: Naujasis židinys, 2008, 239 p.

Degutis, Algirdas, Kalba, pažinimas ir veiksmas [Language, Cognition, and Action], collection of articles, Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2007, 239 p.

Kardelis, Naglis, Vienovės įžvalga Platono filosofijoje [Insight of Unity in Plato’s Philosophy], monograph, Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2007, 301 p.

Mickūnas, Algis, Demokratija šiandien: straipsniai ir esė [Democracy Today: Articles and Essays],edited by A. Sverdiolas, Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2007, 427 p.

Kačerauskas, Tomas, Filosofinė poetika [Philosophical Poetics], monograph, Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2006, 279 p.

Konickis, Andrius, Pirmiausia nubusti... Filosofiniai etiudai [Wake up for Starters… Philosophical Essays], monograph, Vilnius: Naujoji Romuva, 2006, 336 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Apie pamėklinę būtį: ir kiti etiudai [On Simulacric Being and Other Sketches], monograph, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2006, 262 p.

Clifford Geertz, Kultūrų interpretavimas [Interpretation of Cultures], edited by A. Sverdiolas, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2005, XIV, 368.

Žukauskaitė, Audronė, Anamorfozės: nepamatinės filosofijos problemos [Anamorphoses: Nonessential Philosophical Problems], monograph, Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2005, 254 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Visa aprėpianti dabartis. Algį Mickūną kalbina Arūnas Sverdiolas [All-encompassing Present. Algis Mickūnas in Conversation with Arūnas Sverdiolas], monograph, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2004, 189 p.

Katalynas, Antanas, Estetinis suvokimas [Aesthetic Perception], monograph, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas, 2003, 289 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Hermeneutinės filosofijos studijos 1–2 [Studies in Philosophical Hermeneutics 1–2], monograph, Vilnius: Strofa, 2 books, 2002–2003; 2002 (book 1: Being and Asking), 391 p., 2003 (book 2: Circle of Interpretation), 303 p.

Paul Ricoeur, Egzistencija ir hermeneutika. Interpretacijų konfliktas [Existence and Hermeneutics. The Conflict of Interpretations], edited and translated by A. Sverdiolas, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2001, 162 p.

Žukauskaitė, Audronė, Anapus signifikanto principo: psichoanalizė, dekonstrukcija, ideologijos kritika [Beyond the Principle of the Significant: Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, the Critique of Ideology], monograph, Vilnius: Aidai, 2001, 178 p.

Hans-Georg Gadamer, Istorija. Menas. Kalba [History. Art. Language], edited by A. Sverdiolas, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1999, XXIII, 292 p.

Degutis, Algirdas, Individualizmas ir visuomeninė tvarka [Individualism and Societal Order], monograph, Vilnius: Eugrimas, 1998, 313 p.

Gumauskaitė, Vida, Struktūralizmo apmatai: sąvokos, metodas, filosofija [The Outlines of Structuralism: Concepts, Method, Philosophy], monograph, Vilnius: Lietuvos filosofijos ir sociologijos institutas, 2 editions, 1997 and 2000; 1997 (1st ed.), 211 p.; 2000 (2nd emended and expanded ed.), 203 p.

Konickis, Andrius, ...vienintelėj iš begalybės vietų nuskirtoj. Oskaro Milašiaus filosofinės idėjos [...in the Only Appointed Place. Oscar Milosz’s Philosophical Ideas], monograph, Vilnius: Lietuvos filosofijos ir sociologijos institutas, 1996, 194 p.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Steigtis ir sauga: kultūros filosofijos etiudai [Initiation and Preservation: Etudes in the Philosophy of Culture], monograph, Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1996, 367 p.

Stasys Šalkauskis, Raštai [Writings], Vls.1–9, ed. A. Sverdiolas, Vilnius: Mintis, 1990–2012.

Sverdiolas, Arūnas, Kultūros filosofija Lietuvoje [Philosophy of Culture in Lithuania], monograph, Vilnius: Mintis, 1983, 208 p.

The Department also prepares and edits continual (mostly yearly) collections of scholarly articles and studies, hopefully to become in the future a yearly philosophical journal, Athena: filosofijos studijos [Athena: Philosophical Studies] (from 2006; ISSN 1822-5047; editors dr. Danutė Bacevičiūtė, dr. Naglis Kardelis, and dr. Audronė Žukauskaitė).

Nr. 14: The Change of Philosophy (Climate) in the Anthropocene Epoch, 2019, edited by Audronė Žukauskaitė.

Nr. 13: Deconstructing Derrida, 2018, edited by Denis Petrina.

Nr. 12; Power, Discourse, and Subject: The Paradigms of Michel Foucault’s Thought, edited by Arūnas Sverdiolas.

Nr. 11: The Notion of Animal in the Context of Philosophy, Contemporary Theory, and Art, 2016, edited by Aaudronė Žukauskaitė.

Nr. 10: Philosophical Materialisms: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 2015; edited by D. Bacevičiūtė.

Nr. 9: Cinema and Philosophy, 2014; edited by Renata Šukaitytė.

Nr. 8: The Reflection of Time Nowadays, 2012; edited by Damutė Bacevičiūtė.

Nr. 7: The Methodological Profiles of the Research of Culture by Vytautas Kavolis, 2011; edited by Alvydas Noreika.

Nr. 6: Feminism and Philosophy: Rethinking the Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir, 2010; edited by Audronė Žukauskaitė.

Nr. 5: Phenomenological Ways and Roundabout Paths in French, Lithuanian, and Latvian Philosophies, 2009; edited by Nijokė Keršytė.

Nr. 4: Conceptions of the Other in Contemporary Discourse, 2008; edited by Damutė Bacevičiūtė.

Nr. 3: Postmodernism and Cultural Changes in Lithuania, 2007; edited by Audronė Žukauskaitė.

Nr. 2: International Conference In memoriam of Emmanuel Levinas, devoted to the research in Lithuania of his Philosophical Legacy, 2006; edited by Aaudronė Žukauskaitė.

Nr. 1: The Problem of Limits in Philosophy, 2006; edited by Vida Gumauskaitė, Audronė Žukauskaitė, Naglis Kardelis, Žibartas Jackūnas.

Tel.: +370 5 275 2857, Email: mleidyba@lkti.lt

Head of Department:
Skaistė Ašmenavičiūtė,
tel. +370 5 275 2857 275 5912,
Email: skaiste.asmenaviciute@lkti.lt

Employees of the department:
Editor Margarita Dautartienė,
Email: margarita.dautartiene@lkti.lt

Designer Daiva Mikalainytė,
Email: daiva.mikalainyte@lkti.lt

Manager Egidijus Miltakis, tel.: +370 656 97181,
Email: egidijus.miltakis@lkti.lt 

The Publishing Department of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute is a structural unit of a state research institution. Its staff produces and distributes scientific publications - scientific monographs, collections of thematic articles, studies, publications of the results of applied research, continuous multi-volume scientific publications “Kultūrologija” ("Culturology"), “Senovės baltų kultūra”("Ancient Baltic Culture"), "Meno istorijos studijos: tarpdalykinis periodinis mokslo žurnalas" (“Art History Studies: Interdisciplinary Periodical Journal of Science”), "Athena: Filosofijos studijos" (“Athena: Philosophical Studies”), as well as the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary scientific journal “SPHAIROS: kultūros ir medijų studijos” ("Sphairos: Cultural and Media Studies"), „Sovijus: tarpdalykiniai kultūros tyrimai“ (“Sovijus: Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture”), and the scientific catalogue "Lithuanian Sacral Art". Research articles are published in Lithuanian, English and other languages commonly used by the international scientific community.

The Publishing Department pays special attention to the artistic design and print quality of scientific publications. Scientific publications are edited, designed and prepared for publication by qualified publishing professionals: professional editors, layout designers and book artists. The Publishing Department regularly participates in international book fairs and exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, and develops links with other academic publishers. Publications are distributed in bookshops and online. Most of the publications are periodically purchased by Lithuanian and foreign higher education libraries.