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On 16 May 2024, The Centre for Asian Studies at Vytautas Magnus University has withdrawn from the “Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Accelerated Globalization” conference, scheduled for May 23-26, 2024, at the University of Latvia.

This way we uphold the unified stance of the Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies institutions which was prompted by the opaqueness of the decision-making of the conference and the biased outcomes. The Centre for Asian Studies strongly supports the principles of academic freedom, impartiality, and open discussion, which, regrettably, were not followed by the organizers of the aforementioned conference. As a result, all six participants affiliated with Vytautas Magnus University expressed their will to be removed from the conference program.

Additionally, VMU Centre for Asian Studies requests not to use the Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies name in association with the mentioned conference.