We invite you to the traditional spring festival – Vytautas Magnus University Asia Week, which will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 7-11 April 2025.

Organised since 2014, this five-day series of events is designed to introduce the increasingly popular East Asian culture. It is safe to say that VMU Asia Week stands out in terms of the number of events, participants and partners it attracts. The festival is organised by the VMU Asian Studies Centre and the student clubs Hashi, Hallyu and Wu Wei. The main sponsor is Vytautas Magnus University.

VMU Asia Week, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, has prepared a programme full of both time-tested and annually popular events, as well as new, maybe a bit unexpected, but no less welcome encounters (still being added):

  • Monday is Language Day. Activities: opening ceremony, student club events (VMU Multifunctional Science and Study Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas); evening event – Asian Quiz night (bar “Rebels”, Laisvės al. 21), click here for registration form.
  • Tuesday – Food Day. Activities: workshops on cooking Korean, Japanese and Chinese dishes (Kaunas Food Industry and Trade Training Centre, D. Poškos str. Evening events: a lecture on Indonesian history by the world-renowned anthropologist Birutė Galdikas at 16:00 (103 auditorium, VMU Multifunctional Science and Study Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas) and a lecture on Japanese and Lithuanian beer by Aušra Urbonavičiūtė (Žvaigzdžių Hall of the Ąžuolynas Library, 2 Radastų str.).
  • Wednesday is Knowledge Day. Activities: international student scientific conference for Asia (VMU Multifunctional Science and Study Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas); evening event – “Lithuania? Why not!” Let’s talk with Asians living in Lithuania (Žvaigzdžių Hall of the Ąžuolynas Library, Radastų str. 2).
  • Thursday is Culture Day. Activities: the Culture Fair will once again delight with its many participants: ️BRUIXA SHOP, CHAZ CHIPS, Jaukūs namai, Anime Nights, House of Asian Languages and Cultures, Japanese Club Hashi, Chinese Language and Culture Club Wu Wei, Korean Culture Club Hallyu, King Sejong Institute in Kaunas, the Japanese Embassy in Lithuania, Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, the Severija Han Korean Culture Studio and the artists j_amatus, Elachi, Ieva. exe, blumery_jewlery, fennecky_business, erlin._.009, parawasper; three workshops will also be held: a Japanese tea ceremony, Chinese and Korean calligraphy classes (VMU Multifunctional Science and Study Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas); evening events – kpop dance lesson (VMU Multifunctional Science and Study Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas) and “‘Wild Swans. Three Daughters of China’ – a talk on the wounds of Chinese history” (Žvaigzdžių Hall of the Ąžuolynas Library, Radastų str. 2).
  • Friday – Community Day. The day’s events will include an event on the fears and myths of study exchange (VMU Multifunctional Science and Studies Centre, V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas); the afternoon is dedicated to a lecture on Indonesian culture by Birutė Galdikas at 14:30 (Room 208, Jonavos str. 66, Kaunas), and finally, in the evening, everyone’s invited to the week’s closing ceremony and alumni evening (Nisha Beer Garden, Kaunakiemio str. 40).

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