Local professors
The professors from the available BA and MA programs are not only the specialists of Asia, but also scholars who specialize in political science, economics, culture studies, antropology, international relations and etc.
RASK (BA) studies program
Dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
Alex Fratila
Alma matter: Sibiu University
RASK curriculum: History of Chinese civilization, Chinese language and culture, contemporary popular culture in East Asia;
Erika Griučkaitytė
Alma Mater: Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: Korean Language and Culture;
Doc. Dr. Giedrius Janauskas
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: Late Modern History of East Asia
Prof. Asta Kazlauskienė
Graduate:
RASK curriculum: Linguistics typology and language contacts;
Arvydas Kumpis
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: Qualification Practicum; Cognitive Practicum; Undergraduate Practicum; Cultural Diversity of East Asia
Doc. Dr. Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė
Eglė Petrauskaitė
Alma Mater: Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University
Curriculum: The History of Korean Culture; Korean Language and Culture;
Doc. Dr. Erika Rimkutė
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: culture of profession language;
Dokt. Kristina Barancovaitė-Skindaravičienė
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
EARS curriculum: Japanese Language and Culture; Japanese Culture: the Heritage and the Present situation;
RASK curriculum: Japanese Language and Culture; Japanese Culture: East Asian Gender and Sexuality Studies;
Kayako Takagi
Alma Mater: Kansai Gaidai University
Curriculum: Japanese language and culture;
Simona Kumpė
Alma Mater: Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: Japanese Language and Culture;
Karolė Mueller
Alma Mater: Freie Universität Berlin
RASK curriculum: Korean language, Korean modern pop-culture; Korean culture history
Dr. Aurelijus Zykas
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
RASK curriculum: Eastern Civilizations; International and Inter-cultural Communications; Cultural History of Tibeth and Mongolia; The Mythology and Folklore of East Asia;
EARS (MA) studies program
Dr. Linas Didvalis
Graduate: International Christian University
EARS curriculum:Politics and Society in Japan since 1945; International Relations in East Asia
Dr. Gerda Jakštaitė
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
EASR curriculum: International relations theories and methodology;
Dr. Ieva Karpavičiūtė
Graduate: Vytautas Magnus University
EARS curriculum: Regions’ Develpoment in the International System;
Ieva Nagytė
Graduate: University of Edinburgh, Zhejiang University
EARS curriculum: Political development of China
Doc.dr. Jonė Kalendienė
EARS curriculum: Economic Development of East Asian Countries
Doc. dr. Vida Mačikėnaitė
EARS curriculum: Political development of China
Dr. Eunhee Park
EARS curriculum: History of Korean Culture
Doc. dr. Tomas Kavaliauskas
EARS curriculum: Social critique and critical methods
Dokt. Arvydas Kumpis
EARS curriculum: Identities in East Asia
Visiting professors
The generation of the Asian studies specialists in Lithuania is still growing. Therefore, the successful implementation of research and studies is impossible without cooperation with foreign scholars. Visiting professors of Asia studies are teaching at VMU since 1993. Some of them, while teaching here, also became fans of Lithuania, wrote books and articles about it. We are trying to continue the relationships with them.
Dr. Eunhee Park
Period: 2019
Curriculum: Korean language; Korea’s Cultural History, Politics and Society in Korea since 1945.
University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supported by: Korea Foundation
Ma Haiyan
Period: -2019
Curriculum: Chinese language and culture
University: Liaoning University
Dr. Yu-Ree Kim
Period: 2016 – 2017
Curriculum: History of Korean culture
University: Seoul National University (South Korea)
Supported by: Korea Foundation
Jian LingLing
Period:
Curriculum: Chinese language and culture
Alma Mater: Liaoning University
Baidi Wang
Period: Septermber- May, 2012
Curriculum: Chinese Language and Culture
Alma Mater: Liaoning University
Jingyang Wang
Curriculum: Chinese Language and Culture;
Alma Mater: Liaoning University
Dr. Hyun Jeong-im
Period: September, 2011 m. – May, 2012 m.
Curriculum: Case of Korea: Democracy and Totalitarism in East Asia
University: Sogang University (Seoul, South Korea)
Supported by: Academy of Korean Studies
Dr. Hyun Jeong-im defended her dissertation of PhD in Sociology at University Paris IV-Sorbonne. Since 2008 she has been teaching at Sogang University in Seoul. Her main research interests are concentrated on political sociology and social movements. For additional information, please refer to her curriculum vitae.
Dr. Lauri Paltemaa
Period: May, 2011 m.
Curriculum: Political development of China
University: Turku University (Finland)
Supported by: Erasmus exchange
Dr. Paltemaa’s research mainly focuses on contemporary Chinese history and politics, especially social movements and protest, the role of the Internet in Chinese politics, and natural disasters and disaster management. He is also engaged in research of the methodological and epistemological issues in East Asian studies and area studies in general.
Prof. Dr. Yoshihiko Ikegami
Period: September, 2010
Curriculum: lectures for the MA students of East Asia Studies and Integrated Communication (Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy), and at the Centre for Foreign Languages.
Home university: Showa Women’s University, Tokyo
Prof. Yoshihiko Ikegami, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University, a famous researcher of cognitive linguistics and semiotics, is the honorary member of Japan Cognitive Linguistics Association and a member of many international organizations. His books are translated to German, Korean, Chinese and other languages. Some of them are “Theory of Meaning“ (1975), “Poetry of Speech“ (1986), „Poetry and Cultural Semiotics“ (1983), „Sense of English. Sense of Japanese“ (2006), etc.
Prof. Dr. Daping Hu
Period: October-November, 2008
Curriculum:Political development of China
Home university: Nanjing University
Prof. Keiki Fujita
Period: April 21-May 23, 2008
Curriculum: Industrial Development and Environmental Strategy in East Asian Countries
Home university: Obirin University, Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Sachiko Hatanaka
Period: 1999, 2006-2007
Curriculum: Introduction to Japanology
Home university: Chūbu University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ryo Kojima
Period: 1993-1995
Curriculum: Japanese language; Japan’s History, Culture and Society.
Presently Prof. Ryo Kojima is working as Professor at Chūbu University. His profile can be found here (in Japanese).
Dr. Kyoko Koma
Curriculum: Japanese language and culture
Home University: Osaka University