The Centre for Asian Studies invites everybody interested in studying Asian countries in Lithuania, to a half-day seminar on the internationalization of East Asian studies in Lithuania. The seminar will take place on May 4 (Friday) at “Kaunas” Hotel, Kaunas. During the Seminar, the project of the new MA Joint Degree Program of East Asian Studies will be presented. The participants will be informed about the expanding possibilities to study in Asian countries and about the new BA program Cultures and Languages of East Asian Countries, launched since this September. Finally, H.E. ambassador of Japan to Lithuania, Ms. Kazuko Shiraishi will deliver a lecture.

The schedule is: 13:00-14:15 Presentations on the East Asian studies at VMU; 14:15-14:35 Coffee break; 14:35-14:50 Introduction of the company “Lincasa” by Mr. Vidas Vaitkus; 14:50-15:15 Presentation of Mr. Jinseok Seo ; 15:15-15:40 Presentation of dr. Kyoko Koma; 15:40-16:00 Coffee break; 16:00-17:00 Lecture of the Ambassador of Japan, H.E. K. Shiraishi; The event is sponsored by the EU funded project “Feasibility Study on the Transnational Development of Asian Studies at VMU”. The main goal of the project was to prepare a feasibility study for VMU Joint Degree Program in the field of East Asian Studies (political science) and to sign the Memorandums of Understanding with other universities in this regard. It is expected that a newly planned Joint degree program (with at least two foreign universities participating) would ensure a more systematic development of Asian Studies in Lithuania towards internationalization. The Feasibility study has not only discover the real opportunities of Joint degree program’s further planning and needs, but also benefited VMU in the form of expanding relationships and various cooperation capabilities, such as academic exchange, joint research, etc. VMU teachers would be able to maintain and develop contacts established during their internships, as well as to initiate further cooperation in various academic fields. The analysis carried out in the visited universities will enable learning more about different education systems, innovative teaching methods, and help to absorb the best practices, to adapt them to Lithuania in order to improve education quality and to ensure long-term international collaboration between universities.

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