Last month Dr. Aurelijus Zykas, head of VMU Centre for Asian Studies, paid a visit to Saga University (Japan), where he held a lecture and discussed the possibility of establishing a new partnership.

During the meetings with Saga University’s vice rector and staff of its international office, the possibilities of student or lecturer exchange and cooperation in scientific research were discussed. While a partnership agreement has not been signed yet, Saga University has already selected the first candidate who would visit Lithuania for one-semester studies at VMU. The agreement is expected to be signed within the next month, making Saga University VMU’s 10th partner in Japan and 21th in the East Asian region. (more…)

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Akvile Banelyte, Master’s degree student from Vytautas Magnus University who finished East Asia Region Studies at the VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy in Spring, has been accepted to full-time doctoral studies at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou) in China. She is continuing her research on China’s language policy.

Akvile is the third alumni of EARS program who chose continuing her studies to pursue doctoral degree in East Asian countires. Since 2011, Linas Didvalis has been studying PhD at International Christian University (Japan), and since 2012 Laima Juknevičiūtė has been studying at Academy of Korean Studies (South Korea).

Centre for Asian Studies would like to invite everyone to Taiwan Culture Day! During the event Taiwanese students invited by Taipei Mission in Latvia will perform Chinese martial arts, traditional dances, introduce Chinese calligraphy, Taiwanese cuisine, games, traditional festivals and many more. Participants will have a chance to interact with guest students, try out the art of calligraphy for themselves and find out more about Chinese culture.

The event will take place on August 13^th (Tuesday) 10 am at Eastern Culture Studio Wudang Tao in Kaunas. (more…)

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From June 1, 2012, entrance procedures to Lithuanian universities have started. This year VMU offers two programs in the field of East Asian studies: MA program (in English) “East Asia Region Studies” (EARS) and BA program (in Lithuanian) “East Asian Languages and Cultures” (“Rytų Azijos šalių kalbos ir kultūros“- RASK).

East Asian Languages and Cultures program was launched from 2012 at the Faculty of Humanities. The duration of the program is 4 years, the contents of the program focus on Chinese, Japanese and Korean history, religion, art and folklore. The students will have an opportunity to analyze in deep the cultural specifics of these countries and study thousand year old traditions. The students will also be able to learn one of East Asian languages at the advanced level and to gain basic communication skills in a second language upon their choice.
As the student exchange opportunities with East Asian universities have expanded significantly, all students of the program (starting from the second study year) will be encouraged to study at least one semester in one of East Asian universities. (more…)

May 28, 2013 the public Master thesis deffence of the students of East Asia region studies program took place at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino g. 44, 301 aud.). (more…)

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We are happy to announce a call for papers for the 5th annual international students’ conference on Asia. The conference will take place on April 9 at Vytautas Magnus University (V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas).

If you are interested in East Asian cultures, languages, arts, economics or other areas, this event is just for you. The conference, organized by VMU East Asian Languages ​​and Cultures students, together with the Centre for Asian Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies, is a great opportunity to share your accumulated knowledge, work or research with colleagues in this field and not only, to gain experience and improve your public speaking skills, or even get some inspirations. (more…)

We are sharing the invitation to submit abstracts for the 4th annual Student academic Conference, focusing on Asia. The conference will be held on April 24, 11:00-14:00, V. Putvinskio 23-310 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

This event, which has become an integral part of VMU Asian Week, is organized by VMU Regional Studies Asian specialization students and VMU Center for Asian Studies together with the Department of Cultural Studies. As every year, students from various fields whose work and research touch on the topic of Asia are welcome, both from the humanities, social sciences, arts and other disciplines. (more…)

The National Taiwan Library announced “Guidelines to the National Taiwan Library Fellowship for International Visiting Scholars and Students”.
The library provides Fellowship for experts and scholars to pursue their academic goals in Taiwan studies or Southeast Asia studies. Please click here to read more.

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It is time for all who are interested in East Asian cultures, languages, economics, politics and more to come together for what has become an annual student research conference, organised by the VMU East Asia Cultures and Languages students.
This conference is a great opportunity to share your knowledge, work and research with colleagues in the field, to try and improve your public speaking skills, to gain experience and to listen to presentations by like-minded people. (more…)

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Are you interested in politics of Japan? Maybe you are interested in economy of China? Maybe you are fascinated in Korean art and traditions? It does not matter in which field you are interested in, as long as it is related to East Asia we have a very interesting proposition to you. (more…)

VMU Department of International Relations informs about ongoing studies exchange and internship contests as well as “Erasmus Days’21” which are going to take place on February 17th, 18th, and 19th, during which students will be able to learn more about exchange opportunities. (more…)

Beijing Normal University entrusts the European Federation of Overseas Chinese and Chinese Associations to recruit 100 candidates for MBA and MPA studies (conducted fully in English) from all over the world. Appropriate students are welcome to sign up. (more…)

Applications for scholarships for studies in China in 2021-2022 are open. Persons who are nationals of Lithuania, EU or persons from the third countries having the right to live in Lithuania are welcome to apply.

Applications may be submitted by representatives of various fields of Lithuanian science and studies institutions/ representatives of science fields – Bachelor, Masters and PhD students. (more…)