Linas Didvalis, Master’s degree student from Vytautas Magnus University who has just finished East Asia Region Studies at the VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, has been accepted to full-time doctoral studies at the International Christian University in Japan, which are to begin in autumn this year.

The VMU student, who is about to receive his MA diploma, won the selection at Vytautas Magnus University and was nominated by the VMU International Office for the Japanese government-sponsored Monbukagakusho Scholarship (MEXT) in January. The commission of Japanese government informed of its final decision half a year later, declaring that Linas Didvalis will be awarded the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, and the costs of his doctoral studies as well as travel expenses will be covered. (more…)

Centre for Asian Studies invites to Korean days festival “Korea comes to Lithuania”, which will be held on July 9-11 in different parts of Lithuania. During the festival the citizens and guests of Kaunas, Vilnius and Druskininkai will have an opportunity to become acquainted with exotic culture of Korea

The dynamic and colorful concert of traditional Korean music and dance will become a culmination of all three evenings. The ensemble “Yeongnam Yesuldan” from South Korea will perform cheerful female dances with fan, music of archaic instrument gayageum and acrobatic tricks with drums. Furthermore, before the events you’ll be able to visit a Culture Fair, where you’ll be taught to make traditional paper crafts, to put on a beautiful garment hanbok, to write your name in Korean alphabet Hangeul. Organizers promise other entertainments as well. (more…)

The doctoral disertation “Policy of Country’s Image: the Experience of Japan’s 21st Century Public Diplomacy” by Aurelijus Zykas will be defended on 20 June, 14:00 at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (202 aud.).

The dissertation investigates the peculiarities and changes of Japan’s public diplomacy during late 1900’s and early 2000’s, and identifies the factors, which influenced or hindered its success. The raised question was, how Japanese Government manages to achieve the success of its international image in early 2000’s and what are the main newly raising challenges in the post-Cold War world. (more…)

The Centre for Asian Studies has started implementing the EU funded project “Feasibility Study on the Transnational Development of Asian Studies at VMU”. The main goal of the project is 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.

In response to the shortfall of specialists familiar with the political, economic and cultural specifics of East Asia region, VMU launched the postgraduate East Asian Studies program in the field of political science in 2007. 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. (more…)

June 02, 2011 the public Master thesis deffence of the students of East Asia region studies program will start from 9:00, at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino g. 44, 301 aud.). Everybody is invited to listen the presentations and to participate at the discussions. (more…)

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VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites to lectures of Dr. Lauri Paltemaa (Centre for East Asian Studies, Turku University, Finland) on the political situation of modern China. Lectures will be delivered on 3-5, May at the Centre for Asian Studies (Vaižganto 30, Kaunas).

The lectures are part of the course “Political development of China” (lect. J. Razumaitė) of the MA East Asia Region Studies program. We invite everybody to join the lectures.

Lectures will be held on:

• May 3: 14:00 – 15:30
• May 4: 14:00-15:30 ir 15:45-17:15
• May 5: 14:00-15:30

You can find more information on Dr. L. Paltema at his homepage.

In March (2011), the Centre for Asian Studies successfully finished the research project “Japan as Represented in the European Media: Its Analytical Methodolgies and Theories – in Comparison with Korean Cases”, supported by Japan Foundation. As result, the selection of articles was published. This selection is based mainly on the results of the fourth international conference organised by the Centre for Asian studies at Vytautas Magnus University. The volume discusses not only the Image of Japan in Europe, but also the image of Korea in Europe, in order to compare the images of these two different Eastern Asian countries, and, furthermore, to make the specificities of the image of Japan in Europe, with reference to the Korean image, clearer. This book is composed of three chapters and two special contributions.

Contents of the Publication

The exhibition of Lithuanian books on East Asia is opened from April 7, 2011 at Vytautas Magnus University, near the V. Biržiška reading hall (K. Donelaičio g. 52, second floor). The books on Japan, China, Korea and Vietnam, published in Lithuania during 20-21st centuries, are exhibited. The books of Lithuanian authors on the East Asian countries, and the Lithuanian translations of East Asian authors are represented.

The exhibits are divided into three periods: Prewar (1906-1939), Soviet (1945-1989) and Independence (since 1990) periods.

Organizers: VMU Library and the Centre for Asian Studies. This exhibition is one of the events, organized on the occation of 10 years anniversary of the establishment of the Centre for Asian Studies. (more…)

We are happy to announce a call for papers for the 6th annual ISCAS (International Student Conference on Asian Studies). The conference will take place on April 15 at Vytautas Magnus University (V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas).

Your academic interest in East Asian cultures, languages, arts, economics, or related fields can materialise into the conference paper. Organized by students of VMU East Asian Languages and Cultures in collaboration with the Centre for Asian Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies, the conference offers an excellent opportunity to present your research, academic work, or insights to peers from this and related disciplines. Participants will also gain valuable experience, strengthen their public speaking skills, and find inspiration through discussion and exchange. Presentations may be delivered in Lithuanian or English. (more…)

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…)