On January 8, VMU signed the exchange agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with Gifu National University in Japan. Both institutions have already started discussions about possibilities of academic and student exchange, financial support and scholarships, collaboration in joint research and other projects. Gifu University is in the geographic centre of Japan, in the montainous region […]
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On January 30, 2011 the Senate of VMU approved the new BA program “Cultures and Languages of East Asian Countries”. The program is planned to be launched from September 2012 by VMU Faculty of Humanities. During a 4 years long program the particular attention will be paid to Chinese, Japanese and Korean history, religion, arts, folklore. The program […]
The open member meeting of the project “Comparative Research of the Reception of Japanese and Korean Popular Culture in Europe” (sponsored by Suntory Foundation) will take place in Paris on December 13, 2011. The project is coordinated by Vytautas Magnus University Centre for Asian Studies. During the meeting its members will present and discuss the […]
The open meeting of the project “Japan in the West: a Comparative Analysis” will take place in the afternoon of November 4 at the Historical Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania in Kaunas (Vilniaus str. 33, Kaunas). During the meeting six scholars from Vytautas Magnus University, Japan, France, Austria and Australia will discuss about the […]
The Centre for Asian Studies invites to the International Symposium Japanology within Asian Studies in Lithuania: Historical Perspective and Present Situation, which will take part on November 3-4 in Kaunas, at the Historical Presidential Palace (Vilniaus g. 33, Kaunas). The Symposium is dedicated to discuss and to evaluate the situation of Asian Studies in Lithuania. […]
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 […]
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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 was published. This selection is based mainly on the results of the organised by the Centre for […]
