We kindly invite you to the fifth Japanese cultural festival and a tenth  bonsai and suiseki exhibition in Alytus, which will be held from September 2nd until 4th by Lithuania Bonsai Association and “Black Scissors” community. VMU Centre for Asian Studies is one of the partners of the event and many of VMU students will be volunteers in this festival.

Attendees will be able to see artists from around the world with their bonsai trees and suiseki, have a look at traditional kimono, enjoy Japanese theater Kiogeno performance, attend variuos lectures about Japanese culture. The second day of the festival, Saturday, will be designed for children, for this reason usual lectures will be complemented by workshops. Each day of the event will end with jazz artists from Japan performance. (more…)

Before the end of the summer the employees of the Centre for Asian Studies started their summer holidays. The centre will be closed entirely from August 1st to 15th. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We express our gratitude to the students, clubs and partners for the fruitful collaborations during the past school year. Hopefully that all of You will get plenty of rest and come back well rested and full of creative energy for the upcoming semester. Happy summer holidays!

On June 23 VMU signed a agreement with University of Fukui, which supplemented rich  list of VMU partners in Japan.

The Fukui University is on the west coast of Japan (Hokuriku region) Fukui city. The State University was founded in 1949 and currently has about 5 thousand students, who study in 4 different faculties. The contract will enable students and staff exchanges and cooperation in the field of research.

From June 23, Raigirdas Boruta, a graduate of University of Central Lancashire (United Kingdom), is accepted as an intern in VMU Centre for Asian Studies. Raigirdas is a specialist in Chinese language – he spent one year in China and will study in MA studies there. During summer (one month until July 27) intern will be working with representative material of Centre for Asian studies.
Centre for Asian Studies willfully accepts the interns. For more information, please, refer to the head of the centre.

This year in June an agreement was signed between  Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU). This university is the fifth VMU partner in China.

CFAU is one of China’s higher education institutions which prepare the high-level diplomats, politicians and businessmen working in the international field. Many  graduates from this university are leaders in the Chinese current politics and international relations. That is why sometimes CFAU is called “the cradle of China’s diplomacy”. The university also organizes educational programs for foreign diplomats and opinion makers.

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VMU Centre for Asian Studies and Japan Embassy in Lithuania invite everyone to a Kendo lecture-seminar which will take place at the hall of VMU Great Hall (S. Daukanto 28, Kaunas), on the 7th of June, 14:00-15:30.The event will be in English.
The lecturers:
Masahito Yumura M.D.: “The last Japanese Sword Man – Tesshu Yamaoka”
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University
Doctor of Medicine. Surgeon.
8 kendo dan. President of NPO “International Goodwill Kendo Club“ (more…)

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Vytautas Magnus University invites students both from Lithuania and other countries to apply for Master degree study program East Asia Region Studies (EARS). Applications are accepted until June 27. All necessary application and admission procedures are explained in detail on university’s website. International students of selected countries are also encouraged to use the opportunity of receiving a scholarship offered by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania.

EARS was launched at 2007 and is the first and the only one graduate program in Lithuania and Baltic States that offers English courses in the field of East Asian contemporary politics and society. Research paper and master’s thesis are also written in English. The Program is taught by one of the best specialists of East Asia, regional studies and international relations, including prof. E. Račius, assoc. prof. J.D. Mininger, assoc. prof. V. Vobolevičius, dr. L. Didvalis, dr. I. Karpavičiūtė, dr. G. Česnakas and dr. G. Žukaitė. (more…)

From June 1, 2016, entrance procedures to Lithuanian universities have started. For those interested in East Asian countries, VMU offers BA program (in Lithuanian) “East Asian Languages and Cultures” (“Rytų Azijos šalių kalbos ir kultūros“- RASK).

This program was launched in 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 analyse 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. After graduation students will acquire bachelor degree in Regional Culture Studies in the field of Humanities.

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…)