We would like to congratulate our new administrator Lina Petrauskaitė, who started working in CAS on February 1st. She will take all responsibilities from previous administrator Kristina Gedminaitė.

We wish all the best for our former employees Kristina Gedminaitė, Daiva Repečkaitė and Kristina Barancovaitė-Skindaravičienė, who have been working with us for long years.

Moreover, we would like to congratulate new lecturers who will be taking classes related to East Asia – Dr. Giedrius Janauskas, Dr. Rasa Pranskevičiūtė, Alex Fratila, Dr. Linas Didvalis and Dr. J.D. Minninger.

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The first electronic Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary, compiled by Aurelijus Zykas, will be launched on the 25th of February. This comprehensive dictionary contains about 70.000 words and expressions from various fields (art, culture, natural and political sciences, and more) with grammatical explanations and more than 500 illustrations. This dictionary should provide a substantial support for all the Lithuanian speaking Japanese learners.
The project was funded by Japan Foundation. (more…)

A book donation from Prof Kumiko Yamada at Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan) is now already available publicly at Ch. Sugihara Reading Room at VMU Centre for Asian Studies. 110 books (33 of them in English) from her personal collection. This donation consists of various publications on literature, art, history, religion and other topics. Centre for Asian Studies is grateful for Japanese Embassy in the Republic of Lithuania for all the help during the book acquiring process.
Ch. Sugihara Reading room is an integral part of Centre for Asian Studies, responsible for collecting material related to the scientific and research activities of CAS. The funds of the Reading room are constantly growing, and donations from individual donors consist a large part of it.

A personal collection of books by Dr. Agnė Budriūnaitė was recently added to the funds of Ch. Sugihara Reading Room. All the visitors are welcome to use a wide variety of books on Philosophy, Religion, Culture. Prof Budriūnaitė was a fellow researcher in VMU Centre for Asian Studies. Her primary field of interest was Taoism therefore a substantial part of the collection is dedicated to this particular sphere. (more…)

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On December 08, the agreement was signed between Vytautas Magnus University and Showa Women’s University (SWU) in Japan . This is the thirteenth partner university of VMU in Japan.

Japan Women’s School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin), the predecessor of this university, was established by poet Enkichi Hitomi (pseudonym: Tōmei Hitomi), who gathered together his intelligentsia friends that sympathized with the minds of those fashionable idols at the time, notably Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

2015 March 31st , VMU Rector Prof. Zigmas Lydeka paid a visit to SWU and met with rector Prof. Mariko Bando. During the visit, the opportunity to conclude an agreement and expand student exchange network was discussed. An old friend of the Centre for Asian Studies Prof. Sonoko Shima also attended the meeting. (more…)

On November 27, the agreement was signed between Vytautas Magnus University and Lingnan University in Hong Kong. This is the first partner university of VMU in Hong Kong and the fourth in China.

Lingnan University (嶺南大學 Ling Nam Tai Hok) was founded as Canton Christian College in Guangzhou in 1889 and moved to Hong Kong in 1967. It is the only public liberal arts university in Hong Kong and it aims to provide students with an education in the liberal arts tradition. In 2015, Lingnan University was selected as one of the ‘Top 10 Asian Liberal Arts Colleges’ by Forbes.

VMU Centre for Asian studies and Japan Embassy in Lithuania invite everyone to a demonstration by Mr Takamasa Fujima, distinguished Japanese traditional dancer, who will perform the dance, and demonstrate what Japanese traditional dance is. The event will take place on the 4th of December (Friday), 16:00 in the Centre for Asian Studies, Vaižganto 30. Event is free of charge.
The history of Japanese traditional dance can go back to 400 years ago. The dance expresses life style and entertainment of Japanese people. Takamasa Fujima is a Japanese traditional dancer born in Tokyo in 1971. After graduating from the playwriting course of Nihon University College of Art, he has continued to create new types of Japanese traditional dance that relate to farce. (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…)

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…)