Center for Asian studies together with Studio of Eastern Culture Wudang Tao invite everyone to New Lunar Year celebration. The final events will take place on the 31st of January. Guests are welcome to participate in:
Center for Asian Studies together with studio of Eastern culture “Wudang Tao” are pleased to invite everyone to see kimono demonstration and tea ceremony on the 17th of January, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. This event is hosted by Wudang studio (P. Kalpoko 1-26, Kaunas) and presented by Ms. Haruka Seto, an expert from Japan embassy in Lithuania.
The Centre for Asian Studies sends their greetings for the upcoming holidays! According to Chinese philosophy’s system of the five elements , the tree grows out of the water and from that time on it’s the beginning of the spring and the new cycle of 10 years. We’re leaving the frozen world of black water and enter the element of the green tree, growth, warmth and life. Following this, we would like to wish you all to experience the universal renewal of mind. (more…)
Center for Asian studies (CAS) together with studio of Eastern culture “Wudang Tao” present a series of events for new lunar year – “Steps of green horse”. The series is starting on the 20th of December and will end on the 31st of January, 2014.
There are various events planned, among them – evening for Japanese traditions with kimono presentation and Tea ceremony (January 17, 16:00). On the new year’s eve, there will be lectures given by CAS’s lecturers about different traditions of celebrating New year in East Asia (more…)
We would like to invite proposals for the upcoming issue of a semi-annual open access blind peer review journal ‘International Journal of Area Studies‘ (IJAS) to be published in October, 2014. This issue is constructed on a trans-regional basis and we welcome the texts dealing with North Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2014
The Journal, published semiannually in March and October, is devoted to area studies from the humanities and social sciences perspectives (including but not limited to research on history, religion, philosophy, politics, and social processes in the regions of the world). We are interested in receiving article proposals related to different facets of the aforementioned scientific fields. (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.
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…)
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…)
