2020 May 27

About the conference

On Friday, 13 November 2020, the Faculty of Philology (Vilnius University) will host an international scientific conference “Lithuanian Language in Lithuania and the World”.

The aim of the event is to bring together Lithuanian and foreign communities, which conduct synchronic and diachronic research of the Lithuanian language and provide training in the Lithuanian language, for academic dialogue.


Keynote speakers:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Edmundas Trumpa*, University of Latvia, Latvia

Lithuanian studies in Latvia: Present and Prospects


Prof. Dr. Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė*, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Lithuanian Language Studies at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

PD habil. Dr. Christiane Schiller*, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Activities Related to Lithuanian Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin

Prof. habil. Dr. Pēteris Vanags*, University of Latvia, Latvia; Stockholm University, Sweden

Baltic and Lithuanian Studies at Stockholm University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jovita Nevulytė-Grebliūnienė*, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

The prestige of Lithuanian and Polish languages and Sub-Dialects among the Lithuanian Minority in Poland

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