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Junior Assistant Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01122 Vilnius
Phone number: +370 5 268 7235
Consultation hours: Appoint by e-mail
Fields of research
- Germanic philology
- History of the English language
- English dialectology
Courses taught
- Introduction to Scandinavian philology
- Introduction to linguistics
- Accents and dialects of English in Great Britain
- History of the English language
- Introduction to Germanic philology
- Reading the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf
- English grammar I/III
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
- Šileikytė-Zukienė, R. (2021). Divine Attributes and the Notion of Atemporal Eternity in The Old English Boethius. Studia Patristica. Vol. CXXX, 183–194.
- Zukienė, R. (2018). We Become What We Remember: Memory and Recollection in The Old English Boethius. IV Ciclo di Studi Medievali: Atti del Convegno 4-5 giugno 2018 Firenze. Firenze: NUME, 293–298.
- Zukienė, R. (2007). Contemplation of the Divine: Contexts and Imagery in The Old English Boethius. Literatūra, 49 (4), 7–17.
- Šileikytė, R. (2004). In Search of the Inner Mind: Old English Gescead and Other Lexemes for Human Cognition in King Alfred’s Boethius. Kalbotyra, 54 (3), 94–102.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
- PhD student of philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University
- Thesis title: The influence of Neoplatonic thought on the Old English translation of Boethius’s Consolatio Philosophiae, supervisor prof. dr. Tatjana Aleknienė.
Conferences
- Hermeneutics of the inner dialogue: tradition and interpretation in The Old English Boethius” (Lith. Vidinio dialogo hermeneutika: tradicija ir interpretacija sen. anglų Boetijaus vertime). National conference Classical and Medieval Studies 2022, Vilnius, 19–20 May 2022.
- “Authority of Reason in The Old English Boethius.” The 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI (USA), 9-14 May, 2022.
- "The interpretation of Anima triplicis naturae interpretacijos in Eriugen'as Periphyseon and the Old English translation of Boethius’s hymn O qui perpetua". (Lith. „Anima triplicis naturae interpretacijos Eriugenos traktate Periphyseon ir Boetijaus O qui perpetua vertime į senąją anglų kalbą“). National conference „Classical and Medieval Studies 2019“, Vilnius, 11–12 October 2019.
- “Divine Attributes in the Old English Boethius: Augustine’s Influence Considered.” XVIII. International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, 19–24 August 2019.
- “We become what we remember: Memory and recollection in the Old English Boethius.” NUME 4th Cycle of Medieval Studies, Florence, Italy, 3–7 June 2018.