A.J. Greimas Centre for Semiotics and the Theory of Literature
| Fields of research | Contacts | |
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| PROFESSORS | ||
| Prof. Dr Irina Melnikova (head of the centre) |
Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce Theory and practice of intertextuality and intermediality Adaptation studies (literary fiction to screen) Narrative in literature, painting and film City in literature and film |
irina.melnikova@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr Paulius Subačius | Textual scholarship Theory of the text Theory of literature Digital humanities Lithuanian literature Church history History of nationalism |
paulius.subacius@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr (HP) Arūnas Sverdiolas, emeritus | Philosophy of culture Phenomenological and hermeneutic philosophy History of Lithuanian philosophy History of hermeneutics Contemporary theory of culture |
arunas.sverdiolas@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS | ||
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Paulius Jevsejevas | Animal visuality Enunciation in poetry General theory of semiotics Literary theory and criticism Methods for a semiotics of space |
paulius.jevsejevas@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Jurgita Katkuvienė | Semiotics Theories of Meaning Corporeality in the humanities Lithuanian Poetry of 20th and 21st Centuries |
jurgita.katkuviene@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Nijolė Keršytė | Narratology Semiotics Theory of cinema Modern rhetoric Poststructuralism Modern French Philosophy Theory and critics of ideology |
nijole.kersyte@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Jūratė Levina | Phenomenology and hermeneutics of literature Phenomenological and hermeneutic methodology of humanities Modernism in anglophone literature, especially T. S. Eliot and James Joyce |
jurate.levina@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Loreta Mačianskaitė | literature of 20th and 21st centuries Cultural Models Dynamics |
loreta.macianskaite@flf.vu.lt |
| JUNIOR ASSISTANT PROFESSORS |
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| PhD student Augustas Sireikis | augustas.sireikis@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| PhD student Izabelė Skikaitė | izabele.skikaite@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| PhD STUDENTS |
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| Aušra Kundrotaitė | ausra.kundrotaite@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| Dovilė Gervytė | dovile.gervyte@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| Augustė Žičkytė | auguste.zickyte@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
Department of Lithuanian Literature
| Fields of research | Contacts | |
|---|---|---|
| PROFESSORS | ||
| Prof. Dr Habil. Viktorija Daujotytė-Pakerienė, emerita | Lithuanian literature Phenomenology |
viktorija.pakeriene@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr Mindaugas Kvietkauskas | Lithuanian literary modernism Multilingual literature of Lithuania Comparative studies of Lithuanian and East Central European modernism Jewish studies Urban cultural studies |
mindaugas.kvietkauskas@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr (HP) Dainora Pociūtė-Abukevičienė | Literature of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Reformation and Counter-Reformation history Lithuania-Italy in the 16-17th Centuries Early Modern Intellectual History |
dainora.pociute@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr Brigita Speičytė (head of the department) |
Lithuanian literature of the 19th century Multilingual Lithuanian literature Anthropology of literature |
brigita.speicyte@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS | ||
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Dalia Čiočytė | Modelling of classical Lithuanian literature Christian contexts of literature Teology of literature, Philosophy of literature Literary theory |
dalia.ciocyte@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Rimantas Kmita | Lithuanian literature of the Soviet era Sociology of literature Creative Writing |
rimantas.kmita@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Darius Kuolys | Literature of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania History of Lithuanian literature Cultural history Intellectual history History of conciousness |
darius.kuolys@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Audinga Peluritytė-Tikuišienė | Lithuanian literature and contexts of 20th and 21st centuries Modern literature of Central and Eastern Europe Comparative studies and intermediate literature studies Theories of modern and postmodern art |
audinga.tikuisiene@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | ||
| Dr Neringa Klišienė | Modern and contemporary Lithuanian and foreign drama Drama Theory 20th century modern and contemporary Lithuanian literature |
neringa.klisiene@flf.vu.lt |
| Dr Laura Laurušaitė | Latvian Literature Comparative Literature |
laura.laurusaite@flf.vu.lt |
| Dr Saulė Matulevičienė | Folkloristics (folklore, mythology, history and methodology of folklore) Baltic Studies Methodology of literary studies Documentary literature |
saule.matuleviciene@flf.vu.lt |
| Dr Jurgita Žana Raškevičiūtė | 20th-century Lithuanian literature and literature of the Soviet Period The sociology of literature Contemporary literature Textual scholarship Children’s literature |
jurgita.raskeviciute-andriukoniene@flf.vu.lt |
| Dr Eleonora Terleckienė | Literature and Culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Sightseeing and Pilgrimage Literature History of Lithuanian Literature |
eleonora.terleckiene@flf.vu.lt |
| PhD STUDENTS | ||
| Agnė Ambrazaitė | agne.ambrazaite@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| Ieva Kristinaitytė | ieva.kristinaityte@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| Aleksandra Strelcova | aleksandra.strelcova@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
| Gintarė Petuchovaitė-Majauskė | gintare.petuchovaite-majauske@flf.stud.vu.lt | |
Department of Translation Studies
| Fields of research | Contacts | |
|---|---|---|
| PROFESSORS | ||
| Prof. Dr Nijolė Burkšaitienė | Foreign language (English for Specific Purposes) research Competencies development in translation studies University didactics (teaching, learning and assessment in HE) Innovative study methods in HE Paradigmatic changes in adult teaching and learning |
nijole.burksaitiene@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr Jonė Grigaliūnienė | Corpus Linguistics Corpus Translation Studies Learner Language Research Philosophy of Language Political Discourse Semantics |
jone.grigaliuniene@flf.vu.lt |
| Prof. Dr Nijolė Maskaliūnienė (head of the department) |
Theoretical and practical aspects of translation studies Ideological aspects of translation Translation in the Diaspora Terminology and terminography |
nijole.maskaliuniene@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS | ||
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Liucija Černiuvienė | Theory and history of translation Methodology of translation Strategies of translation Analysis of translations |
liucija.cerniuviene@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Dalia Mankauskienė | Interpreting Translation as an interlingual and intercultural communication activity Translation project management Computer-assisted translation technologies |
dalia.mankauskiene@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Dainora Maumevičienė | Localisation-Lithuanisation of Software Use of machine translation in software localisation Translation history research Didactics and pedagogy in Translation Studies |
dainora.maumeviciene@flf.vu.lt |
| RESEARCHERS | ||
| Dr Artūras Ratkus | Historical linguistics Morphology, morphosyntax Syntax Germanic linguistics History of the English language Translation theory and practice |
arturas.ratkus@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | ||
| Dr Rimas Užgiris | Translation of Poetry Translation of Modern Lithuanian Literature (into English) Post-colonial Literature (USA and Lithuania) |
rimas.uzgiris@flf.vu.lt |
| Dr. Deimantė Veličkienė | Literary translation Poetry translation The problem of equivalence in translation William Shakespeare translations |
deimante.velickiene@flf.vu.lt |
| JUNIOR ASSISTANT PROFESSORS |
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| PhD student Žygimantas Pekūnas | zygimantas.pekunas@flf.vu.lt | |
| LECTURERS | ||
| Alina Dailidėnaitė | Theory and practice of synchronic and consecutive interpretation (English) | alina.dailidenaite@flf.vu.lt |
| Rasa Darbutaitė | Theory and practice of synchronic and consecutive interpretation (German) Practical Rhetoric |
rasa.darbutaite@flf.vu.lt |
| Diana Guogienė | Methodology of written translation | diana.guogiene@flf.vu.lt |
| Nijolė Pivorienė | nijole.pivoriene@flf.vu.lt | |
| Neringa Terleckaitė | neringa.terleckaite@flf.vu.lt | |
| Daina Valentinavičienė | Theoretical and practical aspects of translation | daina.valentinaviciene@flf.vu.lt |
| Agnė Zolubienė | Literary translation | agne.zolubiene@flf.vu.lt |
Centre for Studies in Comparative Literature
| Fields of research | Contacts | |
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| ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS |
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| Assoc. Prof. Dr Aistė Kučinskienė | History of Lithuanian literature History of Spanish literature Theory and practice of translation |
aiste.kucinskiene@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Dovilė Kuzminskaitė (head of the centre) |
Latin American literature of 20th and 21st centuries Contemporary literature of Spanish speaking countries Women’s literature Comparative literature, translation |
dovile.kuzminskaite@flf.vu.lt |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr Inga Vidugirytė-Pakerienė | Theory of Comparative Literature Central and East European Literature Literary Urban Studies Feminist literary Criticism Culture of Laughter (Neo)Baroque |
inga.vidugiryte@flf.vu.lt |
| ASSISTANT PROFESSORS |
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| Dr María Sebastià Sáez | Classical Tradition / Classical Reception Comparative Literature Theater Gender Studies |
maria.sebastia@flf.vu.lt |
| LECTURERS | ||
| Gabija Serapinienė | Translation theory and practice | gabija.serapiniene@flf.vu.lt |