Program
Thursday, June 15, 2023
8:00 – 18:00 Registration/ Info Desk
V. Putvinskio 23, 1st floor
9:00 – 10:30 Session 1
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
V. Putvinskio 23 (3rd and 4th floor)
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
12:45 – 13:00 Opening of the Exhibition Sharing Our Stories: The Baltic Diaspora at Home in Canada
Introduction: Petra Grantham, President, Canadian Baltic Immigrant Aid Society
V. Putvinskio 23 (Room 310)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Session 3
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
V. Putvinskio 23 (3rd and 4th floor)
16:00 – 17:30 Session 4
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
17:45 – 19:00 Welcome Address and Plenary
Ineta Dabašinskienė, Chair of the Conference, Vytautas Magnus University
Vilma Bijeikienė, Vice-rector for Communication, Vytautas Magnus University
Plenary Talk I
Dovilė Budrytė, Georgia Gwinnett College
“A Decolonizing Moment: Vicarious Identification with Ukraine in the Baltic States and Beyond”
Moderators: Ineta Dabašinskienė, Andžej Pukšto, Vytautas Magnus University
S. Daukanto 28, VMU Great Hall
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception
S. Daukanto 28, VMU Great Hall Lobby
Friday, June 16, 2023
8:00 – 18:00 Registration/ Info Desk
V. Putvinskio 23, 1st floor
9:00 – 10:30 Session 5
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break sponsored by Journal of Baltic Studies (JBS) Announcement by Matthew Kott, editor of JBS, Uppsala University
S. Daukanto 28, VMU Great Hall Lobby
11:00 – 12:15 Plenary Talk II
Arūnas Gelūnas, Director General of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art
“Museums at War, Museums Near War. Memory Institutions as Humanitarian and Diplomatic Agents in the Event of Armed Conflicts”
Moderators:
Jurgita Staniškytė, Ignas Kalpokas, Vytautas Magnus University
S. Daukanto 28, VMU Great Hall
12:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Session 6
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
V. Putvinskio 23 (3rd and 4th floor)
16:00 – 17:30 Session 7
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
17:45 – 20:00 Film Screening and Discussion: Mariupolis 2
Discussants: Jurgita Staniškytė, Edgaras Klivis, Gintautas Mažeikis, Vytautas Magnus University, Kateryna Horiunova, Mariupol State University / Vytautas Magnus University
S. Daukanto 28, VMU Great Hall
Saturday, June 17, 2023
9:00 – 14:00 Registration/ Info Desk
V. Putvinskio 23, 1st floor
9:00 – 10:30 Session 8
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
V. Putvinskio 23 (3 and 4 floor)
11:00 – 12:30 Session 9
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Session 10
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
V. Putvinskio 23 (3rd and 4th floor)
16:00 – 17:30 Session 11
V. Putvinskio 23 (for rooms see the full program)
19:00 – 22:00 Closing Remarks
Concert: NICO – New Ideas Chamber Orchestra
Gala Reception
Restaurant SALA in Žalgiris arena, Karaliaus Mindaugo 50