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by Arista Cirtautas
“Of all the conferences and events held last year to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nobel Prize winning poet Czesław Miłosz, perhaps none was as symbolically significant as the “Droga Czesława Miłosza” (Journey of Czesław Miłosz) jointly organized by Polish and Lithuanian institutions and foundations with the support of both governments.”
by Laura Lucht
“October’s blue sky shone outside the classroom window, softened by treetops and by the haze of exhaust from Almaty’s heavy traffic. I fidgeted in a wooden seat, half-way back at the far right side of the classroom. In my black business suit, bright scarf and heeled shoes, I felt slightly out of place beside the dozen blue-jean-clad teenagers I would be teaching later in the day.”
by Amanda Swain
“When I arrived in Lithuania in January 2009 for an eight month research trip, I did not imagine that I would spend 20 out of the next 36 months living in Vilnius and Kaunas. My purpose was to gather archival documents for my dissertation concerning two days of popular unrest that followed the self-immolation of a young man in Kaunas in May 1972. ”
by Marty Manor
“Košice, Slovakia, is the country’s second-largest city and its rising star as the European Union has recently named it 1 of 2 “European Capitals of Culture” for 2013. The rich ethnic composition of Slovaks, Hungarians, Rusyns, Jews and Roma make Košice a singular laboratory for a study of recent historical tensions (extending to today) between the majority population and the Roma as well as between the Slovaks and the Hungarian minority.”
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Glennys Young, Professor Department of History, Jackson School of International Studies
Arista Cirtautas, Lecturer Jackson School of International Studies
Diana Pearce, Senior Lecturer School of Social Work
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