2025/2026 autumn semester exam retakes will be held from the 4th until the 18th of February.
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The dates are constantly updated as soon as the professors announce them.
If you cannot find the date for the needed subject, please contact the professor and follow the information on Faculty's website.
The registration for Erasmus, ARQUS/Coimbra Group and bilateral exchange studies for the 2026-2027 fall semester or the full academic year is open!
Registration will be open until February 8 (inclusive).
You may register to Erasmus exchange studies here.
The list of Erasmus partners can be found here.
You may register to Arqus/Coimbra Group/bilateral exchange studies here.
The list of Arqus/Coimbra Group partners can be found here.
The list of Bilateral exchange partners can be found here.
Informatory online seminars on exchange studies for students are organised on:
January 22 (Thursday) at 1 p.m. in Lithuanian.
January 28 (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. in English.
The information and links to the seminars can be found on VU news page.
You may find more information about exchange studies and the most frequently asked questions here.
You may find more information about different exchange opportunities here.
IMPORTANT!
Third-year bachelor's and master's students can only register for the fall semester, not for the full academic year, because it is not possible to go on exchange studies during the 8th semester of BA studies or the 4th semester of MA studies.
DON’T BE LATE! Applications submitted after the system closes will not be accepted.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact your study coordinator Saulė Alminaitė ()!
Photo by Liudas Parulskis (Artėja, 2022)
Conference in Literary Urban Studies, Comparative Literature, and Urban Storytelling
URBANITY AND BEYOND: NARRATIVES AND PRACTICES
This interdisciplinary event, organized by Vilnius University, the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS), and the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association, aims to explore the latest theories and trends in urban literature and storytelling, offering a platform for scholars and researchers to discuss the interplay between urban spaces, their narratives, and the lived experiences of their inhabitants.
Please find more information about the conference here.
Funded by the Research Council of Lithuanian (LMT), the project 'Collective Agency: Towards a Three-Part Philosophical Theory' will be led by Dr Vilius Bartninkas, a researcher at the Faculty of Philology at Vilnius University. The project research group, which includes Dr Simas Čelutka and Dr Aistė Noreikaitė, will explore contemporary philosophical discussions on social ontology and epistemology.
Based on the perspective of ontological individualism, it is commonly believed that real actors are individuals, not collectives. According to this perspective, social phenomena and collective actions are determined by the actions and mental states of individuals. However, this position has been criticised for its undesirable ethical consequences and its inconsistency with practical reality and social facts. In response to these criticisms, scientific discussions over the past few decades have significantly moved towards theorising collective agency — that is to say, towards the position that at least some forms of collective action cannot be reduced to the actions of individuals. The project group will conduct research on this topic, for the first time bringing together thinkers from both the classical and continental traditions (e.g. Plato, Michael Oakeshott and Robert Spaemann). The project will address questions on the conditions, which create group agents, activity, and understanding, by presenting a new theory that sets out an overarching ontological and epistemological justification of collective agency.
The project began in December 2025 and will run until 2028. Its results will be published in scientific articles and a monograph, and national seminars and an international conference will be held.
Credit: Vilnius University / Ugnius Bagdonavičius
My name is Orlagh Woods, and I am delighted to formally introduce my EU-funded postdoctoral project, Repro-fiction, which I began at the Faculty of Philology in September 2025.
I’m from Ireland, and my interest in reproductive narratives began during the 2018 campaign to legalise abortion. At that time, I noticed how many people turned to literature—novels, essays, poetry—to express what they could not say publicly or convey through policy language. In a moment of heightened polarisation around reproductive issues, literature offers a vital space for women to articulate complex experiences in their own terms.
Across borders, writers are reclaiming the reproductive body as a site of power, vulnerability, and protest. Repro-fiction emerges in response to significant cultural and political shifts surrounding reproductive rights and healthcare, and its narratives resonate globally. By blending personal experience with broader social realities, these works challenge traditional representations of reproduction and open up new ways of thinking about gender, embodiment, and agency. In doing so, repro-fiction participates in global conversations about reproductive justice and the politics of care.
My project brings together literary analysis with perspectives from medical humanities, cultural studies, and feminist theory to understand how reproductive bodies are represented and why these representations matter. The interdisciplinary nature of this research also shapes the public-facing events I’m currently planning.
In June 2026, I will organise a workshop on narrative medicine, exploring how storytelling practices intersect with healthcare. The following year, in May 2027, I will organise a Global Symposium on Repro-fiction, bringing together scholars, writers, activists, and artists to discuss the important role of narrative in reproductive justice movements worldwide.
I look forward to developing this project within the Faculty of Philology under the supervision of Prof. Eglė Kačkutė, and to building international collaborations that reflect the interdisciplinary and intercultural scope of Repro-fiction.
To stay connected with the project as it develops, we invite you to follow us on on Instagram, where we will be sharing research updates, reading recommendations, and information about workshops and the 2027 symposium.
Thank you!
Orlagh Woods
Congratulations! In her teaching practice, this lecturer applies the principles of active and Challenge Based Learning. During her seminars, students analyse theoretical sources and solve creative and analytical tasks that require them to apply theory to real-life contexts. For instance, when studying "Linguistics Gone Pop", students draw on academic works concerning the links between language, identity, power and ideology, and use these insights to critically analyse familiar media content, such as films, video games and song lyrics. This may explain why the seminar is so popular.
Students say that this lecturer encourages them to discuss and share insights, think creatively and critically analyse language phenomena. They say that she is able to explain even the most complex topics in such a way that even the least favourite subject can become unmissable. Students appreciate that the lecturer 'cares about every student', 'strives for the well-being of her students', and 'maintains a fun and friendly atmosphere in her seminars'. They also value the fact that she recognises their personal achievements and considers their opinions.
Congratulations to Jekaterina Šukalova on being named the best lecturer at the Faculty of Philology in 2025!
Credit: Vilnius University / Ugnius Bagdonavičius
On 5 December, we celebrated the 70th birthday of our colleague, Associate Professor Dr Pavel Lavrinec. During the celebrations, a collection of articles published for this occasion entitled 'Baltic and Slavic Studies: Language, Culture, Literature' (edited by Prof. Dr Galima Michailova), was presented.
Credit: Vilnius University / Ugnius Bagdonavičius
On behalf of the Faculty of Philology community at Vilnius University, we would like to sincerely congratulate Associate Professor Pavel Lavrinec on his 70th birthday. We would also like to express our gratitude for his many years of dedicated work, his contributions to science, and his comprehensive participation in the activities of the Faculty of Philology community. Through these contributions, he has helped to promote the prosperity of our university.
During your three-decade-long scientific career, you have conducted numerous significant studies, published over a hundred scientific articles and two seminal monographs, and established yourself as one of the foremost researchers of the culture of Vilnius and the Baltic region. Your work has significantly broadened our understanding of multilingual and multicultural Vilnius.
We also appreciate your principled civic stance and your courage in defending the values of democracy, human rights and cultural dialogue. Your work in the field of ethnic communities and social integration, recognised with state awards, not only testifies to your high professional qualifications, but also to your civic maturity.
On this honourable anniversary, we wish you good health, creative energy, new ideas and meaningful work.
Credit: Vilnius University / Ugnius Bagdonavičius
