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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.
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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