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Vilnius University Counseling and Career Centre invites you to the 3-part training cycle "Dive into your Studies", which will help you start the new year well-prepared! In this cycle, you will learn:

⫸ How to study effectively, prepare for assessments and overcome procrastination;
⫸ How to manage your time so you can keep up with everything, maintain a healthy life rhythm and feel satisfied with your life;
⫸ How to achieve financial stability during your studies. 

The training sessions will be held online via the Microsoft Teams platform. 

⫸ February 17, 15:00–16:00 – “Effective Learning”;
⫸ February 18, 15:00–16:00 – “Time Management and Balance”;
⫸ February 19, 15:00–16:00 – “Personal Finance ABC”. 

The sessions will be led by VU Career Consultants Lina Uturytė and Tadas Karosas. The training is intended for students of all study levels.

Please register for the training here.

Come celebrate the Sámi national day with us at the Centre for Scandinavian Studies!  

On February 6th, the Centre for Scandinavian Studies celebrates the Sámi national day. The Sámi people are Europe's only recognized indigenous people, and they live in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The day marks the first gathering of the Sámi parliament in Trondheim in 1917.

Fun fact: The Northuldran people from Frozen 2 are based on the Sámi people.

Our own lect. Ida-Sofie is Sámi herself, and has put together an open program consisting of two short open lectures on Sámi history and culture, a course in the traditional "fire braiding" technique, and at last a screening of the movie Ellos Eatnu - let the river flow. You can come and leave as you please.

In addition to this, she will bring some of her own Sámi traditional clothing and items to a little "exhibition" for you to see and learn about.  

Lihkku sámi álbmotbeaivi!

2025/2026 autumn semester exam retakes will be held from the 4th until the 18th of February.

Retake dates for BA students >

Retake dates for MA students >

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.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 

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:  Veslava Sidaravičienė 

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