Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs

• Texts at Play: The Ludic Aspect of Karen Blixen's Writings. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 3,  2011. – 264 p.

 

Edited volumes

1. [together with L. Vaicekauskienė]. Shaping the rings of the Scandinavian fellowship: festschrift in honour of Ērika Sausverde. ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 14. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2019. – 276 p.
2. [managing editor]. Krantai (special issue dedicated to Iceland), 2019, Nr. 2.
3. [managing editor]. Snorri Sturluson. Edda. Translated from Old Icelandic by Rasa Ruseckienė, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 8. Vilnius: Akademinė leidyba, 2017. – 256 p.
4. [together with E. Sausverde]. Fun and puzzles in modern Scandinavian studies: collection of articles, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 9. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2014. - 200 p.
5. [together with E. Sausverde]. Approaching the Viking Age: Proceedings of the International Conference on Old Norse literature, mythology, culture, social life and language, 11-13 October 2007, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 2. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2009. – 216 p.

 

Articles and book chapters

1. Åge Meyer Benedictsen and the importance of cultural diplomacy, in Denmark and Lithuania through 100 years of bilateral relations: from neighbours to allies, eds. N. B. Poulsen and H. Brask. Vilnius: The Royal Danish Embassy, 2021. p. 21-40.
2. [together with Jacob Bøggild ir Ieva Toleikyte]. Guard Always Your Honor: “Ehrengard,” Karen Blixen's Last Tale, Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 93, No. 3, Fall 2021, pp. 303-328, https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/scanstud.93.3.0303
3. [together with Rima Palubinskiene]. Fra tvangs- til lystlæsning i faget dansk: Børns oplevelser af en litterær app, in Aktualitet - Litteratur, Kultur og Medier, Vol. 15, Nr. 1, 2021.
4. Dreaming the Hammer Back: On Teodoras Bieliackinas’s Translation of Þrymskviða, Shaping the Rings of the Scandinavian Fellowship: Festschrift in Honour of Ērika Sausverde, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 14, eds. I. Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė and L. Vaicekauskienė, Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2019, p. 61-85.
5. [together with Loreta Vaicekauskiene]. Ērika Sausverde and her Scandinavian Rings, in Shaping the Rings of the Scandinavian Fellowship: Festschrift in Honour of Ērika Sausverde, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, vol. 14 (May), eds. I. Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė and L. Vaicekauskienė, Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2019, p. 7-13.
6. Teodoras Bieliackinas apie islandų literatūrą, Krantai, Vol. 2, 2019, p. 10-17.
7. Apie ,,Gislio sagą”, Krantai, Nr. 2, 2019, p. 22-23.
8. Светлана Ивановна Неделяева-Степонавичене (1936), У истоков российской скандинавистики: портреты филологов и переводчиков, сост. Е. Дорофеевa, Санкт-Петербург: Коло, 2018, p. 257-265.
9. Thinking the other’s local in global terms – Åge Meyer Benedictsen (1866–1927) and his book on Lithuania, Transit - 'Norden' och 'Europa, ser. Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek, Groningen: Groningen University Publishing, Vol 36, Nr 2, 2018, p. 250-260.
10. Плавучий символ: "Бури" Карен Бликсен как метапроза, ser. Скандинавская филология, 2016, Санкт-Петербург:  Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Vol. 14 (1), p. 102-114.
11. Fantazuoti miestą: Radiant Copenhagen projektas, Kultūros barai, 2017, Vol. 2, p. 43-45.
12. The author ransoming the reader or vice versa? The case of Karen Blixen, Interlitteraria, Tartu: Tartu University Publishing, 2016, Vol. 21 (1), p. 107-116.
13. Precious play in Morten Søndergaard’s “Ordapotek”, Fun and Puzzles of Modern Scandinavian Studies, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 9, eds. E. Sausverde and I. Steponavičiūtė, Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2014.
14. Social fraud as an aesthetic game in Dag Solstad’s Book 18, Novel 11, Literature, folklore, arts: "Literature and law": Articles from the international association for Scandinavian studies (IASS) 29th conference in Riga and Daugavpils 2012, ser. Latvijas universitātes raksti, Vol. 799, Riga: Latvijas universitāte, 2014, p. 218-226.
15. Apie meilę Islandijai, "Sielos krantus" ir kitus apreiškimus, Kultūros barai, 2014, Vol. 2, p. 48-56.
16. Jurga Ivanauskaite – en havfrue i hekseham, Apparatur, 2010, Vol. 20, p. 29-31.
17. Story as the main dish: on some transcreative mechanisms in Karen Blixen’s “Babette’s Feast”, IASS 2010: Översättning – adaption, interpretation, transformation: Proceedings from the 28th Study Conference of IASS, Lund 3–7 August 2010.
18. Is there a narrator in this drama? On transpositions of the narrative structure of the novel Naustet onto the play Vakkert by Jon Fosse, Nordisk drama: fornyelser og transgresjoner = Nordic drama: renewal and transgression: foredrag fra den 27. studiekonference i International association for Scandinavian studies, Gdansk: Fundacja rozwoju Uniwerytetu Gdanskiego, 2010, p. 167-174.
19. The game of piquet in “Tales of Two Old Gentlemen” by Karen Blixen, Studi nordici, Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2009, Vol. 16, p. 45-51.
20. Saga reflections in Karen Blixen's texts (with focus on "Grjotgard Ålvesøn og Aud"), Approaching the Viking Age, ser. Scandinavistica Vilnensis, Vol. 2, Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing, 2009, p. 163-178.
21. The poetics of art as a game in Karen Blixen's essay "On modern marriage and other observations", Acta litteraria comparativa, Vilnius: LEU, 2006, Vol. 2, p. 17-27.
22. Karen Blixen: en skæbne som en sang. Nogle tanker efter udgivelsen af første litauiske oversættelser af Karen Blixen”, Litteratur og magt. Nordisk-baltisk litterært symposium (foredragssamling), ed. by Leon Nikulin, Viby: Diapason, 2000, p. 29-37.
23. Litauens første bekendtskab med Peter Høeg, Litteratur og magt. Nordisk-baltisk litterært symposium (foredragssamling), ed. by Leon Nikulin, Viby: Diapason, 2000, p. 38-39.

 

Literature reviews and translations

1. Jørgen Leth. Baronas Kriminelis, Literatūra ir menas, 2018-01-26.
2. Jørgen Leth. aš pasirengęs, Literatūra ir menas, 2017-10-20.
3. Jørgen Leth. Antropologas Bronislawas Malinowskis, Literatūra ir menas, 2017-10-20.
4. Johannes V. Jensen. Fudzijama, Literatūra ir menas, 2017-05-19.
5. Skandinaviškoji SMS novelė – kelias į Nobelį? Literatūra ir menas, 2016-10-21.
6. Beveik detektyvinė Astridos Lindgren knygų apie seklį Kalį vertimų istorija, Literatūra ir menas, 2008-05-16.
7. Kur išskrido Jenseno žąsys?: apie danų literatūrą ir Johanneso V. Jenseno romano Karaliaus pražūtis lietuvišką vertimą, Literatūra ir menas, 2007-03-16.

 

RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Research projects

Project director for “Lithuanian exile in Iceland: Explorations of Teodoras Bieliackinas’s (1907–1947) creative legacy” (2018-2021) under the National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2016–2024

 

Conferences

1. Mount Copenhagen“ – Danish megalomania or cosmic conscience? Scandinavian Exceptionalisms, 32nd. IASS conference, Copenhagen University, August 7–10, 2018.
2. Teodoras Bieliackinas: Spreading a popular message through Old Norse poetry. Poetry and Populism, a symposium, Georg August University, Göttingen, July 12–14, 2018.
3. The first Lithuanian translation of Þrymskviða. 25 Years of Scandinavian Studies at Vilnius University, a symposium, Vilnius University, May 25, 2017.
4. Thinking the Others Local in Global Terms: Aage Meyer Benedictsen (1866 – 1927) and Teodoras Bieliackinas (1907-1947) as Two Historical Examples”. Transit ´Norden´ och ´Europa´, IASS Congress Groningen, August 9–13, 2016.
5. The missing final piece: the character of Malli Ross in the context of Karen Blixen's concept of art as play. Inter Artes, 30thIASS conference, Kristiansand, August 5–9, 2014.
6. The Author Ransoming the Reader or Vice Versa? The Case of Karen Blixen. 103rd annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS), University of California, Berkeley, May 2–4, 2013.
7. Social fraud as an existential experiment in Dag Solstad’s Ellevte roman, bok atten (1992). Literature and Law, 29th IASS conference, Ryga-Daugavpils, August 7–11, 2012.
8. Precious play in Morten Søndergaard's Ordapotek. Feast, play and puzzles in Scandinavian Studies, The 20th Anniversary Conference of the Centre of Scandinavian Studies, Vilnius University, May 10–12, 2012.
9. Ludere necesse est: leg og spil hos Karen Blixen. Karen Blixen i det 21. århundrede, Københavns universitet, September 5–7, 2012.
10. Politics at the service of aesthetics. The case of Karen Blixen. Literature and Politics, NorLit conference, Roskilde University, August 4–6, 2011.

 

Other scientific activities

President of IASS (International Association of Scandinavian Studies) 2018-2020

Head of the organising committee for IASS2020 

Editor-in-Chief for Scandinavistica Vilnensis academic series

Head of Conference Committee for IASS 2020: MEMORY CULTURE IN SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES

Member of the the international researchers’ network New Geographies of Scandinavian Studies

Member of SASS (The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study)

 

Public lectures

1. Moderator of the discussion with the Icelandic author Sjón, Vilnius Book Fair, 2017 
2. Moderator of the discussion ,, Verstinės metų knygos rinkimai” [The election of the best translated book], Vilnius Book Fair, 2015
3. Moderator of the discussion ,,Nordic Noir paslaptys” [Secrets of Nordic Noir], Cinema ,,Pasaka” organized by Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, 2015
4. Moderator of the meeting with Sofi Oksanen, Vilnius Book Fair, 2011.
5. Moderator of the discussion „„TARP REALYBĖS IR GOTIKOS. Geriausias 2010 m. Šiaurės šalių romanas „Valymas“ ir jo autorė suomė Sofi Oksanen“ [Between Reality and the Gothic. The best Nordic novel of 2010 ,,Purge” and its author Sofi Oksanen].Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, 2010
6. Moderator of the meeting Kjell Westo at Cinema ,,Skalvija”, Vilnius Book Fair, 2007
7. Public lecture „ŽODŽIAI IŠ ŠIAURĖS. ,,Apie ką rašo Šiaurės šalių rašytojai: kas verta dėmesio ir ką leidžia bei skaito lietuviai?“ [Words from the North. What are the Nordic authors writing about: what deserves attention and what are the Lithuanians reading and publishing], Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, 2007