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Assistant Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01122 Vilnius
Phone number: +370 5 268 7235
Consultation hours: Appointments by e-mail
Fields of research
- Medieval philosophy and intellectual history
- Neoplatonic thought in late antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy
- Old English literature and translation
- The reception of classical philosophy in vernacular traditions
Courses taught
- Accents and Dialects of English: Regional Variation
- Beowulf: Reading the Anglo-Saxon Heroic Literature
- Beyond Beowulf: Wisdom Literature in Old English and Old Norse
- Herbal Gardens: Medieval Texts, Philosophical Roots, and Botanical Practice
- History of the English Language
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
- Vidinio dialogo hermeneutika: tradicija ir interpretacija Boetijaus Filosofijos paguodos vertime į senąją anglų kalbą [The Hermeneutics of Inner Dialogue: Tradition and Interpretation in the Old English Translation of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy]. Logos 124, 2025, 212–222
- Divine Attributes and the Notion of Atemporal Eternity in the Old English Boethius. Studia Patristica. Vol. CXXX, 2021, 183–194.
- Šileikytė-Zukienė, R. (2021). Divine Attributes and the Notion of Atemporal Eternity in The Old English Boethius. Studia Patristica. Vol. CXXX, 183–194.
- We Become What We Remember: Memory and Recollection in the Old English Boethius. IV Ciclo di Studi Medievali: Atti del Convegno 4-5 giugno 2018 Firenze. Firenze: NUME, 2018, 293–298.
- Zukienė, R. (2018). We Become What We Remember: Memory and Recollection in The Old English Boethius. IV Ciclo di Studi Medievali: Atti del Convegno 4-5 giugno 2018 Firenze. Firenze: NUME, 293–298.
- Contemplation of the Divine: Contexts and Imagery in the Old English Boethius. Literatūra 49 (4), 2007, 7–17.
- Zukienė, R. (2007). Contemplation of the Divine: Contexts and Imagery in The Old English Boethius. Literatūra, 49 (4), 7–17.
- In Search of the Inner Mind: Old English Gescead and Other Lexemes for Human Cognition in King Alfred’s Boethius. Kalbotyra 54 (3), 2004, 94–102.
- Šileikytė, R. (2004). In Search of the Inner Mind: Old English Gescead and Other Lexemes for Human Cognition in King Alfred’s Boethius. Kalbotyra, 54 (3), 94–102.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
- PhD student of philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University
- The Influence of Neoplatonic Thought on the Old English Translation of Boethius’s Consolatio Philosophiae. Doctoral Dissertation: Humanities, Philosophy (H 001). Kaunas: Vytautas Magnus University, 2025.
- Thesis title: The influence of Neoplatonic thought on the Old English translation of Boethius’s Consolatio Philosophiae, supervisor prof. dr. Tatjana Aleknienė.
Conferences
- Hermeneutics of the inner dialogue: tradition and interpretation in The Old English Boethius” (Lith. Vidinio dialogo hermeneutika: tradicija ir interpretacija sen. anglų Boetijaus vertime). National conference Classical and Medieval Studies 2022, Vilnius, 19–20 May 2022.
- “Authority of Reason in The Old English Boethius.” The 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI (USA), 9-14 May, 2022.
- "The interpretation of Anima triplicis naturae interpretacijos in Eriugen'as Periphyseon and the Old English translation of Boethius’s hymn O qui perpetua". (Lith. „Anima triplicis naturae interpretacijos Eriugenos traktate Periphyseon ir Boetijaus O qui perpetua vertime į senąją anglų kalbą“). National conference „Classical and Medieval Studies 2019“, Vilnius, 11–12 October 2019.
- “Divine Attributes in the Old English Boethius: Augustine’s Influence Considered.” XVIII. International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, 19–24 August 2019.
- “We become what we remember: Memory and recollection in the Old English Boethius.” NUME 4th Cycle of Medieval Studies, Florence, Italy, 3–7 June 2018.