Seimas honoured the memory of the victims of the first mass deportations and massacres

Press release, 16 June 2020 At the Seimas sitting, a commemoration was held to mark the Day of Mourning and Hope as well as the Day of Occupation and Genocide and to commemorate the tragic losses and the resistance effort. Immediately after the commemoration, the Seimas adopted a Resolution on the Soviet Occupation of the … Skaityti toliau

In the light of the centenary of the Constituent Seimas and of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas undertook to foster the traditions of the Lithuanian parliamentarianism

Press release, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the centenary of the Constituent Seimas and of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas adopted a Resolution on the Centenary of the Constituent Seimas (draft No XIII-4798), thereby undertaking to preserve and cherish the traditions of the Lithuanian parliamentarianism and their historical memory, with a strong emphasis on … Skaityti toliau

After more than half a century, dissident Antanas Terleckas returned to the VU community of historians

Antanas Terleckas, 92 years old survivor of political exile, resistant, laureate of Prize for Freedom and a student of Vilnius University (VU) the Faculty of Economics and History – Philology, received a diploma of Recovering Memory. The diploma, which honours the former student and symbolically rebuilds the grievances of totalitarian regimes for removal from studies … Skaityti toliau

Tarptautinėje konferencijoje susipins istorija, atmintis ir nostalgija

Rugsėjo 29 – spalio 1 d. Vilniaus universitete rengiama tarptautinė konferencija „History, Memory, and Nostalgia: Literary and Cultural Representations“. Šios tarpdisciplininės konferencijos pranešimuose mokslininkai, tyrinėjantys literatūrą, kultūrą, kiną ir vizualiuosius menus, aptars praeities svarbą dabarčiai ir ateičiai, pasidalys įžvalgomis, kaip kito asmeninės ir kolektyvinės patirtys ir kaip tai veikė ir formavo dominuojančius Vakarų kritikos diskursus apie istoriją, … Skaityti toliau

Speech by Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, at the ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews on 22 September 2015

Press release, 22 September 2015 Participants of the commemoration ceremony, Witnesses of the tragic events, Relatives of the victims, Pine trees are whispering in dignity above our heads today. Just like every autumn, they bear witness to our living memory. This memory does not fade away. It will forever remain a painful scar not only in the … Skaityti toliau