Counsellor of Embassy of China to Hold Lecture at VMU
On Tuesday 24 September, at 1 p.m., Mr. Chen Lin, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of China in Lithuania, will hold a public lecture-seminar at VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (V. Putvinskio g. 23, Room 311, Kaunas).
The title of the lecture is “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sino-Lithuanian Cooperation”.
The lecture will be delivered in English.
Lecture about Israel National Security Strategy
Department of Political Science has a pleasure to invite prof. Dima Adamsky for public lecture titled „Change and Continuity in Israeli National Security Strategy“, which will take place on 2-nd of October, at 2 pm, in room 302, Gedimino st. 44.
Prof. D. Adamsky is working in The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya , private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian research college in Herzliya, in Israel. He is famous scholar in the area of international security.
Prof. Dima Adamsky is a Head of the BA Honors Track in Strategy and Decision Making. Prior to joining the school in 2010, he has been a pre- and post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at the Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University and at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies. His research interests include international security, strategic studies, cultural approach to IR, modern military thought, nuclear strategy, American, Russian and Israeli national security policy. He has published on these topics in Foreign Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Journal of Cold War History, Defense and Security Studies and has contributed chapters to edited volumes and encyclopedias on modern military and international history. His books Operation Kavkaz (Hebrew) and The Culture of Military Innovation (English/Hebrew) earned the annual (2006 and 2012) prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. In addition to his academic career, in his positions in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Dr. Adamsky has carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning. In the latter capacity, he served as assistant secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israel’s national security concept.
Discussions: Crimean Crime: Consequences For The International Law & Politics
Nowadays, when we refer to Russian actions against Ukraine we can separate the responsibility of a state and the responsibility of individuals, but even though we are able to divide these questions quite distinctly, the question arises about effective application of present-day regulations of international law to this particular inter-state conflict.
The majority of UN member states supported Ukraine’s independence, numerous actors – including the US, the EU, Canada, Japan and Australia – imposed sanctions against Russia as a means of disapproval of blatant violation of international law and in response to Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Crimea`s annexation has caused a serious concern in Central and Eastern Europe. The Russian position towards international law and territorial integrity of its neighbours has become an urgent political, legal and research problem. Crimea is now occupied by Russia – what are the legal ways out of this situation? What can and cannot be expected from international law? Is an international order possible without international law?
We would like to start a discussion with the book “The Case of Crime’s Annexation Under International Law”, a publication issued by the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding in Warsaw, The Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Scholar Publishing House. It is a result of a conference that took place in Warsaw on the anniversary of annexation of Crimea. It assesses legal complexities of what happened in Ukraine as well as possible legal responses. More: http://cprdip.pl/en,publications,others,455,the_case_of_crimea.html
Guest from Lithuania, Poland and Germany will discuss these questions during seminar in Kaunas on 12th of April.
Speakers:
prof. Władysław Czapliński, Institute of Political Studies Polish Academy of Sciences
Professor of International Law; Director (2004-2016), Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Professor of International and European Law, University of Warsaw Centre for Europe. Visiting research fellow, A. von Humboldt-Foundation (1988-1990, 1995, 2014), at the universities of Tübingen, Berlin, Köln, Hamburg (Germany). Visiting Professor: University of Paris XI, University of Paris II (2004), University of Nice (2001, 2007, 2010); Viadrina University (Frankfurt/Oder) (2009), Catania (2013), Rome (LUMSA) 2014. Editor in Chief, „Polish Yearbook of International Law”. Arbitrator, Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (since 2013).
prof. Šarūnas Liekis, Vytautas Magnus University
Graduated from Vilnius University and continued degree studies at the University of Oxford. In 1995–1996 he worked as visiting researcher at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He pursued doctoral studies and earned a PhD in social sciences at Brandeis University (USA) in 1997. In 2005, Prof. Liekis earned the Habilitation at Vilnius University in 2005. He has been working at Vytautas Magnus University since 2010: he is the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, member of the faculty Council, Professor at the Dept. of Political Science, and member of VMU Senate.
prof. Dagmar Richter, University of Saarbruecken
Junior researcher at the German University for Administrative Sciences in Speyer; scholarship at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. Senior Assistant at the University of Heidelberg; Margarete von Wrangell-Scholarship by the Land of Baden-Württemberg. Research Fellow at the Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Temporary Professor at the Universities of Heidelberg, Frankfurt/Main, Bielefeld, Bremen, FU Berlin and St. Gallen (CH). Full Professor at the Institute for Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw) and member of the Scientific Board. Freelance researcher, academic teacher and publicist.
dr Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding in Warsaw (in Vilnius)
Political scientist. Director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding since 2016. Formerly Deputy Director of the Centre, Head of International Economy and Energy Security Programme and Senior Research Fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Managing Editor of “Evropa” Russian-language quarterly on European affairs (2003-2009). Editor-in-Chief of the “Intersection Project”.
dr Łukasz Adamski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding in Warsaw (in Kaunas)
Historian and political scientist, specialist in Central and Eastern European history as well as in current political situation of Ukraine and Russia. Deputy Director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding since 2016. In 2006-2011 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs as an analyst and then as Programme Coordinator for Bilateral Relations in Europe. In 2014 he was Reporting Officer in OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.
prof. Andrzej Pukszto, Vytautas Magnus University (chairman)
Historian and political scientist. PhD in Humanities (History), Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. Associate professor, head of Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University. Author of dozens of scientific articles, member of editorial boards of academic journals.
Date: 12 April 2019 (Friday) at 14:00
Venue: Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy of Vytautas Magnus University,
Putvinskio g. 23, Kaunas / room 311
Language: ENGLISH with no translation provided
No registration needed.
Organisers:
Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (Warsaw), http://cprdip.pl/en,the_centre,about_us.html
Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas
Partners:
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius
Polish Institute in Vilnius
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis (VPAI)
Prof. I. Tamutienė’s article about Children from alcohol-misusing families
Professor Ilona Tamutienė, Department of Public Administration published an article in Finish “Nordic Welfare Center.” Children from alcohol-misusing families could grow up ‘unseen’ and experience similar harm in different cultures. Children suffer not only from the maltreatment itself, but also from the feeling of fear and shame due to the drunk person’s behaviour and the society’s reaction to the situation.
H.E. United States Ambassador Anne Hall Will Give a Lecture in Vytautas Magnus University
On April 4, Thursday, 2.30 p.m., H.E. United States ambassador Anne Hall will give a lecture about democracy in the United States. The lecture will be held in Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Putvinskio g. 23–106).
The United States is often perceived to be the example of democracy. H.E. U.S. ambassador will discuss the character of democracy in the United States and the challenges it is currently facing.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. “Contemporary Political Processes: Challenges and Opportunities”
The 5th annual conference “Contemporary Political Processes: Challenges and Opportunities” will take place on 12th April, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.
It is organized by the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and hosted by Vytautas Magnus University. The conference aims to advance studies on various fields within the discipline of political science and provide scholars with an opportunity to share their research.
Scholars are encouraged to submit their proposals within these thematic fields:
– Lithuania in the Global World: NATO and EU Aspects
– International and National Security
– Regional Studies;
– Challenges to Governance and Public Administration;
– News outlets, Social Media and Information Warfare;
– Comparative Politics
– Other thematic fields are welcome.
Conference languages: Lithuanian and English
Abstract should be submitted by filling this form. They cannot exceed 200 words and are expected to be submitted until April 3rd, 2019.
Conference programme will be announced on April 5th, 2019.
For further inquiry: gerda.jakstaite@vdu.lt
Thanks to the Graduate Scholarship – Internship in Tallinn
This summer proved to be exceptionally busy for a third-year Bachelor’s degree student of “Political Sciences” Manvydas Džiaugys. The student is doing an internship in the Lithuanian embassy in Tallinn. Estonia is the president of the Council of the EU from 1st of July 2017 till 31st of December. Due to this, Tallinn, next to Brussels, is the place where European Union politics are currently being formed and possible scenarios for the future of the community are being discussed at a highest political level. Manvydas is extremely happy, since the internship at the diplomatic embassy provides with a wide range of useful experiences, and requires to partake in different activities, such as: observing the informational field, public event organizing, administrating the embassy’s social media, observing counseling activities, and working with the Lithuanian community.
The interesting thing is, that Vytautas Magnus University, political science graduates helped to organize this internship. This is the third time that they support students by providing them with a Graduate Scholarship. They sponsor Political science and Diplomacy faculty, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree students, who go to do an internship in a country that is currently the president of the Council of the EU.
Head of the department of Political science, Andrejus Pukšto, emphasizes: “I’m glad that we are able to provide our students with not only state, but also private patron established scholarships for internships. The Graduate Scholarship speaks volumes, and shows the close bond that the university has with its alumni.”
Right away, at the beginning of September, the contest for Stasys Lozoraitis scholarship will be announced. This scholarship is meant for “Diplomacy and International Relations” second-cycle students, to do an internship in Rome.
Intensive course on Security Challenges in the Post-Soviet Area
Assoc. Prof. Gražvydas Jasutis, visiting research fellow in Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights, will give an intensive course on Security Challenges in the Post-Soviet Area in 2018/2019 Spring semester from 27of February till 8th of March for master students of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy.
Assoc. Prof. Gražvydas Jasutis is a conflict management practitioner and held various positions in the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, the EU Monitoring Mission in Aceh (Indonesia), the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission in FYROM, the Permanent Delegation to NATO, and the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania.
The course is a cross-disciplinary field of study that invites participants to learn big about the security and military issues in the post-soviet countries. It offers unique and practice-based approach to provide a disciplined and methodological review of conflicts, insurgency, military reforms, defence cooperation and regional military build-up. The course fundamentally applies a methodology of security (occasionally military) and conflict analysis.
The Department of Political Science invites students to enrol in this intensive course „POD5008 Spec. Course: Explaining Security Challenges in the Post-Soviet Area” at the student self-service portal https://studentas.vdu.lt/index.php?lang=EN when the registration for 2018/2019 Spring semester will be open.
Public lecture by H.E. Ambassador of Romania, Mr. Dan Adrian Balanescu
Celebrating 100 years anniversary since the Great Unification of Romania, Department of Political Science of Vytautas Magnus University has pleasure to invite for public lecture Dan Adrian Balanescu, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Latvia. The topic of the lecture „The Great Union – Romania’s Greatest Achievement”.
Public lecture will held in English on 5-th of November, 2018 at 1pm, in room 311, Putvinskio 23.
Public lecture “Russia as a risk: how it acts and what we can do about it ?”
