Public lecture of an energy security expert
Dr. Tomas Vlcek, an expert of energy security from the Czech Republic will give lectures on nuclear dimension of energy security and activities of Russian nuclear company in Central and Eastern Europe on 12-15 September, at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy.
Dr Tomas Vlcek is a specialized researcher at the International Institute of Political Science and lecturer at the Energy Security Program, International Relations and Energy Security Centre at Masaryk University. He is a member of the academic association Czech Nuclear Education Network. His academic interests include the energy security of the Czech Republic and Central and Eastern Europe, especially in relation to the nuclear and electricity sectors. He wrote his Doctoral dissertation on the Druzhba pipeline and alternatives to Russian crude oil supply for the Czech and Slovak Republics.
Dr. Tomas Vlcek will give the following lectures:
12 September, 13:15, Gedimino st. 44 – 202 – “Crude Oil Infrastructure Alternatives in Central Europe”.
12 September, 15:15, Gimnazijos st. 7 – 101 – “Nuclear Energy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Operation of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation”.
13 September, 13:15, Gedimino g. 44 – 203 – “Rosatom in Central Europe – a Putin’s Hand or Effective Company?”
Facing the Storm – Two Years in the Tusk Cabinet
September 5th, 2016 (Monday) at 1:15 PM at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino st. 44 – 202) a public lecture by the Deputy Head of the Cabinet of the President of the European Council Donald Tusk André Gillissen on the subject “Facing the Storm – Two Years in the Tusk Cabinet”. During the lecture guest will present how the Cabinet of the President of the European Council Donald Tusk operates, what challenges the Cabinet faces and how they deal with them.
The Cabinet of Donald Tusk faces unprecedented challenges for the European Union: BREXIT and leading the European Union while trying to map future of the organization accepted by all member states; migrant crisis because of the instability in the Middle East and work with heads of states to deal with it; Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, annexation of Crimea and the EU response to Russia’s actions when searching for solidarity.
Lecture about multiculturalism in Azerbaijan
May 5, 14:15, a public lecture by assoc. prof. Afsana Mammadova (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) will be held at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (Gedimino g. 44-301) entitled “Multiculturalism of Azerbaijan”.
Assoc. prof. Afsana Mammadova aworks in Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Baku International Multiculturalism Center initiated series of lectures about multiculturalism in Azerbaijan. Lecturer will present how despite different historical circumstances and political traditions, various cultures and religions coexist in the state.
Lecture will be held in English.
Lecture about historical memory
5 May 2016, a public lecture by the lecturer of Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń habil. dr. Dorota Michaluk will be held at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (S. Daukanto g. 28-105) entitled „Historical memory of the Belarusian minority in Poland“.
Habil. dr. Dorota Michaluk – historian, graduate of the University of Warsaw, assistant professor at the Department of Eastern Europe of Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń. Researcher is interested in the field of East European history. She specializes in the history of Belarus and Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the national movements in Eastern Europe. Habil. dr. D. Michaluk wrote several books on the history of Podlasie region and in 2011 published a monograph „Belarusian People’s Republic 1918-1920. The genesis of Belarusian Statehood“.
Lecture will be held in English.
Lectures about political situation in Ukraine
5 May 2016, public lectures by the lecturer of Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń habil. dr. Antonina Kozyrska will be held at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy about Ukraine’s political situation.
Habil. dr. Antonina Kozyrska – graduate of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, assistant professor at the Department of Eastern Europe of Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń. Researcher is interested in social issues of Eastern Europe. She specializes in cultural, religious and national processes and the changes of identities in the region, primarily in Ukraine. In 2014 published a monograph „Religious Pluralism and the Integration of the Ukrainian Nation After 1991″ (Toruń 2014).
| Date | Place | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 11:15 | Gedimino g. 44 – 202 | “The religious situation in Ukraine after 1991″ |
| May 5, 14:45 | S. Daukanto g. 28-105 | “The decommunization process in Ukraine after Euromaidan” |
Lectures will be held in English.
Public lecture about French diplomacy
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On 3rd May public lectures by Matthieu Grandpierron will be held at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy. Lecturer will present French diplomacy and the ways how France solve crisis in international arena.
| Date | Place | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| 3 May, 13:15 | Gedimino g. 44 – 203 | “Is there a French way to solve crisis in developing countries?” |
| 3 May, 16:15 | Gedimino g. 44 – 202 | “Protecting and developing interests. French diplomacy between change and continuity” |
Lectures will be held in English.
Ambassador of Czech Republic to Hold Lecture at VMU
On 4.15 p.m., 15 March 2016, a public lecture by H. E. Ambassador of the Czech Republic Bohumil Mazánek will be held at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (44 Gedimino g., Room 202, Kaunas) entitled “Contemporary Czech Foreign Policy and Presidency of the Visegrad Group”.
H. E. Ambasador Bohumil Mazánek graduated from the Institute of International Relations in Moscow. He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Asia Department), also, as the Attaché and Chargé d’Affaires in the Embassy in Vientiane, as the Attaché, Third Secretary and Chargé d’Affaires in the Embassy in New Delhi, as the First Secretary andChargé d’Affaires in the Embassy in Bangkok, as Deputy Director in the Asia Department of MFA, Prague, as the Consul General in the Consulate General in Katowice, Poland, and in Shanghai, PR of China.
The lecture is organised by VMU Department of Political Science.
The lecture will be held in English.
More information is provided by Mindaugas Norkevičius (m.norkevicius@pmdf.vdu.lt).
Professor from the U.S. Will Discuss U.S. Presidential Elections of 2016
On March 8th, 2016 Vytautas Magnus University students will have an extraordinary opportunity to hear dr. Paul Sracic’s lecture ‘‘The 2016 Presidential Election and U.S. Foreign Policy‘‘. Paul Sracic is Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Dr. Sracic was selected as 2009 Fulbright Scholar in Japan, and spent a year teaching at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Sracic holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University, and an A.B. in Political Science and Economics from Albright College. Dr. Sracic has given lectures at the U.S. Embassies in Tokyo, Beijing, and Brussels. He has also been interviewed on CNN and NPR. In 2015, he recorded a TEDx talk entitled Ohio, the Swing State.
During the lecture professor will share his insights about U.S. president elections of 2016: voting system, candidates and their campaigns, implications of U.S. presidential elections to U.S. foreign policy.
The lecture will be held in VMU, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy in Gedimino g. 44, room 302, 13 o‘clock. The lecture will be held in English.