Monthly Archives: January 2021

The National Library of Lithuania Hosted a Virtual Language Forum

In recent years, an increasing number of foreigners has been interested in the Lithuanian language and Lithuania. People want to learn the language for different reasons. If in the past a lot of foreigners wanted to study the Lithuanian language because it was the mother tongue of their significant other, today a large number of students search for their Lithuanian roots and identity.

Read more January 31, 2021

RIP William R. Schmalstieg

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of William R. Schmalstieg, Sparks Professor Emeritus of Slavic and Baltic Linguistics, Penn State University, on January 22, 2021, at the age of 91.

Read more January 27, 2021

The Year of Marija Alseikaite-Gimbutiene

This year Lithuania celebrates a world-renowned American-Lithuanian archaeologist, anthropologist, a pioneer of archaeomithology, Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė (Marija Gimbutas).

Read more January 20, 2021

Democracy – One Defining Moment – a New Virtual Exhibition by the Lithuanian Museum Archives of Canada

Thirty years later, we return to the events of January 13th, 1991, in Vilnius Lithuania. A fledgeling democracy is challenged by Soviet military force. Many civilians are injured and fourteen are killed.

Read more January 19, 2021

A Book About Lithuanian War Refugees in Britain

A new book “West Midlands Ho!” is a compelling work of local history, focused on a particular corner of England but set against a background of tumultuous international events. In the book, Lithuanian author Aldona Grupas reveals the personal tales of Lithuanian migrants who moved to Britain in the wake of WWII.

Read more January 16, 2021

New Book Sums up Eastern European Emigrant Stories

The publication, East Central European Migrations During the Cold War. A Handbook brings researchers from eight countries to look at the emigrants from the former Soviet bloc. Each chapter provides the basic information from the escape (destinations, persons, organizations, relations across the Iron Curtain) until the fall of Communism and the return.

Read more January 4, 2021