Urban Research
The department was set up on December 20 2002 and is headed by Dr Gediminas Vaitkevičius to research towns in Lithuania as an historical phenomenon, paying particular attention to: society, economy, culture, ecology, defence, urban studies. Subjects of research include: Investigating the interaction of historical processes and the eco-environment, the dynamics of the development of the technological and practical qualities of material culture and social-historical processes; revealing socio-economic phenomena and processes and how regularity is achieved; socio-topographical research; increasing the amount of information gained…
About the Institute
The Lithuanian Institute of History is a state-funded research institution and the country’s main historical research centre, concentrating largely on the history of Lithuania and its historic neighbours. At the end of 2009 the Institute employed 115 full-time staff, of whom 74 held doctorates. The Institute has seven research departments, a library, manuscript room and apress. The manuscript room contains a collection of archaeological, ethnographic and historical material, from which it publishes original sources. The Library holds more than 154,000 volumes dating from the…
Links
HISTORY OF LITHUANIA Lietuvos istorikų nacionalinis komitetas Castle Research Center “Lietuvos pilys” Medieval Lithuania www.Lietuva.lt Lietuvos kultūros paveldas Exhibition of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Lietuvos istorija (Lietuvos.net) Articles on Lithuanian history Vilniaus universiteto Istorijos fakultetas Historical Collections of the Vilnius University Library Lietuvos genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras The First Lithuanian Book Daukša’s Postilla 400 The Lithuanian Statutes Lietuvos Valdovų Rūmai Lithuanian Royal Union of Nobility Lietuvos liaudies kultūros centras Museums of Lithuania Association of Lithuanian museums Das Litauische Nationalmuseum Lietuvos vienuolynai Lietuvos vienuolijos XX a.…
Palaeography
The department was set up officially on April 3 1989. Heads of Department: Professor Antanas Tyla (03.04.1989–16.04.1992) Dr Algirdas Antanas Baliulis 01.12.1994–31.12.1999 (acting head as of 24.05.1993) Acting heads of department: Dr Egidijus Banionis, 21.04.1992–1993 (died August 6 1993) Dr Artūras Dubonis, 01.01.2001– Aims and tasks: research into and the publication of volumes of the Lithuanian Metrica and other historical sources. The Lithuanian Metrica is the name given to volumes of records from the chancery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the…
Ethnology
The Department of Archaeology and Ethnography was set up in 1952 and in 1961 a separate Ethnography Department was formed (since 1996 this is called the Ethnology Department). The head of department is Dr Žilvytis Šaknys. The Department’s manuscript room contains more than 2,250 holdings (descriptions, drawings, sketches) and more than 90,000 photographic negatives. This material was collected during expeditions and also by local historians and school children. The archival material covers all of Lithuania’s regions and all aspects of ethnic culture. There is material…