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From September 27 to 28, a scientist, patron, rector emeritus of Vytautas Magnus University (Vytautas Magnus University), honorary professor Bronius Vaškelis (dismissed from November 14, 1922 to September 3, 1921) says goodbye in Kaunas.
Those who wish to say goodbye to the professor will be welcomed in the Great Hall of Vytautas Magnus University (7 Gimnazijos Street, Kaunas) on September 27. from 4 to 8 pm and September 28. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On September 28, at 2:00 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Vytautas Magnus University, St. Masa. 3 pm – Departure from the funeral procession to the Petrašiūnai cemetery, where B. Vaškelis will be buried.
B. Vaškelis was born in 1922. November 14 In pots, Užpaliai Parish, Utena County. After emigrating from Lithuania, he studied at the universities of Toronto and Pennsylvania. In 1963 he began teaching Russian literature at Lafayette College in 1966. He became Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and held this position until 1981. From 1975 he became a professor. 1984 He began to direct the Department of Lithuanian Studies at the University of Illinois in 1992, and was its director until 1992, when he returned to Lithuania, at Vytautas Magnus University, which was restored thanks to the efforts of Lithuanian and diaspora scientists . Over the decades, Professor B. Vaškelis has made an incredible amount.
1992 became the dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the VMU, and then the vice-chancellor, in 1993-1996. he was the rector of the Vytautas Magnus University. 1997-2003 – Founder and director of the Department of Theater Studies of the Institute of Arts, since 2009. – Professor Emeritus. Member of the Restorative Senate (1989-1996) and of the Senate (1996-2010). 1998 The VMU Senate awarded him the title of Honorary Professor of VMU, for his merits to Lithuania B. Vaškelis received the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas V degree.
Teacher. The scientific activity of B. Vaškelis is related to the investigation of Lithuanian literature and the genesis of the history of the theater of the Lithuanian diaspora. B. Vaškelis began to publish his articles in Lithuanian publications published in the diaspora (“Metmenys”, “Akiračiai”, “Lituanus”) in 1958, presenting research on the history of literature and theater, as well as objective evaluations of Lithuanian literature. from the Soviet period. B. Vaškelis’s articles on interwar dramaturgy and occupied Lithuanian literature have not lost their relevance: his precise knowledge and the priority postulation of the criteria of artistic value before the ideologization of one day reestablish the hierarchy of Lithuanian literary values. B. Vaškelis has also published articles presenting trends and evaluations of Lithuanian literature and theater in English in the American academic press, and is one of the authors of the books Baltic Drama (1981). He was the author and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Lithuania, one of the academic publications “Literature of the Lithuanian Exodus. 1945-1990 “. In Lithuania, three books by B. Vaškelis devoted to the investigation of Lithuanian literature and theater were published.
Teacher. B. Vaškelis together with his wife Stase Vaškelienė actively supported the development of the humanities of VMU, contributing to the funding of doctoral students and research internships. 2011 established its nominal scholarship, which is awarded to three VMU students each year through a competition, says a VMU obituary. The professor donated his rich library to the VMU library and an archive to the Lithuanian Diaspora Institute.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
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