Centre for Religious Studies and Research

Sukurta: 17 September 2013

rstc 9/1–105 Universiteto, LT–01513 Vilnius
Tel. / faks. 268 7189
E-mail: ,
http://www.rstc.vu.lt

Director - Prof. Habil. Dr. Rita Šerpytytė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. R. Šerpytytė, Habil. Dr. T. Sodeika, Habil. Dr. A. Narbekovas (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. A. K. Pažėraitė, Dr. M. Gutauskas (part-time), Dr. D. Bacevičiūtė (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. V. Mackela (part-time), Dr. S. Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė (part-time).
Assistant – Dr. V. Daraškevičiūtė (part-time).

RESEARCH AREAS

Religion and Culture

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Religion and everyday life: challenges of the contemporary world

Philosophy of religion

New religious movements

Nihilism and secularization

Religion and visualization

Role of the church in the post-modern transformations

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2015

International seminar Hegel’s Contemporary Interpretations.

International conference Emmanuel Levinas: A Radical Thinker in the Time of Crisis.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2015

Sodeika, T., Šerpytytė, R., Bacevičiūtė, D. 2015.Ontologijos transformacijos: medijos, nihilizmas, etika (Transformations of Ontology: Media, Nihilism, Ethics) Collective monograph. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 273 p.

Šerpytytė, R. 2015. Ontologijos transformacijos: forma ir negatyvumas. Problemos, vol. 87, p. 7–18.

Sodeika, T. 2015. Zur Medienkonkurrenz in der Philosophie: Wort vs. Bild. In Hanno Depner (Hrsg.) Visuelle Philosophie. Würzburg: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann GmbH, 131–138.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Religion and Culture. Prof. R. Šerpytytė. 2015.

Interdisciplinary Research on Religion 2001–2015.

International conference Emmanuel Levinas: A Radical Thinker in the Time of Crisis, October 27–29, 2015 was organized, 6 papers presented and 4 articles published.

Main publications:

Daraškevičiūtė, V. Ontologinės hermeneutikos kontroversijos: praktinis aspektas. Problemos, vol. 88, p. 54–65.

Valantiejūtė, L., Šerpytytė, R. 2015. Biopolitika kaip kalbinė problema Giorgio Agambeno filosofijoje. Problemos, vol. 87, p. 73–83.

Gelžinytė, B., Sodeika, T. Postmetafizinės Ungrund principo prielaidos Schellingo laisvės filosofijoje. Problemos, vol. 88, p. 44–53.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Transformations of Ontology: Nihilism, Ethics, Media (No. MIP-011/2013). Prof. T. Sodeika. 2013–2015.

The project in 2015 was focused on exploring three directions in relation to the transformations of ontology: analysis concept and negativity in Hegel’s philosophy; analysis of ethics as first philosophy; analysis of ontology as logology.

On the basis of the project investigations a collective monograph and one article were prepared.

Main publications:

Sodeika, T., Šerpytytė, R., Bacevičiūtė, D. 2015. Ontologijos transformacijos: medijos, nihilizmas, etika (Transformations of Ontology: Media, Nihilism, Ethics). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 273 p.

Šerpytytė, R. 2015. Ontologijos transformacijos: forma ir negatyvumas. Problemos, vol. 87, p. 7–18.

International Research Projects

The international research project ONLENHER – Ontology. Language. Hermeneutics (under the guidance of Dr.Maria Teresa Oñate Zubia). Prof. R. Šerpytytė is a member of the international group of investigation ONLENHER at the National Distance Education University (UNED) in Spain. http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,8843313&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&idContenido=5

The project in 2015 was focused on the problems of contemporary hermeneutics.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies of Luigi Pareyson, Turin (Italy)

University of Turin (Italy)

University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)

University of Lisbon (Portugal)

National Distance Education University (UNED) (Spain)

The Pontifical University of John Paul II Cracow (Poland)

University of Latvia (Riga)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Šerpytytė –

president of the Lithuanian Philosophy Teacher’s Association;
member and national representative (correspondent) of International Association for Philosophy Teachers (Association Internationale des Professeurs de Philosophie, enregistrée á Bruxelles), http://www.aipph.de;
editorial board member of the scholarly journal HYBRIS: Revista de Filosofia (HYBRIS: Journal of Philosophy), http://revistas.cenaltes.cl/index.php/hybris/about/editorialTeam;
editorial board member of the journal Žmogus ir žodis (Man and the Word), http://www.vpu.lt/leidykla/zmzodis2.php;
editor-in-chief of the journal Religija ir kultūra (Religion and Culture), http://www.rstc.vu.lt;
editorial board member of the journal Экзистенциальная традиция: философия, психология, психотерапия (Existential Tradition: Philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy), http://www.existrad.nm.ru;
member of the organising committee and jury of Lithuanian Philosophy Olympiad;
member of the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) in Lithuania, http://www.kaad.de/deutsch/inhalt.htm;
member of the Research Council of Lithuania (Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences), http://www.lmt.lt/lt/apie-taryba/hsm.html;
chair of the Research Council of Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, http://lkti.lt/apie_mus/taryba.html;
board member of the Lithuanian Society of Philosophers;
organising committee member of the international conference Existential Interpretation of Being Human in Philosophy and Psychology: Validity and Topicality, 3–6 October.

Prof. T. Sodeika –

editorial board member of the scholarly journal Athena: filosofijos studijos (Athena: Philosophical Studies), http://www.kfmi.lt/athena/?lang=en&no=editorial-board;
editorial board member of the journal Religija ir kultūra (Religion and Culture), http://www.rstc.vu.lt;
editorial board member of the interdisciplinary journal Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas (Sociology. Thought and Action), http://www.ku.lt/sociologija/page.php?id=staff;
board member of the Lithuanian Association of Phenomenology;
deputy chairman of Lithuanian Society of Philosophers.

Prof. A. Narbekovas –

member of the Council of Faculty of Catholic Theology at Vytautas Magnus University;
member of Senate of Vytautas Magnus University, http://www.vdu.lt/en/about-vmu/structure-and-management-of-vmu/senate/;
editorial board member of the journal of religious science SOTER, http://biblioteka.vdu.lt/?q=node/545#01;
member of the Lithuanian Cultural Psychiatry Association;
member of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life ,http://www.zmogausgyvybe.lt/pgf/lietuvos-asociacija;
member of the National Health Council under the Seimas, http://www3.lrs.lt/docs2/EYHHHLAP.PDF.

Assoc. Prof. A. K. Pažėraitė –

authoress of Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute;
directress of Lithuanian Jewish Culture Research Centre (in Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, former Culture, Philosophy and Arts Research Institute) (since 2007);
board member of the Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religion, http://en.religijotyra.lt/members/;

Assoc. Prof. M. Gutauskas –

editorial board member of the journal Religija ir kultūra (Religion and Culture), http://www.rstc.vu.lt;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Phenomenology;
member of the Lithuanian Society of Philosophers;
member of the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) in Lithuania, http://kaadbonn.de/stipendien/.

Assoc. Prof. D. Bacevičiūtė –

editor of the scholarly journal Athena: filosofijos studijos (Athena: Philosophical Studies), http://www.kfmi.lt/athena/?lang=en&no=editorial-board;
executive secretary of the journal Religija ir kultūra (Religion and Culture), http://www.rstc.vu.lt;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Phenomenology.

Dr. S. Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė –

editorial board member of the journal Religija ir kultūra (Religion and Culture), http://www.rstc.vu.lt;
member of the Lithuanian Art Historian Society, http://www.ldid.lt/en/members/;
member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association;
member of International Council of Museums (ICOM);
Medal of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, http://grybauskaite1.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p7880.html.

Dr. V. Mackela –

board member of New Religions Research and Information Centre, http://religija.lt/nrtic-steigejai-valdyba-darbuotojai-specialistai-bendradarbiai.

Dr. V. Daraškevičiūtė –

member of the Lithuanian Society of Philosophers;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Aesthetics.