Gender Studies Centre

Sukurta: 17 September 2013

47 Didlaukio, LT-08303 Vilnius
Tel. 219 3028, fax 219 3017
E-mail:
www http://www.lsc.vu.lt

Chair – Prof. Habil. Dr. Dalia Leinartė,  Dr. L. Stundžė (from 2015 09 01 till 2016 08 31)

STAFF

Professor: Habil. Dr. D. Leinartė.

Associate professors Dr. I. Michailovič (part-time).
Lecturers:  Dr. L. Stundžė (part-time), Dr. R. Lužytė (part-time), D. Lyzenko, D. Paulauskas, Dr. D. Šėporaitytė.
Research fellows: Dr. E. Kačkutė-Hagan.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Implementation of gender equality in Lithuania
Gender equality policies
Women’s human rights
Family policies
Gender and communication
Disabled women
Family history
Women’s history
Oral history

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Bibliography of Gender Studies: 1990-2012. Dr. L. Stundžė. 2015–2017.

Bibliography complemented by the information collected in the Centre for Gender Studies.

Main publication:

Stundžė, L. 2015. Formalioji lyčių studijų mokslo komunikacija socialinių mokslų krypties mokslo žurnaluose. Informacijos mokslai, nr. 72, p. 7–20. http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/informacijos-mokslai/article/view/9218/7585

National Research Projects

Culture Support Foundation. Barbora Didžiokienė: Memories of the Little Artist. Vol. II print-work  (No. S/DAI-45(6.13)/2015). Prof. D. Leinartė. 2015.

The 2nd part of the book Barbora Didžiokienė: Memories of the Little Artist were published. It is not only the life story of a woman artist of another nationality but also a valuable source of the 20th century art history and history in general illustrated by unique pictures and reproductions of the artist’s works. 

Main publication:

Didžiokienė, Barbora. Mažosios dailininkės prisiminimai (part II). Vilnius University, Centre for Gender Studies. Comp. by R. Rachlevičiūtė. – Vilnius: Vilnius UniversityPublishing House. 2015, 408 p.

Research Council of Lithuania. Motherhood and Migration (No. 004/104). Dr. E. Kačkutė-Hagan. 2013-2015.

In 2015, 25 qualitative interviews were carried out with expatriates living and bringing up children in Geneva. Partial results of the research were presented at an international conference

Immigration, Social Cohesion and Social Innovation in Madrid.  

Main publications:

Mothering in a Foreign Language: Silent and/or Multilingual Mothers in Dalia Staponkutė’s The Silence of the Mothers. 2015. Elsevier: Amsterdam, Boston, London. Women’s Studies International Forum, 52, p. 82–91.

Kačkutė, E. 2015. Migrantės motinos tapatumas Betty Quan dramoje Gimtoji kalba. Literatūra, Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, vol. 57, nr. 4, p. 68-81.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. International Gender Equality Website Women in Democracy. Nr. 173-15-VBD. 2015.

Within the scope of the project six interviews with the prominent female politicians, gender equality activists and researchers were conducted and published. The Website provides daily selected news on gender equality and women’s rights.

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

Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania

Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)

University of Gloucestershire (United Kingdom)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Prof. D. Leinartė –

  • member of the UN CEDAW Committee,http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/Membership.aspx;
  • chair of the Ethics Commission at Vilnius University;
  • fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University;
  • editorial board member of the journal Gender Studies and Research (Šiauliai University).