6 October 2023

International Conference “Europe. Capital. Transformations: Vilnius in the 19th and 21st Centuries”

On October 19-20, 2023 The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania kindly invites you to the international conference “ Europe. Capital. Transformations: Vilnius in the 19th and 21st Centuries“ which will be held at the National Library of Lithuania in Vilnius.

Over the past two hundred years, Vilnius has undergone major political, social and demographic changes: from a provincial city of the Russian Empire, to an administrative center under German occupation and provincial center of Poland, to the capital of independent Lithuania and Soviet-occupied country and finally, to the capital of an EU member state. During this period, the composition of the city’s population and its identities had experienced many changes, as did the social and cultural segment of the city. 

As part of the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of Vilnius, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania cordially invites you to the international conference “Europe. Capital. Transformations: Vilnius in the 19th and 21st Centuries.” The aim of the conference is to explore how the political status, daily life, culture, images and historical memory of the city and its inhabitants had changed during this period.

The conference will cover the following topics:  

– Places of memory and oblivion in Vilnius 
– Multicultural Vilnius 
– Vilnius as an administrative, economic, political, cultural and scientific center 
– The urban and architectural development of Vilnius 
– Vilnius in art 
– Communicating Vilnius 

Venue: Conference Hall, 5th floor.

The conference will be streamed live on the National Library’s YouTube channel.

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More information about conference and programme: https://konferencijos.lnb.lt/europa-sostine-tapsmas/en/

Registration form: https://bit.ly/3tiRtQ1

The conference is organized by the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.

The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.

Briefly about the conference

Date

19–20 October

Time

9 a.m.–6 p.m.

Place

Conference Hall, 5th floor 
19 October Live Streaming >
20 October Live Streaming >  

Attendance

Registration form

Organizer

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Partner

The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture

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