On June 27–28, the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore and the Vilnius University organized an international conference “Times and Places of Czeslaw Milosz“. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Czesław Milosz (1911–2004), Nobel Prize winner and alumnus of the Vilnius University, provided an important opportunity to reflect on the influence that this writer and his work had on the modern consciousness. The places of Czesław Milosz, which in his poetry served as the key guidelines in search of reality and meaning, included Lithuania, Poland, Central and Eastern Europe, France and the United States of America.
The Department of Polish Studies at the University of Vilnius was established in 1993. This was the result of the processes, negotiations and agreements between Lithuania and Poland that were taking place in 1990 and later (at the same time Lithuanian Studies were introduced at the University of Warsaw). The aim of these activities was to create an educational and research center which would welcome representatives of all nationalities living in Lithuania. The main task of the department was to create and educate specialists in Polish language and culture for educational and cultural institutions, Polish-Lithuanian companies and organizations, as well as to conduct all research concerning the Polish-Lithuanian literary relations and Polish language in Lithuania. After having completed the program, graduates receive the academic title of Bachelor of Arts in Polish Philology. Main areas of employment are schools, translation agencies, educational institutions, various organizations implementing activities in the area of international cooperation.
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