Lithuanian HTA: Vilnius Heritage’s Conference
Lithuanian HTA: Vilnius Heritage’s Conference

In year 1387 a king of Poland Jogaila granted Magdeburg rights to the city of Vilnius. To celebrate the 625-th anniversary of this event LIMA (Lithuanian HTA) organized the Annual Conference. It took place on Tuesday 3rd April 2012 at historical Vilnius City Hall building. The traditional theme of the Conference “Modern methods of history teaching” was added. The theme of Vilnius history teaching was accented. The participants have been welcomed by the mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas, Lithuanian Parliament member Mantas Adomenas and the Executive Director of The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in LithuaniaRonaldas Racinskas.Professor of Vilnius University Alfredas Bumblauskas made a rich report about some traditional points of view on Lithuanian history. Professor said that modern history explorers must have more logical and objective thinking. He believes in multicultural heritage of Vilnius. Dr.Vitalija Stravinskiene analyzed the migration problems in Vilnius after WW2. History teachers Eugenijus Manelis, Violeta Krischiuniene (LIMA president) and Ingrida Vilkiene spoke about the experience of teaching the past of native town. After the Conference session all the teachers had a possibility to visit Vilnius Gallery of Art, there educational excursions were organized. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
LIMA: The Lithuanian Student Annual History Competition

The 22-th traditional Lithuanian student history competition took place in the city of Kedainiai onApril 14-15, 2012. It was focused on the theme “The Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s culture from the 13th until the end of the 18th century”. The students had to overcome a varioushistory tests. The best of them created an essay next competition day. The teachers and students had possibility to visit most interesting sites of Kedainiai. A history of this city is closely connected to life of Lithuanian noble J.Radvilaandthefamousmodernpoet, Nobel Prize laureate C.Milosz’s childhood. The winners got a lot of books as a prize. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .






On April 1th The History Department of The Pedagogical University of Vilnius and The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania convened a conference in Vilnius entitled: Teaching the history of the crimes of the Nazi and Soviet occupational regimes: Theory and Practice. On September 21, 2010 the Sejm (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania, proclaimed 2011 a “Year of Memory for those residents of Lithuanians who died and suffered during the Holocaust.” This conference commemorated the events of seventy year ago when, in 1941, the Soviets began a massive deportation of the residents of Lithuania to the Soviet Union. Attendees at the conference included, the ambassador of the United States to Lithuania, Her Excellency Anne Elizabeth Derse, Israel’s ambassador to Latvia and Lithuania, His Excellency Naftali Tamir, representatives from the foreign ministry of the Republic of Lithuania, along with numerous historians from the USA, Sweden, Lithuania, and approximately one hundred teachers. Participants were familiarized with the latest scholarly research. Additionally, experienced teachers shared their knowledge and skills in teaching this subject to high-school students.