LIMA supported the student conference about Napoleon

200 years ago Napoleon invaded Russian Imperia. So Russian-French war was started. But Napoleon had another role for Lithuanian people. They believed in French emperor’s liberation mission. To celebrate this significant date the student conference was organized.  It took place on 12 April 2012 at Vilnius W.Syrokomlasecondary school. Conference was welcomed by French Embassy’s Culture Center director P.Hanseand Lithuanian HTA Honorary President E.Manelis. Students from Vilnius and other towns of Lithuania prepared different presentations about Napoleon period in Lithuania. Very interesting movie “The days of catastrophe” was showed by film director J.Lingys.  For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

On the 13th of January almost all schools, different institutions and enterprises participated in the traditional civil initiative “The Memory is live because it proclaims” initiated by The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania. On the 13th January the Freedom Defenders Day at eight o’clock in the morning the memory candles were lighted in the windows for ten minutes to let people feel the consolidation of Lithuanian nation that was especially strong on the day of 13th January, 1991. The flames reminded the tragic days when the Lithuanian society was united by strong values and ideas that helped to resist against the aggression of soviet invaders and local collaborates. 

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.
 

From April 15-16 the History Department of the Pedagogical University of Vilnius hosted the twenty-first Lithuanian student’s history Olympics in the city of Biržai. This year’s theme was “The Lithuanian states’ borders and territory from the thirteenth to the twentieth century.”  The Olympiad focused on Lithuania’s foreign policy, its relations to its neighboring states, and the most important Lithuania actors in formulating those relations.  Many of the activities centered on geography and cartography. Sixty-nine students from various Lithuanian cities and regions competed in the Olympiad.  On the first day student took a history test.  Twenty of the best students wrote essays on the second day.  The Honorable Laima Andrikienė, Lithuania’s representative to the European Parliament congratulated the Olympiad’s winner.  She also invited them to attend the European Parliament. Other students received books and other various prizes.  The Olympians had the opportunity to visit Biržai castle and other historical sites.