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Almantas Samalavicius
holds a Ph.D. in art history and theory, and is an associate professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. He is author and co-author of 5 books on architectural history, ideas of higher education, and the history of Western intellectual life, as well as numerous essays on cultural and literary criticism. In addition, he has edited 5 volumes of academic and literary articles, and translated books by Zygmunt Bauman and Gerard Delanty into Lithuanian. He serves as associate editor of the journal Kulturos barai and was re-elected as president of the Lithuanian PEN.
Eurozine Articles
An amorphous society
Lithuania in the era of high post-communism
"High post-communism" in eastern Europe is defined by efforts to control collective memory, political discourse dominated by abstract concepts, and the cult of entertainment -- a view from Lithuania. [more]
National identity, culture and globalisation
Lithuania wakes up to a new social and cultural reality
In the academic and intellectual debate in Lithuania, globalisation and Europeanisation are often regarded as deadly threats to the national culture, an "evil mission". Almantas Samalavicius looks at the arguments and proposes a completely different concept of identity. [more]
Europe's East as spiritual space
Greek philosophy, Roman law and Christianity. Are these the only cornerstones of European culture? [more]
Intellectuals in post-communist Lithuania
How has the social and political standing of intellectuals changed? [more]
Memory and amnesia in a postcommunist society
Dealing with the legacy of the communist past in Lithuania. [more]
The burden of freedom
Lithuanian media during the transition
A decade into its existence as an independent state, has the Lithuanian media learned how to make use of its newly found freedom? [more]