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Dr. Gintas Karalius

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Gintas Karalius is a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (VU TSPMI). In 2019 he defended his dissertation on the topic: The Idea of Honor as a Means to Understand Democracy. The Perspective of XVIII-XIX Century Political Philosophy (supervised by Prof. Dr Alvydas Jokubaitis).

In 2011 graduated from VU TSPMI bachelor’s program, in 2013 obtained a Cum Laude Master’s degree in Comparative Politics. From September of 2009 to June of 2010 studied at the Institut d’études politiques de Lyon.

Since 2021, he is a member of Film indexing commission at the Lithuanian film centre. From 2019 to 2021 G. Karalius contributed articles to Lithuanian Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre.

Since 2015, publicly contributes and comments to various media channels. Subjects ranging from political philosophy to international politics (mostly on political developments in France, Canada and Western Europe).

Conference papers

2021.12.13 presentation at an international conference: „Napoleon‘s legacy: Europe as a lighthouse of civilizing ideals“ (Webinar Destination Napoleon–LIETUVA).

Additional information

Membership of working groups, commissions or committees set up by public authorities, state and municipal bodies, companies and organisations, businesses

Founder of the Lithuania-Taiwan Forum; Lithuanian Film Centre Member of the Film Indexing Commission.

Courses taught

Critical philosophy of democracy

Political theory of the media

Modern conceptions of European Civilization

Contemporary political theory

The challenge of populism in contemporary democracy

Research interests

Political philosophy

Democratic theory

Politics of Western Europe and the francophonic world

Theories of the media

Monarchism

Publications

Karalius G. (2022). The Concept of Honor in Contemporary Political Philosophy: A Critical and an Adaptational Argument. Politologija, 103(3), 109-135. https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2021.103.4

„Garbės sąvoka šiandieninėje politinėje filosofijoje: kritinis ir adaptacinis argumentai“. Politologija 103(3), 2021 https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2021.103.4

Karalius G. (2018). Does Modern Democracy Represent the People?. Politologija, 91(3), 139-165. https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2018.91.11967

Karalius G. (2017). Is Modern Democracy a Political Regime? Politologija, 85(1), 102-131. https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2017.1.10671

Karalius G. (2013). The Problem of Liberty in a Democracy: the Aspect of Courage. Politologija, 71(3), 106-134. https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2013.3.1730