Dr. Nerija Putinaitė
Senior researcher
Department
Department of Political Behavior and Institutions
Department of Political Philosophy and History of Ideas
Center of European Studies
Research areas
Comparative politics and political sociology
Additional info
nerija.putinaite@tspmi.vu.lt
Associate professor at the Vilnius University Institute of Political Sciences, Doctor of Humanities. Graduated from Vilnius University, studied at the Eichstätte University in Germany. Has been working at VU IIRPS since 2013.
Researched and internship at Phillips University in Marburg, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald, the University of Tübingen in Germany and at Poitiers University in France.
Worked at the Institute of Culture, Philosophy and Art, lectured at Vilnius Pedagogical University.
2004-2008 worked as a Study and Science Advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania in the Culture, Science and Education Group. 2008-2012 worked as Vice-Minister of Education and Science at the Ministry of Education and Science.
Research projects and grants
- “Politics of Death in Soviet Lithuania: Meaning, Rituals, Symbols, Emotions”, grant, Research council of Lithuania, 2020-2023.
- “Christians in Lithuania Before and After the Revival”, participant, Research council of Lithuania, 2013-2015.
- “Priorities of the Lithuanian Government: Implementation Process and Results”, participant, Research council of Lithuania, 2014-2015.
- “Lithuanian Europe: Three Identities”, grant, Research council of Lithuania, 2014.
- “Democracy, Culture, and Catholicism”, participant, Loyola University, Chicago, US, 2009-2012.
- Allgemeine Kants Bibliographie, participant, “Kant-Gesellschaft”, University of Mainz, Germany, 2005-2007.
- “Strukturbildende Ideenstroeme im Ostseeraum”, participant, Nord- und osteuropaeische Forum für Philosophie, University of Greifswald, Germany, 2000-2003.
Courses taught
Issues of Lithuanian and European Identity
History of Soviet Identity Concepts
Analysis of Education and Science Policies
Topical Issues in Post-politics
Research interests
Identity Studies (including Soviet, national, and European identity)
Questions of Lithuanian Soviet national identity
Atheisation Politics
Accommodation and Resistance
Sovietization Policies and Society
Publications
Skambantis molis: dainų šventės ir Justino Marcinkevičiaus trilogija kaip sovietinio lietuviškumo ramsčiai (Ringing clay: song festivals and Justinas Marcinkevičius‘ trilogy of plaus as pillars of Soviet Lithuanian identity), Vilnius: LKMA, VŠĮ „Naujasis Židinys – Aidai“, 2019.
Nugenėta pušis: Ateizmas kaip asmeninis apsisprendimas tarybų Lietuvoje (Truncated pine tree: atheism as a personal choice in Soviet Lithuania), Vilnius: LKMA, VŠĮ „Naujasis Židinys – Aidai“, 2015.
Trys lietuviškosios Europos: tauta, Europa, ES dabartinėje tapatybėje (Three Lithuanian europes: contemporary national, European and EU identities), Vilnius: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija, VŠĮ „Naujasis židinys – Aidai“, 2014.
Nenutrūkusi styga: Prisitaikymas ir pasipriešinimas sovietų Lietuvoje (Accomodation and resistance in Soviet Lithuania), Vilnius: Aidai, 2007.
Šiaurės Atėnų tremtiniai, arba Lietuviškosios tapatybės paieškos ir Europos vizijos XX a. (The visions of Europe and the quest for the Lithuanian identity in the 20th century), Vilnius: Aidai, 2004.
Paskutinioji proto revoliucija: Kanto praktinės filosofijos studija (The last revolution of reason: Immanuel Kant’s practical philosophy), Vilnius: Aidai, 2004.
