Dr Viktorija Rimaitė-Beržiūnienė

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Viktorija is a graduate of VU TSPMI BA in Political Science and MA in Politics and Media. In 2022 she defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Monuments in Lithuania: shaping state identity” (supervisor Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis).

One of her main academic objectives is to demonstrate that political knowledge can be acquired through artistic and visual practices as well as scientific mind.

Membership of working groups, councils, etc. within Vilnius University and IIRPS VU

Department of Political Philosophy and History  of Ideas; Commission for Dispute Resolution.

Selected conference papers

1. Viktorija Rimaitė-Beržiūnienė. Visual securitization: collective memory in shaping security and foreign policy. // Workshop IPSA. Political Identities Challenged. Exploring the Consequences of the Confrontation with COVID and Communicative Changes. March 18, 2022.
2. International conference „The European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2021)“, London 2021, „Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods: Political Monuments in Lithuania and National Identity“.
3. National conference „Memory Politics in Lithuania”, Vilnius 2020, „Identity of Lithuania in the Monuments of Vilnius: Soviet and Postsoviet Monuments“.
4. International conference „Visual and Performing Arts“ (10th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts), Athens 2019, „Political Monuments in Lithuania: National Narratives, Political Meaning, and ArtisticAesthetics“.