Study abroad in Lithuania
Kevin Reiling
kevinreiling at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 4 19:34:25 UTC 2011
Dear Francoise,
I work as Regional Coordinator for American Councils (ACTR/ACCELS), primarily serving Belarusian students but based in Vilnius at the European Humanities University (EHU). Although American Councils does not yet have any programs for U.S. students to study in Lithuania (this is something we've been looking into developing) I would be more than happy to assist the student in question to the extent possible. As Elena Gapova correctly noted, very little instruction in Lithuanian is offered at EHU, however there may be opportunities open to her at Vilnius University. The university hosts a large number of Erasmus undergraduate students each year from countries across Europe and offer a growing number of courses in English with Lithuanian language courses provided as part of their semester- or year-long studies.
Please have the student get in touch with me directly at kevin.reiling at ehu.lt and we'll see if we can get something to work. If you, or any other SEELANGS subscribers, have other students interested in studies in Belarus and/or Lithuania, please feel free to send them my way and I'll do my best to provide guidance/support.
Best wishes,
Kevin
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Kevin Reiling
Regional Coordinator
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L St. NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
www.americancouncils.org
Mobile:
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From: Elena Gapova <e.gapova at GMAIL.COM>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Study abroad in Lithuania
I wonder if European Humanities University might may be of interest to
your student: http://ehu.lt/. It was started in 1992 in MInsk, Belarus
with the support of the Open Society Institute and several Western
governments and foundations. Closed in 2004 by the Belarusian government
for political reasons, it moved to Vilnius and is currently recognized as a
"university-in-exile" and has EU accrediatation.
The languages of instruction are Russian, English, and some Belarusian (and
very little Lithuanian, I believe).
Elena Gapova
2011/12/4 Zachary Kelly <zwkelly at umail.iu.edu>
> This is not directly related, but in preparation for her time abroad the
> student may want to consider attending BALSSI, which will be at University
> of Pittsburgh (http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/balssi/).
>
> Also, I would have to say, based on my recent trip to Lithuania, that
> Russian is very useful for traveling and communication there. I did have
> the opportunity to study Lithuanian prior, so it was not in vain that I
> would use Russian.
>
> As for programs in Lithuania, the only ones I have heard of are for
> Yiddish. But such a program may be a start in securing a program for your
> student.
>
> Zach Kelly
> Indiana University
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Francoise Rosset <frosset at wheatonma.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > Thank you, Jules.
> >
> > I should have been more clear that the language she'd like to study in
> > Lithuania *is* Lithuanian. (She'll go to Russia for the Russian). But it
> > would be Beginning Lithuanian, and that would not give her access to
> > courses in culture and history. Some of those, another colleague tells
> us,
> > are available in English.
> >
> > Your recommendation of going there with some prior language is well
> taken.
> > I'm having her look into summer programs in the U.S.
> >
> > -FR
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 00:57:46 -0800
> > Jules Levin <ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/3/2011 1:51 PM, Francoise Rosset wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear SEELANGers:
> >>>
> >>> First, my thanks to the colleagues who responded to my question about
> >>> medical обращаемость.
> >>>
> >>> Second, I'm back with another completely different query.
> >>>
> >>> One of our students, a sophomore in second-year Russian, is
> >>> considering study abroad, both in Russia and in Lithuania (her
> >>> background is part Lithuanian, though she doesn't speak any.)
> >>> We've been looking through various, decent-looking websites,
> >>> and we're going to involve our Global Ed office -- but neither
> >>> Global Ed nor my student nor I have any experience. Someone
> >>> here might.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions or recommendations would be immensely useful.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone on the list studied in Lithuania or sent an undergrad
> >>> to study there? She would study language and some form of area
> >>> studies, and is the latter possible with no Lithuanian?
> >>>
> >> Well, I was a Fulbright Lecturer at Vilnius State University in 1981 for
> >> 4 months--one of the first Americans there, and returned 3 times for
> >> several weeks in 89, 91, and 99. I certainly did studying there, but I
> >> would NOT recommend going there to study without some Lithuanian. The
> >> younger generation is not studying Russian; they study English and other
> >> Euro languages. While most Lithuanians over 40 can still understand
> >> Russian, they certainly are not friendly with those who expect them to
> >> communicate in that language. Lithuanian is a beautiful fascinating
> >> language, and anyone who can learn functional Russian can certainly
> learn
> >> enough Lithuanian to satisfy native speakers that one has good will.
> >> Frankly I do not understand why someone would commit a good chunk of
> their
> >> life to study in a foreign country and not want to learn the language of
> >> that country.
> >> Jules Levin
> >> Los Angeles
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Any recommendations on summer vs. semester study, again, not
> >>> in the U.S. but in Lithuania?
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of American universities with such programs?
> >>> I found none on the AATSEEL list of programs for study abroad,
> >>> (the UCLA link does not include Lith. and it's not abroad anyway,
> >>> and the BALSSI programs are held in the U.S.) and very little
> >>> info via Google. That doesn't mean there isn't any.
> >>>
> >>> On the other hand, does anyone have any experience with students
> >>> registering DIRECTLY with a Lithuanian institution? (I believe
> >>> funding and cost are an issue for this student).
> >>>
> >>> Any reason for any caveats about health services? There is
> >>> a matter of a recurring medical condition.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you all, again,
> >>> -FR
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor
> >>> Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
> >>> Wheaton College
> >>> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> >>> Office: (508) 285-3696
> >>> FAX: (508) 286-3640
> >>>
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> > Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
> > Wheaton College
> > Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> > Office: (508) 285-3696
> > FAX: (508) 286-3640
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> Indiana University
> Russian and East European Institute
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