Date: 17 October 2026
Venue: Vilnius University, Aula Parva, Vilnius
Organizer: Vilnius University / Vilnius University Confucius Institute
Programme format: One-time professional development event
Mode of delivery: In-person
Continuing Professional Development: 5 CPD hours, recognised in accordance with the relevant professional competencies.
Tea culture is in constant movement, bridging ancient traditions and modern science. Today, both long-time tea enthusiasts and curious newcomers are turning their attention to innovative GABA teas — a fascinating synthesis of natural leaf processing and precise bio-technology.
A meditative tea experience inspired by awareness, silence, and presence.
We invite you to enter the summer season meditatively — with a cup of tea in your hands and a quieter state of mind.
The 7 Cups of Tea Practice is a guided tea meditation that combines relaxation, deep listening, awareness, and concentration. The group is intentionally small — no more than 7 participants — to create an intimate, calm, and focused atmosphere.
Following last year’s lecture Built in Characters – The Architecture of Chinese Script, this year’s International Chinese Language Day lecture of April 20th (starting at 11:00 AM)
On 17th April during the cultural experience discover the richness of Chinese tea culture in an immersive and engaging experience.
On 19th March we invite you to an interesting lecture. Can a 7th-century empress teach us how to break through the glass ceiling in the workplace?
On 4th February we kindly invite you to a lecture "Eastern Wisdom: Decoding Your Life Blueprint via Bazi and the Five Elements".
On 12th December we invite to a tea tasting with Ukrainian Tea Master Max Roiko. Yunnan is one of the most ancient and diverse tea regions of China, known for its red teas and the famous pu’er. During this immersive session, tea and ceramics master from Ukraine Max Roiko will guide participants through the unique world of Yunnan tea, combining stories,
On 16th April at 11:00 o'clock on the occasion of International Chinese Language Day, we kindly invite you to participate in the lecture, which will be delivered by our esteemed colleague Dr. Lu Xiaohong from our partner university – East China Normal University.
On the 20th April we will be celebrating the annual Chinese Language Day. Language Days at the United Nations seek to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.
On this occasion, we invite you to listen to the public lecture about modern online Chinese language on an intriguing topic. The title of the lecture is "The Buzzwords on Chinese Social Channels" by a speaker from our partner university, Shanghai East China Normal University, assoc. prof. HE Xiaojia (何晓嘉副教授).
Learning Chinese? On 2nd December at 3 p.m. come and meet with Jesse Appell – the intercultural comedian and entrepreneur who has connected his interest of Chinese language and culture with his other passions: comedy and Chinese tea.
We are delighted to present a never-before-seen event on Dec 1st at 6 p.m., where you will have the opportunity to see a professional actor from the USA perform and learn about the Chinese comedy genre.
On 12 May, the second lecture “A Bird is not just a Bird. A Flower is not just a Flower. Symbolical Meanings behind the Images of Nature in Traditional Chinese Painting” of a series elaborates on “birds and flowers”, an important genre of classical Chinese painting. It was shaped and glorified by Buddhism and Taoism, folk beliefs and imperial patronage. We’ll dive into symbolical meanings of plants and animals and ways of representing them in Chinese art.
From 5th May we invite you to listen to three lectures from the series "Masterpieces of Chinese Art from the Collection of the National Bohdan and Varvara Khansenko Museum of Art (Khansenko Museum)" by Marta Logvyn, art historian, expert in Chinese art, researcher at the National Bohdan and Varvara Khansenko Museum of Art (Kyiv, Ukraine). The lectures will be held in English.
Following the change in the standards of the Chinese Proficiency Examination (HSK), we invite Chinese language lecturers and teachers to a seminar where the representative of the International Chinese Language Examination Center, dr. Li Peize will introduce the new requirements and answer any questions that may arise.
On 15th October Vilnius university Confucius institute together with a partner university in Shanghai East China Normal University organize a public lecture: Love and Lust in Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare
In the second lecture, we continue our acquaintance with Chinese, where our excellent lecturer Cui Lan will not only present different Chinese dialects, but also give reasons for the formation of southern and northern dialects
