VMU (Vytautas Magnus University) and its students had organized East Asia events which were held at the second and the third weekend of May. These events were organized for all people interested in East Asia countries and these faraway cultures which have been cherished for centuries. During the weekends, everyone had a chance to widen their knowledge of this area.
East Asia events took place in Kaunas and they attracted numerous Lithuanian and foreign students, professors and even representatives of the region of East.
„East Asia Day“ which is annually organized by the Centre of Asian Studies was the first event which took place in the VDU Great hall on the 9 of April. During the event, the representatives of cultural organizations, politics and public sectors were reading papers on the relations of Lithuania and East Asia countries. Many people had a chance to speak out concerning this question including Japanese ambassador Kazuko Shiraishi, Indonesian ambassador prof. Bomer Pasaribu, ITB vice-chancellor prof. dr. Akhmaloka, director of the Lithuanian Buddhist community „Kwam um Dzen“ Alvydas Turskis and the representative of VU Confucius Institute and the teacher Bo Shuyan. Apart from them, an opportunity to speak their minds and share their experience had Andrius Pukis and Adomas Lapinksas who are the fellows and public activists and also a former student in South Korea Agne Zabulionyte.
On the 16th of April, there was another interesting event which was organized by „Wu Wei“club which has been founded with the initiative of VDU students. The purpose of this club is to expand people knowledge of China as well as to unify all people interested in this culture. During the event, participants had been making presentations and had discussions on various Chinese culture aspects. Participants were also enjoying Chinese tea ceremony.
The last but not least event had been held in the birthplace of C. Milosas on the 16-18th of April which is known as „East Asia Spring Forum“. This event was organized for the first time by the students of East Asia Language and Culture Program (RASK). Many students took part in the event including students from Lithuania, Japan, China and Korea. There were also such honourable people as Chinese ambassador Liu Zengwen with his wife, director of Confucius Institute prof. Zhang Donghui, employees of the Centre of Asian Studies, VDU professors of Chinese language and others. During the weekend, participants were making presentations and participated in various discussions which were of great importance for everyone – it gave an amazing opportunity to know East Asia region, learn how to write CV, letter of motivation and finally, to share international experience with others.
