Discussion on “Copying culture. Japanese and European literary texts and the visual arts”
Participants: associate professor, Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University Dr. Dalia Švambarytė, Director General of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art Dr. Arūnas GelūnasArūnas Gelūnas Arūnas Gelūnas Arūnas Gelūnas Arūnas Gelūnas Arūnas Andrius Kleiva (joining virtually), priest and founder of the art space “Galerija 1252” Benediktas Jurčys.
Moderator – Head of the Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University Dr. Arvydas Kumpis.
The event will focus on the particularities, adaptations and cultural transformations of Japanese literature.
The participants will try to answer the questions of who and how is copying literature and art, importing and integrating culture, and what is new in the Baltic States.
Photos by Vytautas Petrikas
