Creative Industries Departments Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

The department is responsible for the teaching of worldview (A block) study subjects throughout VILNIUS TECH, and also conducts research in the fields of Philosophy and Cultural studies. It organizes a bi-annual international conference on issues of Visuality and hosts a yearly national conference in association with the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the Center for Social Research, and the Lithuanian Communication Society. Two research journals, “Creativity Studies” and “Santalka: Philosophy, Communication” were established by the department, in which peer-reviewed articles by Lithuanian and foreign scholars are published. The academic and research staff of the department make regular contributions to Lithuanian media, including the Internet, television, press, and radio.

History

The Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies is one of the oldest at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH). It dates back to 1956 to the establishment of Vilnius Institute of Engineering Construction with the Department of Comprehensive Theses. Following the creation of the Faculty of Creative Industries in 2012, the Department was reorganized into Philosophy and Communication (2015) and in 2017 its name was changed to the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies.

Research inovation

Research fields

Research fields

Research innovation
Philosophy 01 H
Communication 06 H
Political Science 02 S
Sociology 05 S
Educology 07 S

Conferences

Conferences

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
Visuality 2019: Creative Communication in the Emerging Constellations
Previously:
Visuality 2011: Interaction of creativity and image
Visuality 2013: politics, ideology, media
Visuality 2015: Intercultural Creative Discourses
Visuality 2017 : Tourism vs Urban Heritage in a creative city.

NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
2012: Lithuanian philosophy and sociology: problems, insight, perspectives;
2013: Philosophy and sociology interdisciplinary research context;
2014: Cultural maps: a philosophical and sociological perspective;
2015: Creativity ethical and ecological aspects: a philosophical and sociological perspective
2016: Lifestyle and style: a philosophical and sociological aspects;
2018: Consumer revolutions and counter-revolutions: research on philosophy, sociology and communication
2019: Ethics in media and technology environments

Contacts

Contacts
Adress: Trakų g. 1, LT 01132 Vilnius
Phone (8 5) 274 4867
Local phone 9867
Email: crypt:a2lma0B2aWxuaXVzdGVjaC5sdA==:xx
Room SNR-II 102

Head of Department – Prof. dr. Tomas Kačerauskas
SNR-I 103, phone (8 5) 274 4866, local phone: 9866

Administrator – Rita Šimienė
SNR-I 102, phone (8 5) 274 4867, local phone: 9867

Office hours

I	8:00 - 16:45
II	8:00 - 16:45
III	8:00 - 16:45
IV	8:00 - 16:45
V	8:00 - 15:30

Lunch break: 11:30 - 12:00

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