Alfredas Bumblauskas

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Alfredas Bumblauskas (born in 1956) is a professor of Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians. Alfredas Bumblauskas was apprentice of Edvardas Gudavičius.

After the graduating from Žemaitė school in Telšiai, he enrolled in Vilnius University in 1974. Bumblauskas received doctoral degree in 1987. He was dean of History Faculty and now leads the Department of Theory of History and Cultural History at Vilnius University. He is famous for his work in TV shows about history and culture. Bumblauskas participated in scholar works at University of Helsinki, University of Graz and University of Warsaw.

[edit] Awards and prizes

Alfredas Bumblauskas received these awards and prizes:

• The Knight's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Lithuania, 2003
• The Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland, Poland, 1999
• Presented with the Lithuanian National Prize of Culture and Art prize, 1998
• Presented with the Simonas Daukantas prize, 1999