Lithuanian Institute of History

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The Lithuanian Institute of History is a state-funded research institution and the country’s main institution of history research. It concentrates mostly on the history of Lithuania and its neighbouring states.

Institute employees 126 workers, 64 of them have Ph.D. degree, 4 hablitated doctors. Its director is Alvydas Nikžentaitis. Institute is divided into 7 sections (archaeological, cities, ethnology, archaeography, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 19th century and 20th century). Institute has its own library, collection of manuscripts and publishing house.

[edit] Projects

Institute is currently working on 15 projects,[1] main of them is 12 volume academic history of Lithuania.[2] Two pojects of institute is publishing of twice a year journal "Lietuvos istorijos metraštis"[3] and yearly English journal "Lithuanian Historical Studies".[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Lithuanian) Projects list at Lithuanian Institute of History webpage. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
  2. ^ (Lithuanian) Project summary at Lithuanian Institute of History webpage. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
  3. ^ (Lithuanian) List of latest issues. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
  4. ^ (English) List of latest issues. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.

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