Vytautas Volungevicius
Research interests:
Medieval history
History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Premodern history of East-Central Europe
Theory of history (Historik)
Philosophy of history
Historiography (Geschichtsschreibung)
Biography
Vytautas Volungevičius specializes in the premodern history, especially in the history East-Central Europe (Ostmitteleuropa) and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Besides, he focuses on the theory of history (Historik), historiography and philosophy of history (translations of significant texts of theory/philosophy of history from French and German). After finishing his PhD at Vilnius University in 2014, for several years he taught and researched at the Department of History at Vilnius University. At the moment Vytautas is working as a scholarly assistant of Dr. Katja Doose on the SNF Project Timescapes of ice: Soviet glacier science in Central Asia, 1950s to 1980s“ (2021‒2025) leading by Prof. Christine Bichsel. Moreover he is writing history handbooks (in Lithuanian) for secondary school.
Research and publications
- Volungevičius, V. (2013). “The Castle in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Historiography, Search for Definitions, Research Model“, in: Lithuanian Historical Studies. Vol. 17, pp. 1–38.
- Volungevičius, V. (2014). “Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Case of the Castle: Context, Problems, Perspectives“, in: Katarina Predovnik (ed.), Castrum Bene 12: The Castle as Social Space, Ljubljana, pp. 199–205.
- Volungevičius, V. (2017). “Das 16. Jahrhundert und die Entstehung der Adelsburg im Grossfürstentum Litauen: Soziopolitische Umstände und "verspätetes" Phänomen“, in: Kilian Heck et al., Schlösser und Gutshäuser in der Ostseeregion. Bausteine einer europäischen Kulturlandschaft, Schwerin, S. 129‒146.
- Volungevičius, V. (2021). “European barbaricum? Non-simultaneity of the Middle Ages: Germanic, Slavic and Baltic Societies“, in: Past and Future: Medieval Studies Today (Textes et Études du Moyen Âge, T. 98), M. Hoenen, K. Engel (eds.), p. 135‒156.
- Volungevičius, V. (forthcoming 2022/2023). “Die Landgemeinde im östlichen Ostseeraum des 13.‒15. Jahrhunderts zwischen inneren und äußeren Spannungen“, in: Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte.