LITHUANIA

Source: Asian studies in Lithuania - Audrius Beinorus, Center of Oriental Studies at Vilnius University, Lithuania (2009). See the original text SHORT HISTORY Asian studies in Lithuania date back to the 19th century, when Vilnius University was at the heart of Oriental language studies. The department of Eastern languages was founded as early as 1810, but with no one at its head. A famous Vilnius intellectual, Kazimir Kontrimas, ventured a proposition to the Governor of the Vilnius district t..