Expressing Lithuanian identity in diaspora's academic press

The formation of Lithuanian identity in exile and its expression in the Lithuanian émigré press, presents many untapped possibilities for research and analysis. In this context, a vast field of intellectual and academic press stands out, reflecting the efforts not only to define the essential signs of identity, but also to express it and represent it outside the diaspora. In this field, the non-Lithuanian press, whose reader more often belonged to multicultural American and other foreign society, was assigned a special mission. The ongoing academic Lithuanian quarterly Lituanus, established in 1957 by the members of the Lithuanian Student Association which united the academic youth in the US, took up a leadership role. This article is aimed at defining the communicative strategy chosen by the journal’s editors in 1957−1990, which was most closely related to the development of the concept of national identityVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij