Practical seminar: “Laboratory of the Future: In Search of Innovative Research Methods”
The seminar will practically test the functioning of comparative literature by applying various methodologies and approaches to literary analysis.
Time & Location
18 Nov 2025, 15:00 – 18:30
Faculty of Philology, J. Balkevičius Room., Universiteto St. 5, 01122 Vilnius, Lithuania
About
On November 18, 2025 at 3:00 p.m., we kindly invite you to the practical seminar "Laboratory of the Future: In Search of Innovative Research Methods" organized by the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association, which is one of the association's twentieth anniversary events.
The seminar will test the workings of comparative literature by applying various methodologies and approaches to literary analysis. Participants are invited to reflect together on how modern research tools can be applied to compare texts from different countries, genres, and literary traditions.
Program
15:00–15:10 Opening of the seminar, introductory remarks
15:10–15:40 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aistė Kučinskienė
Reading autobiographical texts using a "toolbox"
15:40–16:10 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inga Vidugyrytė-Pakerienė
Perspectives on Comparative Literary Geography
16:10–16:40 Dr. Geda Montvilaitė
The intertextual dimension in comparative studies
16:40–17:00 – Coffee break
17:00–17:30 Dr. Taisija Oral
Remote non-digital reading in popular literature research
17:30–18:00 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laura Laurušaitė
Between taste and text: what and how does gastropoetics open up?
18:00–18:30 Discussion
The seminar will take place at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology, J. Balkevičius Room, and will also possible to participate remotely:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83082484763?pwd=el6X4qhwXnoMcx2bbsU2s5Q8wp8NM7.1
Meeting ID: 830 8248 4763
Password: 022623
We invite everyone who is interested in the interaction of comparative literature and other research methods and their application in analyzing texts to join.
Organizers:
Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association
Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
The event is open. Video recording and photography will be made during the event. The photos will be published through the communication channels of the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association.
This project has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No. S-ACO-25-12.
Photo by Usplash.com / Nadine Ean