Date: May 8, 2025
Format: Hybrid (On-site at Vytautas Magnus University (V. Putvinskio 23, 414) and online via Microsoft Teams.
We look forward to a day of insightful presentations, stimulating discussions, and interdisciplinary exchanges on key cultural, political, and social issues facing the Hispanic world today.
DOWNLOAD 📥
9.00-9.10 Conference Opening
9.10-9:50
Keynote speaker. Ruth Elizabeth Prado Pérez, ITESO University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
MEXICO: UN RECORRIDO POR SU HISTORIA PARA ENTENDER SU PRESENTE
9:50-10:10
Mindaugas Norkevičius, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Vigilija Žiūraitė, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECTS FOR INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MERCOSUR
10.10-10.30
Nancy Salinas, Don Bosco University (El Salvador)
EL SALVADOR: TRADICIONES Y NATURALEZA, UN LEGADO ÚNICO
10.30-10.50
Nieves Blanco, Ambassador of Spain in Lithuania
RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS ENTRE ESPAÑA Y LITUANIA
10.50-11.20 Coffee break
11.20-11.40
Giedrius Janauskas, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
LITHUANIAN HISTORIES IN URUGUAY: PAST AND PRESENT CONNECTIONS
11.40-12.00
Bernardo López López-Ríos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (Spain)
LA POLÉMICA DEL GOLFO DE MÉXICO EXPLICADA DESDE LA PERSPECTIVA HISTÓRICA
12.00-12.20
Ieva Šulskutė, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
“EL PAÍS DE LA BELLEZA”: CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA IMAGEN DE COLOMBIA A TRAVÉS DEL TURISMO Y LA CULTURA POPULAR
12.20-12.40
Karolis Kasarauskas, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
CONTEMPORARY USA AND PRC POLICIES TOWARDS LATIN AMERICA IN THE CONTEXT OF GROWING USA-PRC TENSIONS
12.40-14.00 Lunch break (free time)
14.00-14.20
Gabija Vysniauskaite-Danuse, The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Lithuania)
BETWEEN MEMORY AND IDENTITY: THE LITHUANIAN DIASPORA IN LATIN AMERICA
14.20-14.40
Rasa Rudaitienė, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
DRAWING GENDER EQUALITY: SDG 5 IN THE COMICS OF MODERNA DE PUEBLO
14.40-15.00
Francisco José Maldonado Torralba, ACEBaltic/University of Tartu (Estonia)
Ana León-Manzanero, ACEBaltic/Latvian Academy of Culture (Latvia)
Isabel Palomo-Domínguez, ACEBaltic/Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
SPAIN´S SCIENTIFIC DIASPORA IN SCIENCE DIPLOMACY: THE ACEBALTIC AND RAICEX CASE STUDY
16.00 Walking tour (in Spanish)
🌎 International Conference “Contemporary Hispanic World: Culture, Society and Politics”
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania