Curriculum vitae Dr. Kristina Šliavaitė Jonavos str. 66-307, Kaunas E-mail: [email protected] ACADEMIC AFFILIATION • Associated professor, Department of Sociology, Vytautas Magnus university (VMU). ACADEMIC TITLES / EDUCATION ACHIEVED • PhD in social anthropology at Lund University in 2005. • MA in social sciences at Lund University in 1998. • MA in history at Vilnius University in 1997. RESEARCH INTERESTS • Ethnicity, ethnic processes in Lithuania and Baltic states. • Ethnicity and social inclusion. • Ethno-confessional identities. • Anthropology of education. • Anthropology of socialism and post-socialism. • Youth cultures. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Associated professor, Vytautas Magnus university, Kaunas, Lithuania, from 2015 – till now. • Lecturer, Vytautas Magnus university, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2006-2015. • Researcher at the Lithuanian Social Research Center, Vilnius (2003-2005, 2010-till now) COURSE DESIGNED AND TAUGHT • Anthropology of socialism and post-socialism (MA, PhD) • Research methods in socio-cultural anthropology (MA) • Fieldwork methods (BA) • Socio-cultural anthropology theories (BA) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE • Since May 2019 – senior researcher at the collective research project „Ethnoconfesional identity and social inclusion in Lithuania after 1990“. Carried by the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Lithuanian Social Research Centre. Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. • April 2016-December 2018 collective research project “Social and historical justice in Lithuania: ethnic and generational perspective”, position at a project –senior researcher. Carried by the Institute for Ethnic Studies at 1 | Kristina Šliavaitė the Lithuanian Social Research Centre. Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. • 2010-2014 and 2019-2022 an expert at the Lithuanian Social Research Centre for European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Vienna, Austria. Contribution to the national data collection reports and special studies. • October 2017-April 2018 a researcher at the qualitative research project „Savivaldybių sėkmės kodas – lyčių lygybė“ [The success code for municipalities – gender equality]. Funded by the Office of Equal Opportunties Ombudsperson, Lithuania. • October 2012-December 2014- researcher at the collective research project “Ethnic minorities in southeastern Lithuania: ethnic, civic, regional and local identities. Carried by the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Lithuanian Social Research Centre. Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. • July 2011-December 2012: the collective research project “Social Challenges for Ethnic Minorities and New Immigrant Groups in Lithuania after Joining the EU”. Position: researcher July-September 2011. Leader of the project since October 2011. Carried by the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Lithuanian Social Research Center. Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. • July-October 2010 - local qualitative research coordinator/quality expert and a researcher at the ENRI-East Qalitative Biographical In-Depth Interviews survey in Lithuania. // ENRI-East “Interplay of European, National and Regional Identities: Nations Between States Along The New Eastern Borders of the European Union” FP7-SSH-2007:Project No 217227. The coordinator – Institute for Advanced Studies, Viena. Partner in Lithuania – Lithuanian social research centre, Vilnius. PUBLICATIONS PhD dissertation: • Sliavaite K. 2005. From Pioneers to Target Group: Social Change, Ethnicity and Memory in a Lithuanian Nuclear Power Plant Community. Lund Monographs in Social Anthropology 16. Lund University. ISSN 1101-9948, ISBN 91-7267-202-1. Parts in monographs or edited books • M.Frėjutė-Rakauskienė, N.Klumbytė, A.Marcinkevičius, K.Šliavaitė (2018) „Socialinis ir istorinis teisingumas daugiaetninėje Lietuvos visuomenėje: sampratos, patirtys ir kontekstai“ [Social and historical justice in multiethnic Lithuania: ideas, experiences, and contexts]. Monograph. Vilnius: Lithuanian social research centre, Balto Print. • M.Frėjutė-Rakauskienė, A.Marcinkevičius, Kristina Šliavaitė, I.Šutinienė (2016) „Etniškumas ir identitetai Pietryčių Lietuvoje: raiška, veiksniai ir kontekstai“ [Ethnicity and identities in South-Eastern Lithuania: expressions and contexts]. Monograph. Vilnius: Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras • Šliavaitė K. 2015 ‘Homeland is Where Everything Is for the People’: The Rationale of Belonging and Citizenship in the Context of Social Uncertainty, in Ida Harboe Knudsen, Martin Demant Frederiksen (eds.) Ethnographies of Grey Zones in Eastern Europe: Relations, Borders and Invisibilities. London, New York: Anthem Press. p. 107-122. • Kasatkina N., Kadziauskas G., Šliavaitė K. (2006) Ethnic Minorities and Public Policy: the Case of Lithuania, in Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (editor in chief) Leena Huss, Stefan Oeter, Alastair Walker (co-editors). International Obligations and National Debates: Minorities around the Baltic Sea. p.347-396. The Åland Islands Peace Institute. Papers in scientific journals • Šliavaitė K. 2020. “Memory, identity and schooling: diverging and overlapping narratives about the Second World War and its outcomes at the schools with Russian as the language of instruction in Lithuania” // Journal of Baltic Studies, DOI:10.1080/01629778.2020.1825501 • Šliavaitė, K. 2019. „Kalba, tautinis tapatumas ir lygios galimybės švietime: mokyklų lietuvių, lenkų ir rusų mokomosiomis kalbomis bendruomenių požiūriai“ [„Language, Ethnic Identity and Equal Opportunities in Education: The Perspectives of Schools with Lithuanian, Polish and Russian Language of Instruction in 2 | Kristina Šliavaitė Lithuania] // Kultūra ir visuomenė: socialinių tyrimų žurnalas. Culture and Society: Jurnal of Social Research 10 (2): 31-58. • Šliavaitė K. 2018 « Ne soyez jamais pingre avec un prêtre, un médecin ou un enseignant car ils font tourner le monde » La pratique du cadeau dans les écoles publiques de Lituanie // Ethnologie française, XLVIII, 2, 289-298. • Šliavaitė K. 2018 „Ar galimas neoliberalus socialinis teisingumas? Lietuvos mokyklų tinklo optimizavimo interpretacijos ir patirtys“ [Can we speak of neoliberal social justice? Interpretations and experiences of reorganization of the school network in Lithuania] // Kultūra ir visuomenė. Socialinių tyrimų žurnalas 9(2): 37-60. • Šliavaitė K. 2017 „Dovanos mokytojams Lietuvos mokyklų bendruomenėse: tarp bendruomeniškumo kūrimo ir mainų“ “ [Gift-giving at state schools in Lithuania: between community building and economic Exchange] // Lietuvos etnologija: socialinės antropologijos ir etnologijos studijos, p. 99-123 • Frėjutė-Rakauskienė M., A.Marcinkevičius, K. Šliavaitė 2016. „Etninių mažumų grupės Lietuvoje: demografinė kaita, socialinė padėtis ir tyrimų apžvalga“ // Lietuvos gyventojų grupių socialinė integracija, Vilnius: LSTC. • Šliavaitė K. 2015 Mokyklos valstybine arba mažumos mokomąja kalba pasirinkimo strategijos Pietryčių Lietuvoje: tarp etniškumo išlaikymo ir socialinio mobilumo galimybių? [Selection of a school with state or minority language of instruction in Southeastern Lithuania: between preservation of ethnicity and social mobility?], Filosofija. Sociologija. 26 (2): 135-145. • Šliavaitė K. 2015. Kalba, tapatumas ir tarpetniniai santykiai Pietryčių Lietuvoje: daugiakultūriškumo patirtys ir iššūkiai kasdieniuose kontekstuose [Language, identity and inter-ethnic relations in southeastern Lithuania: challenges and experiences of multiculturalism in everyday contexts], Lietuvos etnologija: socialinės antropologijos ir etnologijos studijos, 15(24), 27-51. • Frėjutė-Rakauskienė M., Marcinkevičius A., Šliavaitė K., Šutinienė I. 2013. „Etniškumo ir identiteto tyrimų kryptys socialiniuose moksluose ir jų taikymas tiriant etninius procesus Pietryčių Lietuvoje“ [Trends of the Ethnicity and Identity Research in the Social Sciences and their Application for the Investigation of Ethnic Processes in Southeastern Lithuania] // Etniškumo studijos /Ethnicity studies 2013/2. Vilnius: In Flexum. p. 13-48. • Матулионис, А. В., Фреюте-Ракаускене, М., Шлявайте, К. 2013. „Между локальной и европейской идентичностью:анализ этнических групп (русские,поляки, белорусы) в Литве“(Between the Local and European Identity: an Analysis of Ethnic Groups (Russians, Poles, and Belarusians) in Lithuania) // Вестник Социальных Наук/ Social Sciences Bulletin 2013 1(16), Daugavpils Universitate, p. 18- 42. • Šliavaitė K. 2012. Etninės mažumos darbo rinkoje: kalbos, pilietybės ir socialinių tinklų reikšmė (Visagino atvejis) [Ethnic Minorities in labour Market: the Importance of Language, Citizenship and Social Netorks (the case of Visaginas)]]// Etniškumo studijos / Ethnicity studies 2012 / 1-2, p. 103-125. Vilnius: In Flexum. • Šliavaitė K. 2012. Pratarmė. Etninės mažumos ir naujieji imigrantai Europos Sąjungos plėtros kontekste: socialiniai iššūkiai ir ateities perspektyvos // Etniškumo studijos / Ethnicity studies. 2012/1-2. p. 7-13. Vilnius: Im Flexum. • Frėjute-Rakauskienė M., Šliavaitė K. 2012. Rusai, lenkai, baltarusiai Lietuvoje: lokalaus, regioninio ir europinio identitetų sąsajos [Russians, Poles and Belarussians in Lithuania: Interplay of Local, Regional and European Identities] // Etniškumo studijos / Ethnicity studies. 2012/1-2. p. 126-144. Vilnius: Im Flexum. • Šliavaitė K. 2011 Etninio identiteto paieškos: Vilniaus baltarusių atvejis [In Search for Ethnic Identity: the Case of Belarussians in Vilnius]// Etniškumo studijos / Ethnicity Studies 2011 /1-2, p. 111-135. Vilnius: Eugrimas. • Šliavaitė K. 2010. Social Memory, Identity and Narratives of Decline in