Alfredas Bumblauskas

Alfredas Bumblauskas (born on 18 November 1956) is a professor at Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians.

Alfredas Bumblauskas
Alfredas Bumblauskas, 2008
Born18 November 1956
NationalityLithuanian
Alma materVilnius University

After graduating from Žemaitė school in Telšiai, he enrolled in Vilnius University in 1974. Bumblauskas received his doctoral degree in 1987, and was mentored by Edvardas Gudavičius. He was formerly dean of the Faculty of History and now heads the Department of Theory of History and Cultural History at Vilnius University. He has sponsored and participated in several TV shows about history and culture. Bumblauskas has been a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki, the University of Graz, and the University of Warsaw, and is a member of the editorial board of the Przegląd Wschodni.

He is the author of Senosios Lietuvos istorija 1009–1795 (A History of Old Lithuania: 1009-1795) published in Vilnius in 2005.

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