Alfredas Bumblauskas (born 18 November 1956) is a professor at

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and one of the best known Lithuanian historians. After graduating from

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school in

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, he enrolled in Vilnius University in 1974. Bumblauskas received his doctoral degree in 1987, and was mentored by

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. 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

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, the

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, and the

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, 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.

Awards and prizes

* The Knight's Cross of the

Order of Vytautas the Great The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award.''Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija. 84 straipsnis''. Priimta 1992 It may be conferred on the heads of Lithuania and foreign states, as well as their citizens, for distinguished ...

, Lithuania, 2003 * The Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland, Poland, 1999 * Presented with the Lithuanian National Prize of Culture and Art prize, 1998 * Presented with the

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prize, 1999

References

Alfredas Bumblauskas CV A. Bumblauskas. Glimpses of Lithuanian History. In Lithuanian Philosophy: Persons and Ideas. Lithuanian Philosophical Studies, II. Ed. J. Baranova. CRVP, 2000, p. 21-25A. Bumblauskas and others. Universitas Vilnensis 1579-2004. Vilnius, 2004A. Bumblauskas. Lithuania’s Millennium –Millennium Lithuaniae Or What Lithuania Can Tell the World on this Occasion
''Lietuvos istorijos studijos'', 2009, t. 23, p. 127-158.
A. Bumblauskas. Millennium and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 2009
1956 births Living people People from Telšiai Historians of Lithuania 20th-century Lithuanian historians Vilnius University alumni Academic staff of Vilnius University 21st-century Lithuanian historians {{Lithuania-historian-stub