Jūratė Kiaupienė (born December 23, 1947 in

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) is a

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n historian,

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, Habilitated Doctor.

Education

In 1969 Jūratė Kiaupienė finished her studies in History department of

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...

and obtain historian speciality. After finishing university she worked in Lithuanian History and Ethnography Museum, in 1972 was appointed in Lithuanian Science Academy office. Later she worked as

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in History Department of

Vilnius Pedagogical University Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Švietimo akademija or VDU ŠA) – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located i ...

. From 1989 works in the

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's History Department of

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. In 1984 Kiaupienė defended her thesis ''Agrariniai santykiai Žemaitijoje XVI–XVIII a'', she also lectures in

Vytautas Magnus University Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university. Initially it was known ...

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. From 1997 till 2001 lectured history and historiography of Grand Duchy of Lithuania curse in

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and Poznan universities. For her work in compiling sources for publication ''1385 m. rugpjūčio 14 d. Krėvos aktas'' ( en, 1385 August 14. Act of Krėva) received an award. In 2005 Jūratė Kiaupienė was habilitated. Currently Jūratė Kiaupienė is coordinating

Academic History of Lithuania ''History of Lithuania'' ( lt, Lietuvos istorija) or ''Academic History of Lithuania'' ( lt, Akademinė Lietuvos istorija) is a thirteen-volume series of books dedicated to the history of Lithuania. Its first volume was published in 2005, and its ...

protect.

Main area of interest

*History of nobility of Grand Duchy of Lithuania *History of Grand Duchy of Lithuania *Research of Grand Duchy of Lithuania's international treaties and others

Selected publications

Zigmantas Kiaupa Zigmantas Kiaupa (29 June 1942 in Pakiaunis village near Ignalina) is a Lithuanian historian, archivist, and professor. His specialty is political history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that ...

, Jūratė Kiaupienė, Albinas Kuncevičius. ''Lietuvos istorija iki 1795 metų'', Vilnius: Valstybinis leidybos centras, 2000, 381 *Zigmantas Kiaupa, Jūratė Kiaupienė, Albinas Kuncevičius. ''The History of Lithuania before 1795'', Vilnius: Arlila, 2000, 402 *1385 m. rugpjūčio 14 d. Krėvos aktas. Compiled by Jūratė Kiaupienė, co-authors Rūta Čapaitė, Jūratė Kiaupienė,

Edmundas Rimša Edmundas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: *Edmundas Antanas Rimša (b. 1948), Lithuanian historian, specialist of heraldics and sfragistics *Edmundas Benetis Edmundas Benetis (born 12 August 1953, Palanga) is a Lithu ...

, S. C. Rowell, Eugenija Ulčinaitė, Vilnius: Žara, 2002, 143 *Kiaupienė, Jūratė. ''„Mes, Lietuva“: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės bajorija XVI a. (viešasis ir privatus gyvenimas)'', LII, Vilnius: Kronta, 2003, 303. *''Geschichtsquellen des Ostseeraumes in der Litauischen Metrik, Zwischen Lübeck und Novgorod. Wirtsxhaft, Politik und Kultur im Ostseeraum vom frühen Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert''. Norbert Angermann zum 60. Geburtstag, hrsg. v. Ortwin Pelc und Gertrud Pickhan. Institut Nordostdeutsches Kulturwerk, Lüneburg, 1996, S. 223–232. *The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in East Central Europe or once again about the Lithuanian-Polish Union, Lithuanian Historical Studies, Vilnius, 1997, vol. 2, p. 56–71 *Obraz Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego w historiografii XIX i XX wieku, Samoidentyfikacja mniejszości narodowych i religijnych w Europie Srodkowo-Wschodniej. Historia i historiografia, red.: J. Lewandowski, W. Goleman, Lublin, 1999, s. 73–80 *Współczesna historiografia litewska. Stan aktualny oraz perspektywy badań historii Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego i dziewiętnastowiecznej Litwy, Samoidentyfikacja mniejszości narodowych i religijnych w Europie Srodkowo-Wschodniej. Historia i historiografia, red.: J. Lewandowski, W. Goleman, Lublin, 1999, s. 81–89 *Idée de l`Etat et son rőle dans le processus d`intégration du Grand Duché de Lituanie – région pluriethnique, pluriconfessionnelle et pluriculturelle de l`Europe du Centre-Est, ''Frontieres et l`espace national en Europe du Centre-Est. Exemples de quatre pays; Biélorussie, Lituanie, Pologne et Ukraine'', sous la diréction de: Jerzy Kłoczowski, Piotr Plisiecki, Hubert Łaszkiewicz, Lublin, 2000, s.102–108.

References

* Lithuanian Institute of History
Biography of Jūratė Kiaupienė
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