Lecture

Lecture

Historian, Author Timothy Snyder – the 2020 Balzekas Museum Man of the Year

The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture is proud to announce that this year’s Balzekas Museum Award of Excellence recipient is acclaimed author and historian Timothy Snyder, a specialist in Central and Eastern European history. Prof. Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for […]

Ema Noëlla KibirkstisPhD Candidate Department of FolkloreMemorial University of NewfoundlandMounds of Meanings: Investigating the Histories of Lithuania’s Kryžių kalnas (“Hill of Crosses”) Kryžių kalnas (“Hill of Crosses”) located in the Šiauliai county of Lithuania, is a popular destination for local and visiting Lithuanians, tourists, and Christian pilgrims. The meaning of this place has changed significantly since […]

Historian, Author Timothy Snyder – the 2020 Balzekas Museum Man of the Year

Sat. Sept. 25: Ema Noëlla Kibirkštis presents “Mounds of Meanings: Investigating the Histories of the Lithuania’s ‘Kryžių kalnas’ (the Hill of Crosses)”