CURRICULUM VITAE Linas Didvalis linas.didvalis@vdu.lt; +370 687 13413 EDUCATION 2011 – 2015 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (Tokyo, Japan) Graduate school (political science, Monbukagakusho scholarship) Doctoral dissertation: Sacrificed Forests: Power and Interests behind Japan's Forest Policy. Public defense day: October 8, 2014 2009 – 2011 VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY (Kaunas, Lithuania) Institute of Diplomacy and Political Sciences (East Asian Studies Program, MA) 2011 CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea) Graduate School of International Studies (international relations, one-semester exchange program, VMU scholarship) 2007 – 2008 WASEDA UNIVERSITY (Tokyo, Japan) School of International Liberal Studies (Liberal Arts Study Program, one-year exchange program, JASSO scholarship) 2004 – 2009 VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY (Kaunas, Lithuania) Institute of Diplomacy and Political Sciences (political science, BA) WORK EXPERIENCE VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY Address: 2015 09 – Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies (Faculty of Humanities) and the Department of Area Studies (Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy) 2019 04 – Interim Head of the Centre for Asian Studies 2015 02 – 2019 03 Chief Coordinator at the Centre for Asian Studies V. Putvinskio 23, Kaunas, Lithuania, tel.: 370 7 33 1323 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Graduate School 2012 09 – 2014 11 Address: Teaching Assistant 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0015, +81 422-33-3131 ARCHI-VOICE 2012 02 – 2014 11 Address: Translator, interpreter Shibuya S-6 Building 6F, 1-7-1 Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002, +81 3-3409-0004 ASAHI CULTURE CENTER 2014 03 – 2014 11 Address: Teacher of Lithuanian language Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 4F, 2-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0204, +81 3-3344-1941 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Lithuanian (mother tongue), English (full professional ability), Japanese (limited professional ability) MEMBERSHIP Association for East Asian Environmental History; European Association for Japanese Studies COURSES TAUGHT        Introduction to East Asian Studies (undergraduate) Civil Society in East Asia (undergraduate) Politics of East Asian countries (undergraduate) Introduction to Development Studies (undergraduate) International Relations in East Asia (graduate) Japanese contemporary politics and society (graduate) Identities in East Asia (graduate) TEACHING / RESEARCH VISITS          Tallinn University (Tallinn, Estonia): April, 2019 Sofia University (Sofia, Bulgaria): December, 2018 China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing, China): October-November, 2018 Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan): June, 2018 University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia): May, 2018 İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (Istanbul, Turkey): February, 2018 University of Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia): December 2017 Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, Poland): May 2017 King Sejong Institute Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania): September-October 2015, SeptemberDecember 2016, March-June 2017 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Environmental cooperation in East Asia: South Korea’s “green diplomacy”. Proceedings of the 18th CEESOK (Central and Eastern European Society of Koreanologists) Conference (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2019, 281-285 “The most warlike nation” from “heavenly beautiful” islands: Japan in Matas Šalčius’s Travels. Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, Vol. 25, 2019 Civil Society in East Asia: Recent Topics and Trends. Civil Society in East Asian Countries, 7-14, Vytautas Magnus University, 2018 [ISBN 978-609-467-325-2] Book Review of Paul Chang's (2015) Protest Dialectics: State Repression and South Korea’s Democracy Movement, 1970-1979. International Journal of Area Studies 11-1, 2016, 59-60 Development of international cooperation for forest protection and sustainable forest management in ASEAN countries. FAO, Official papers of XIV World Forestry Congress, 2015 Cooperation for Forest Protection in Southeast Asia: the Role of Japan and Its Domestic Interest Groups. International Journal of Area Studies 9-2, 2014, 19-36 Radioactive Contamination of Fukushima’s Forests: Application of the Polluter Pays Principle. The Journal of Social Science 77, 2014, 79-99 Penkiolikta Jungtinių Tautų Bendrosios klimato kaitos konvencijos konferencija: Japonijos pozicija ir ją lėmę veiksniai. Politikos mokslų almanachas 1-9, 2011, 119-141 Mitybos įpročių poveikis aplinkai. Jaunųjų aplinkosaugos reporterių programa. Lietuvos žaliųjų judėjimas, Kaunas, 2010 [ISBN 978-9955-9737-5-1] PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES     Environmental cooperation in East Asia: South Korea’s “green diplomacy” – The 18th CEESOK (Central and Eastern European Society of Koreanologists) Conference “New Voices in Korean Studies from the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe”, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 5-6, 2019 Trends of Environmental Policy Development in South Korea in 21st Century: is the Left More Green than the Right? – The First Conference of Baltic Association of Korean Studies “Insights into the Present State of Studies of Korean Subjects in the Baltic States”, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 26, 2019 Digitalization of learning resources at the Center of Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University – international conference „The 29th EAJRS Conference: (G)localizing Japanese Studies Resources“, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 12, 2018 Korean studies in Vytautas Magnus University: ambitions, challenges and achievements – international seminar “The 4th Baltic Seminar on Korean Studies”, Mykolas Romeris              University, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 20, 2018 Genesis of East Asian Studies in Lithuania: the Legacy of Matas Šalčius – international conference “The 3nd Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies Conference”, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, April 13, 2018. Fewer people, more trees? Examining the impact of rural depopulation on environmental functions of forests in Japan – EAJS2017, 15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, August 30, 2017 South Korea's Climate Change Policy: A Comparison of Roh, Lee and Park Administrations – international conference “Korean Literature and Culture in Transition - Perceptions of the Past, Visions of the Future”, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, April 29, 2017. Challenges and perspectives of developing Korean studies in Eastern Europe (with Yuree Kim and Aurelijus Zykas) – international seminar “The 3rd Baltic Seminar on Korean studies”, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, April 21, 2017 Japanese Forest Culture: Lost between Urbanization, Depopulation and Globalization – international symposium "Mind and Body in Japanese Culture", University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, March 4, 2017. Ecotourism Research in East Asia and Lessons to Europe – international conference “Travel and Mutual Understanding: East Asia, Europe and Beyond”, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, October 20, 2016. The Role of National Self-interest Factors in Environmental Cooperation Among East Asian Countries – international conference “The 2nd Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies Conference”, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, April 8, 2016. Walk the Talk: Japanese Attitudes Towards Forests and Practical Response – international symposium "Center and Periphery in Japanese Culture", University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, March 6, 2016. Most Prospective Areas for Cooperation between Lithuania and ASEAN Countries – international conference “Shifting Inter-Regional Balance: EU-East Asia Economic Cooperation”, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, October 21, 2015. Protest and Cooperation in Japan's Civil Society: the Case of Non-Profit Organizations in Forest Protection Field – international symposium "Contemporary Japan – Problems and Challenges", University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, February 28, 2015. Radioactive Contamination of Fukushima Forests: Challenges of Finding an Optimal Solution – international seminar “Can Japan and the World Have a Nuclear Ethic?”, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2013. Saving Tropical Forests: The Role of Japan and Its Environmental Movements – international symposium “Designing Governance for Civil Society”, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2013. Stopping Illegal Logging: a Comparison of the EU and Japan policies – international seminar “Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe”, The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, January 24, 2013. PARTICIPATION AT JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS       Expansion of electronic Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary (sponsor: Japan Foundation, duration: April 2018–March 2019) Research for a documentary movie on historical Lithuania-Japan relations (sponsor: Toshiba Foundation, duration: April 2017–March 2018) Extension of website for self-learning Japanese language in Lithuanian (sponsor: Japan Foundation, duration: April 2016–March 2017) Creation of electronic Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary (sponsor: Japan Foundation, duration: April 2015–March 2015) The most prospective cooperation areas for Lithuania's involvement in EU-ASEAN Dialogue (sponsor: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, duration: April 2015– July 2015) Website for self-learning Japanese language in Lithuanian (sponsor: Japan Foundation, duration: March 2011–March 2012)