Alfredas Bumblauskas

Alfredas Bumblauskas (born 18 November 1956) is a professor at Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians, specializing in the research of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1]

Alfredas Bumblauskas
Bumblauskas in 2008
Born18 November 1956 (1956-11-18) (age 66)
Telšiai, Lithuania
Alma materVilnius University

Biography

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.[1] He has sponsored and participated in several TV shows about history and culture (e.g. Būtovės slėpiniai with Edvardas Gudavičius).[1] 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.[1]

Criticism of Belarusian historiography

In 2014, Bumblauskas claimed that the relations with the Belarusians should be reconsidered (e.g. by establishing counterpropaganda institutions) because the Belarusians spread heritage propaganda and have appropriated the history of Lithuania.[2] Moreover, Bumblauskas said that to him the imperialistic-minded Belarusians remind Adolf Hitler's aspirations in the Sudetenland.[2] Also, Bumblauskas stressed that historically Lithuanian monarch Algirdas was the creator of the Lithuanian Empire who annexed through conquests and marriages large parts of the current Belarusian and Ukrainian territories.[2]

Awards and prizes

References
  1. Skulsčiūtė, Danguolė. "Alfredas Bumblauskas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. Ignatavičius, Tadas; Bumblauskas, Alfredas (1 July 2014). "A. Bumblauskas: „Baltarusiai seniai yra pasisavinę LDK istoriją"". Lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 October 2023.


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