Andrius Vaišnys

Andrius Vaišnys (born 17 July 1963) is a Lithuanian journalist and a professor at Vilnius University and the former Dean of the university's Faculty of Communication.[1]

Andrius Vaišnys
Andrius Vaišnys
Born (1963-07-17) July 17, 1963
Vilnius, Lithuania
Alma materVilnius University
Occupation(s)professor, journalist, historian
OrganizationVilnius University

Biography

Andrius Vaišnys studied at Vilnius University, graduating with a Master of Journalism degree in 1989. In 2003, defended the dissertation in Humanities "The Press and the State in Lithuania in 1918–1940". Since 2014, Professor at Vilnius University.[2]

For a decade, from 2007 to 2017, Vaišnys held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Communication.[3]

Since its inception in 2004, Vaišnys is Editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Parliamentary Studies of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and since 2009, Chairman of the journal's Editorial Board.[4] Since 2008, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Journalism Research of Vilnius University.[5]

Vaišnys worked as the Head of the Public Relations Unit at the Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Head of the Press Service of the Seimas from 1997 until 2006.[6] In 1998, prepared and implemented the concept "Open Seimas" endorsed by the Board of the Seimas.[7][8]

From 2003 to 2016, Vaišnys was the public secretary of the Lituanica Committee organised by an order of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in which he prepared programmes for commemorating personalities important for the Lituanica heritage presented to the Ministry of Culture.[9][10]

Member of the Expert Commission for the Celebration of State-Important Events (appointed by the Order of the Minister of Culture of 16 April 2018).[11]

While at Vilnius University, Vaišnys initiated and prepared the bachelor study programme "Creative Communication" (implemented since 2012).[12]

Another institution, other than Vilnius University, with which Vaišnys was often closely associated in his career is the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. From 2011 he was the Chairman of the Scientific Council until being assigned the Director of this Library's Department of Communication and Information in 2020[13]

Aside from his then ongoing obligations to Vilnius University and to the National Library, 2021 marked the year in which Vaišnys was appointed a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission on the recommendation of the President of the Republic of Lithuania.[14][15]

A. Vaišnys in 2015

Research interests

Vaišnys' research interests include the relationship between the state and media, political communication, development of state-sponsored propaganda, development of parliamentarism, and cultural policy.[16]

Creative activities

Vaišnys is the author of the libretto to Algirdas Martinaitis' opera Pasaulio dangoraižis ("The Skyscraper of the World"), which premiered in 2008.[17]

Bibliography

References
  1. Andrius Vaišnys, National Encyclopedia article / Retrieved 05/09/2022
  2. Website of Andrius Vaišnys of the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University / Retrieved 03/03/2023
  3. Website of the past deans of the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University / Retrieved 03/03/2023
  4. Editorial Board of the scholarly journal Parliamentary Studies of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania / Retrieved 20/07/2020
  5. Editorial Board of the journal Journalism Research of Vilnius University / Retrieved 20/07/2020
  6. Resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania No. IX-2334 "On the Setting Up of the State Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Great Seimas of Lithuania (Lithuanian Congress), the 85th Anniversary of the First Meeting of the Constitutive Seimas and the 15th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Independence of the Lithuanian State" of 08/07/2004
  7. Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Fonds No. 2, Inventory No. 9, File No. 901 (1997–2000 m. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo ryšių su visuomene strategija) ("Public Relations Strategy of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 1997–2000")
  8. Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Fonds No. 2, Inventory No. 9, File No. 902 (2000–2005 m. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo ryšių su visuomene strategija) ("Public Relations Strategy of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2000–2005")
  9. Resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania No. IX-1811 "On the Amendment of Article 1 of the Resolution of the Seimas 'On the Establishment of the Commission for the Commemoration of the Centenary of the Regaining of the Press in Latin Script'" of 11/11/2003
  10. Resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania No. XII-2016 of 11/12/2015 "On the Amendment of the Resolution of the Seimas No. IX-1338 'On the Changing of the Composition of the Commission for the Monumentalisation of the Lituanica Traditions and Heritage' of 28/01/2003"
  11. Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania No. ĮV-29 of 21/01/2013 "On the Amendment of Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania No. ĮV-358 'On the Establishment of the Expert Commission for the Celebration of State-Important Events' of 16/04/2018"
  12. "Creative Communication", Bachelor study programme of the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University / Retrieved 20/07/2020
  13. Sejm utworzył Centralną Komisję Wyborczą. Propozycja E. Dobrowolskiej odrzucona / Retrieved 05/09/2022
  14. The members of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania / Retrieved 11/03/2023
  15. "Resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania No. XIV-320 'On the Establishment of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania' of 08/05/2021"
  16. List of experts of the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University / Retrieved 11/03/2023
  17. The news of libretto premiere in the main Lithuanian news portal DELFI.lt
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