Antanas Andrijauskas

Professor Andrijauskas is considered one of modern Lithuania's most outstanding representatives in the humanities, and has authored 26 monographs, 47 studies, 45 compiled books, and over 650 scientific articles in various languages. Over 100 books have been issued under his supervision by various publishers. His contribution to Lithuanian philosophy, comparative civilization studies, cultural studies, aesthetics, the philosophy of art, the history of ideas, and Oriental studies is important. He has founded and is the editor-in-chief of seven academic publication series and is a member of the editorial boards of seven Lithuanian and international journals. For the series of scholarly works Comparative Research into Culture, Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art, he was awarded the National Prize for Lithuanian Scholarship in 2003.

Antanas Andrijauskas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. In 1972 he took first place in the International Young Scientists Competition and was awarded a gold medal. He graduated Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in philosophy in 1978, and in 1990 he defended his habilitated doctoral dissertation. During 1981–1982 he studied at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris –IV) and the Collège de France, and in 1998 conducted research at the University of Paris-X Nanterre Centre de recherches sur l’art. He has lectured as a visiting professor at various French, Japanese, Canadian, Belgian, Swiss, Finnish, Polish, Russian, and other institutions of higher education.

Antanas Andrijauskas (born 3 November 1948) is a Lithuanian habilitated doctor, head of the Department of Comparative Culture Studies at the Culture, Philosophy, and Arts Research Institute, Professor at Vilnius University and the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, president of the Lithuanian Aesthetic Association, and a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.