I AM
LAIMUTE JAKAVONYTE
Dr. Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Vilnius University
Universiteto st. 9/1
01513 Vilnius
tel. +370 5 2667617
faks. +370 5 2667600
Part time: Dr, Associate Professor, Chair
Department of Philosophy and Liberal Sciences
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Gedimino 42,
LT-01110 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel.: +370 5 2612691
Fax.: +370 5 2226982
MAIN AREA OF SPECIALISATION:
History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, History of Moral Philosophy, Applied Philosophy, Business Ethics, Philosophy of Education
OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST:
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Art, Psychology
DEGREES:
B.A./M.A. in Philosophy, 1982,
Doctor in Humanities, 1985,
both at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Faculty of Philosophy.
EMPLOYMENT:
Since 1987 - present:
Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University
Vilnius, Lithuania
Since 1986 - present:
Associate Professor, Chair (since 1990 - present),
Department of Philosophy and Liberal Sciences,
Lithuanian Academy of Music. Vilnius, Lithuania
Since 1993 - present:
Associate Professor (part time),
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Vilnius College
Vilnius, Lithuania
Since 1999 - present: Free contractor (training programs and training courses)
Institute of Public Administration
Vilnius, Lithuania
2003- present: Associate Professor,
International School of Management, Lithuania
2003-present, Associate Professor,
Information Society Study Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Courses):
1.Undergraduate Catalogue:
Introduction to Philosophy
(Vilnius University, Lithuania)
The main Concepts of Northern Renaissance Philosophy
(Vilnius University, Lithuania)
The New Approaches in Teaching Philosophy
(Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Business Ethics
(International School of Management, Lithuania)
Conceptual Foundations of Western Moral Philosophy
[course in English under the auspices of Socrates program]
(Lithuanian Academy of Music, Vilnius)
Philosophy
(Lithuanian Academy of Music, Vilnius)
2. Graduate Catalogue:
Culture of Information Society
(Information Society Study Center, Vilnius University)
Kierkegaard and Philosophy of Existentialism
(Lithuanian Academy of Music, Vilnius)
Business Ethics (Lithuanian Academy of Music, Vilnius, Lithuania).
3. Postgraduate Ctalogue:
Philosophy of science (International School of Management, Lithuania)
Ethics of Civil Servant (Institute of Public Administration,
Vilnius, Lithuania )
RESEARCH AND TEACHING WORK ABROAD:
Karl University Prague, (Checho-Slovakia). August 1983.
Denmark's International Study Program (Copenhagen, Denmark) January-Jun 1993.
Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), Jun-July, 1999.
Cambridge University (UK), July-August, 2000.
Lund University (Sweden), May 2001.
OTHER:
I am a member of the board of Lithuanian Philosophical Society.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE:
Fluent: Russian, English.
Spoken (good): Polish.
Reading (fair): Danish, Swedish.
Basic linguistic knowledge: Latin.
Updated: July 22, 2005