V. Petronis |  R. Miknys  |  T. Bairašauskaitė  |  R. Griškaitė  |  A. Prašmantaitė  |  A. Katilius  |  D. Staliūnas I J.Paškauskas | L.Pocius I  O. Mastianica  |  V. Žaltauskaitė  |  G. Malinauskaitė  | G. Subačius | V. Nikšaitė | J. Andriejauskienė | S. Valiūnaitė | T. Krutulys |

PhD students: I. Šapokienė | J. Pukėnas |

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Titas Krutulys

Doctor of Humanities, Researcher

I was born in 1993 in Vilnius. In 2012–2016 I studied Cultural History and Anthropology at Vilnius University, Faculty of History. In 2016–2018 I studied Master's degree in History at Vilnius University, Faculty of History. In 2018–2022 I was a doctoral student at the Faculty of History and the Institute of Lithuanian History of Vilnius University. In 2023 I defended my dissertation on the topic "Historical Stories in Lithuanian Periodicals in Lithuanian Language 1904–1944". In 2023-2025 I completed a postdoctoral internship at Klaipėda University, Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology.

ORCID iD - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-7487

Research interests:

• Culture of memory
• History of historiography
• 19th century – 20th century. First half. Media research
• Nationalisms

ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Titas-Krutulys

Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.lt/citations?user=IQ69SxgAAAAJ

Most important scientific publications:

• “Collective memory and ideology in Lithuanian radio 1940-1944”, in: Lithuanian Historical Studies. should be published in 2025-2026 (passed peer review).
• “Cultural memory in Lithuanian radiophones in 1926–1940 from a quantitative perspective”, in: History 2024, vol. 135, no. 3, p. 48-72. <https://doi.org/10.15823/istorija.2024.135.3>
• “Historians at Lithuanian Radio in the Interwar Period: Between Expectations and Poor Results”, in: Lithuanian History Yearbook 2024, 2, pp. 113–135. <https://doi.org/10.33918/25386549-202402005>
• “Historical Texts in Lithuanian Humanities and Social Sciences Publications 1907–1941: A Quantitative Review”, in: Lituanistica, 2021, Vol. 67, No. 3 (125), pp. 155-180. <https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/lituanistica/article/view/4540/3703>
• “Historical articles in Lithuanian periodicals in 1904–1918: a quantitative review”, in: Lituanistica, 2020, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 203-216; <https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/lituanistica/article/view/4330/3387>
• “Cultural memory in Lithuanian periodicals during the Second World War”, in: Lithuanian History Studies, 2020, No. 45, pp. 95-114; <https://doi.org/10.15388/LIS.2020.45.8>
• “Glimpses into the Past of Vilnius University in Interwar Lithuanian Periodicals”, in: Vilnius University: Continuation of Traditions, Interruptions and Inventions: Articles prepared on the basis of the conference proceedings held on 6 April 2018, Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing House, 2018, pp. 63-73

Other research publications:

• Titas Krutulys, “National Nations in Search of Ethnic Myths in the Shadows”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2016, no. 8, pp. 39-46.

Published reviews of historical monographs and reviews of scientific events:

• Review of Justinas Dementavičius’ book “Between the Farmer and the Citizen: The History of Modernizing Lithuanian Political Thought”. Titas Krutulys, “A Comprehensive Reconstruction of Political Memory?”, in: Lithuanian Historical Studies, 2016, vol. 38, pp. 143-148; DOI: 10.15388/LIS.2016.38.10394.
• Review of Aurelius Gieda’s book “Manifesting Klėja: Historians and Historians in Lithuania 1883-1940”. Titas Krutulys, “Ecce historicus, or Klėja’s Journey through Lithuania”, in: Lithuanian Historical Studies, 2017, vol. 40, pp. 133-139 DOI: 10.15388/LIS.2017.40.11629.
• Review of the book “The Great War in Society and Culture: Lithuania and East Prussia” by Vygantas Vareikis, Vasilijus Safronovs, Vytautas Jokubauskas and Hektors Vitkus. Titas Krutulys, “The Great War in the Interwar Period. Between Memories and Experiences”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2019, no. 1, pp. 70-72.
• Review of the international conference “Everyday Life History and its Approaches to Writing the History of Twentieth-Century Europe”, held on February 20-22, 2019 at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library: Titas Krutulys, “Little Theory, Many Fragrances and Colors. About the Everyday Life History Conference in Vilnius”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2019, no. 2, pp. 57-60.
• Review of the book “Lithuanians in the Republic of Latvia in 1918-1940” by Dangiras Mačiulis and Eriks Jekabsons. Titas Krutulys, “Latvia, Lithuanians and the Nation”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2019, no. 6, pp. 71-73.
• Review of the book “Fateful Years: Lithuania 1914–1923. War, Revolution and the Birth of a Nation” by Tomas Balkelis. Titas Krutulys, “Nationalist Violence of the Decade of Wars”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2019, no. 8, pp. 70-71.
• Review of the defense of Monika Šipelytė’s dissertation “Political and Diplomatic Activities of Swiss Lithuanians on the Question of Lithuanian Statehood in 1915–1919”. Titas Krutulys, “Lithuanian Creation in Switzerland”, in: Lithuanian Studies, 2019, no. 44, pp. 146-148;
• Review of Tomas Venclova’s books “Lithuanian History for All” volumes I and II, 2018-2019. Titas Krutulys, “Liberal Lithuanian History”, in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2020, no. 4, pp. 69-71.
• Review of Viktorija Šeina’s book “Our Own Foreign Poets. Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian Literary Canon (1883–1940)”. Titas Krutulys, “Non-Non-Non-Alien Lithuanian Nationalism from Mickiewicz’s Perspective”, in: Naujasfrom Židinys-Aidai, 2022, no. 3, p. 75-76.
• Review of Eglė Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė's book "Insanity and epilepsy worsen under moonlight. Nervous diseases in Vilnius in the first half of the 19th century". Titas Krutulys, "New pages in the history of nervous diseases", in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2023, no. 1, p. 76-77.
• Review of the book "Workshops of the Lithuanian literary canon: (end of the 19th century - first half of the 20th century)". Titas Krutulys, "Early Lithuanian canonizations", in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2023, no. 3, p. 77-78.
• Review of Vitalija Stravinskienė's book "Migratory Vilnius: 1915–1994 years". Titas Krutulys, "In the Shadow of the Capital Migration Anniversary", in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2023, no. 6.
• Review of Vytautas Petronys' book "Right-Wing Lithuanian Radicalism in the Interwar Period (1918–1940)". Titas Krutulys, "Potpourri and Poverty of Right-Wing Lithuanian Radicalism", in: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2024, no. 6.

Conferences:

• 2017 International Conference "Lithuanian Historians' Congress".
• 2018 National Conference "Glimpses into the Past of Vilnius University in Interwar Lithuanian Periodicals".
• 2020 International Conference, "Faces of War" International Conference, Brikbeck, University of London, London (remote).
• 2020 international conference, "Turning Points: Interpreting The Past, Explaining The Present And Imagining The Future" International Conference, Webster University, Athens, Greece (remote).
• 2021 international conference, "Memory Studies Association Conference Convergencies, Warsaw 2021", University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (remote).
• 2024 national conference "Antanas Smetona and Vilnius", House of Signatories.

Teaching:

• Since 2018, the History of Civilizations has been taught in the general university study subject of the Faculty of History of Vilnius University (together with Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas and Dr. Aurelijus Gieda)
• Since 2018, the Introduction to Cultural History I. Lithuania module of the Bachelor's program of the Faculty of History of Vilnius University (together with Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas and Assoc. Prof. Genute Kirkiene)
• Since 2020 taught in the module Cultural Profiles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Past, Tradition, Heritage of the Bachelor's Program of the Faculty of History of Vilnius University (together with Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas, Assoc. Prof. Genute Kirkienė, Dr. Aurelijus Gieda)
• From 2023. taught in the module Culture of Memory and Politics of History of the Bachelor's Program of the Faculty of History of Vilnius University (together with Assoc. Prof. Aurimus Švedas, Assoc. Prof. Tomas Vaiseta, Assoc. Prof. Eligijus Raila)
• From 2024. taught in the general university study subject of the Faculty of History of Vilnius University Crossroads of Ukrainian History (together with Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas, Assoc. Prof. Grigorijus Potashenko, Assoc. Prof. Genute Kirkienė)
• In 2025, taught a course Cultural Memory Studies for students of the Šiauliai Academy, Lifelong Learning Center.

Contacts

laukiniskarvelis@gmail.com