Arnoldas Kazimierėnas

PhD student, department administrator

Born in 1992 in Vilnius. In 2015 completed a bachelor's degree, and in 2017 a master's degree at Vilnius University in Classical Philology. Currently working on a dissertation in the joint PhD program of Vilnius University and Lithuanian Instutute of History on the topic "The (re)creation of the image of antiquity in Soviet Lithuania: The implementation of Soviet Normativity and the redefinition of its boundaries".

Main research areas:

• Ancient epic and poetry
• Technical treatises of antiquity
• Reception of ancient and classical studies in the 20th century
• The work of Lithuanian classical philologists in the 19th-20th centuries

Translations of ancient works: 

• Semodinas. Apie moterų būdą (8-10 psl.): Naujasis židinys-aidai 2017/6; https://nzidinys.lt/project/2017-nr-6/
• Tirtajas. Kalinas. Fragmentai (13-14 psl.): Naujasis židinys-aidai 2017/7; https://nzidinys.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NZ-A-2017-7-PRENUMERATA.pdf
• Mimnermas. Fragmentai (8-9 psl.): Naujasis židinys-aidai 2019/2;  https://nzidinys.lt/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NZ-A-2019-Nr-2-PRENUMERATA.pdf
• Hesiodas. Darbai ir dienos: Naujasis Židinys-Aidai, 2019, 208 psl.; https://nzidinys.lt/produktas/hesiodas-darbai-ir-dienos

Scientific articles:

Abstracts, reviews:

• Abstract: Algimantas Kasparavičius, Griūvanti taika: Lietuva didžiojoje politikoje 1934-1939(1940), Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos institutas, 2021. - 560 p. ISBN 978-609-8314-00-7, in: Lietuvos istorijos metraštis 2022(1), 205-206. https://www.istorija.lt/data/public/uploads/2023/02/lim-2022-1-11-rec.-a.-kazimierenas-algimantas-kasparavicius.-griuvanti-taika-p-205-206.pdf 
• Review: Irene Vallejo knygos Knygos gimimas vertimui (vert. Dovilė Kuzminskaitė). The review discusses the difficulties of translating proper names and contemporary references from antiquity into Lithuanian. Arnoldas Kazimierėnas, „Priešlaikinis knygos gimimas“, in: Literatūra ir menas, nr.5, 2024 03 08, p. 28-31.

Other articles:

• "Odisėjo kelionės", in: Taurosta, nr. 2 (14), 2021, 14-16.
• „Smetona, Platonas ir Antika“ – An article about the first translations of Plato in Lithuania. Naujasis Židinys – Aidai, nr.3, 2024, p. 37-41.

Conference presentations:

• Presentation at the international scientific conference Colloquium Balticum 2021. The topic of the presentation: „Homer in Lithuanian: Jeronimas Ralysʾ translations of the Odyssey and their historical context“. [Vilnius, 2021 11 13]
• Presentation at the conference organized by the Jonava Public Library: „Jeronimas Ralys 1876-1921. Homero „Odisėja“ vertimui į lietuvių kalbą – 100 metų“. The topic of the presentation: „Jeronimo Ralio „Odisėjos“ vertimo istorija ir recepcija“ [Jonava, 2021 10 04]
• Presentation at the conference organized by the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore (LLTI): „Pirmiausia, nors tai ir sunku, mylėti kalbą“. The topic of the presentation: „Profesorius Merkelis Račkauskas kolegų ir draugų atsiminimuose“. [Vilnius, 2022 10 14]
• Presentation at an international conference: „Antiquitas Viva 2023: Encounters across languages, texts, cultures“. The topic of the presentation:„Epistulae ad Pontum: The Life of Lithuanian Classicists in the Correspondence Between Leonas Valkūnas and Antanas Dambrauskas“. [Ryga, 2023 04 27-28].

• Presentation at a national scientific conference: „Antikos ir Viduramžių tyrimai 2023”. The topic of the presentation: “Epistulae ad Pontum. Antikos kūrinių leidybiniai aspektai sovietmečiu Antano Dambrausko ir Leono Valkūno korespondencijoje”. [Vilnius, 2023 05 27]

• Presentation at a scientific conference „Antanas Smetona ir Vilnius“. The topic of the presentation: „Smetona, Platonas ir Antika“. [Vilnius, 2024 06 14].
• Conference to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Jono Dumčius' birth. Presentation topic: "Obsceniškumo perteikimas Jono Dumčiaus verstame Petronijaus Satyrikone" [2025 03 21]​

Membership in scientific associations:

• Klasikų asociacija (Societas Classica), member. 

Contacts:

el. paštas: arnoldas.kazimierenas@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0002-9677-9172