2026 m. vasario 4 d., trečiadienį, 16 val. Draugijos pasaulio lietuviams pažinti Kauno skyrius, VDU Lietuvių išeivijos institutas ir VDU Pasaulio lietuvių universitetas kviečia į Brazilijos lietuvio, politikos mokslų ir istorijos tyrėjo dr. Erick Reis Godliauskas Zen paskaitą „Diasporas and aphorisms: the everyday life of Lithuanians in Brazil through their phrases“. Paskaita vyks Prezidento Valdo Adamkaus bibliotekoje-muziejuje (S. Daukanto g. 25, Kaunas, 3 aukšte).

Paskaita vyks anglų kalba, būsimą paskaitą dr. Erick R. Godliauskas Zen apibūdina taip:

Among first-generation Lithuanian immigrants in Brazil, certain popular phrases and expressions became emblematic within the community. Many of them blended Lithuanian and Portuguese or adapted words from both languages, reshaped within a new social, cultural, and linguistic context.

These aphorisms and everyday expressions were collected and recorded by the memorialist and researcher of Lithuanian immigration in Brazil, Jonas Jakatanvisky, who voluntarily devoted much of his life to preserving the history of the Lithuanian community, while also actively participating in its cultural and associative organizations. This lecture aims to analyze part of this linguistic repertoire, using aphorisms as historical sources to reconstruct aspects of daily life, migratory experiences, and adaptation processes of Lithuanians in Brazil, highlighting language as a space of memory, identity, and cultural survival.

Maloniai kviečiame.