April 1 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM – Prof. Birutė Galdikas will deliver a public lecture titled "The Apes, Great and Small Gorillas" at VMU Science and Study Center (V. Putvinskio St. 23-301, Kaunas). Those unable to attend in person are invited to watch the live stream on VMU’s YouTube channel. The apes consisting of the […]
April 3 (Thursday) at 11:15 AM – Lecture on "Primate Evolution" at ŽŪA III Building (Academy, Universiteto St. 10-159). The primates are an ancient diverse order whose members consist of mouse lemurs who fit in the palm of one's hand to the mighty adult male gorillas who may weigh over 500 pounds. The characteristics important in […]
April 8 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM – Prof. B. Galdikas will discuss Indonesian History at VMU Science and Study Center (V. Putvinskio St. 23-103, Kaunas). Unlike Lithuania whose empire "building" in the middle ages arose out of a poverty of natural resources for lucrative trade with wealthier groups and relative geographic isolation from the currents […]
April 9 (Wednesday) at 12:00 PM – Lecture on “Technology in Primatology” at ŽŪA III Building (Academy, Universiteto St. 10-164). Technology, genetics, and drones influencing the recent study of primates in the field.
April 11 (Friday) at 2:30 PM – At the VMU Faculty of Social Sciences (Jonavos St. 66-208, Kaunas), Prof. B. Galdikas will give a lecture on Indonesian Culture and meet with VMU social anthropology students. Traditional Javanese culture (which has been the basis of much of Indonesian world view and cosmology) has been cited as one of the […]
