Dr Marius DARAŠKEVIČIUS
Architectural historian, architect, lecturer, built heritage expert
ACADEMIC FIELDS OF INTERESTS:
- The history and theory of architecture in Europe in late modern period
- Eastern European (Lithuania, Belarus and eastern Poland) architecture and decorative arts (palaces, manor houses and their interiors, furnishings)
- Lithuanian nobilities material culture with particular interest in dining culture
EDUCATION
PhD, Humanities, Art History, 03H (History and Theory of Architecture), Department of Art History and Visual Culture, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute / Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11/2016-11/2020
MBA, Culture Management & Culture Policy, Vilnius Academy Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania, 9/2005-6/2007
BArch, Department of Architecture, Vilnius Academy Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania, 9/2009-6/2012
BA, Department of Ceramic Design, Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius Academy Arts, Kaunas, Lithuania, 9/2001-6/2005
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Award of Research Council of Lithuania for academic achievements, 2019
- Institut Européen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation (IEHCA) awarded a scholarship for the17th Summer University dedicated to Food & Drink Studies, France, 8/2019
- The Scholarship of the Research Council of Lithuania for the participation at the 43rd International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, 10/2017
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Rector’s Diploma for the best report of the conference, 5/2017
- The First International School ”Poland And Central And Eastern Europe 2017”, The College of Eastern Europe, in cooperation with the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, the Ossolinski National Institute, Poland, 10/2017
- Academic writing school (Dr. Eszter Timár, Central European University) at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania, 11/2017
- Polish language and Culture course, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 7/2017
- ERASMUS programme at Dartington College of Arts (now Plymouth University), United Kingdom, 9/2006/12/2006
- V Summer Academy SYNAXIS BALTICA / IV Art Summer School “Görlitz-Zgorzelec-Zhorelec“, nomination for the best project prepared during the summer school, Görlitz, Germany, 7/2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMITMENTS
- Co-founder and director of the Public Institution “Manor Culture”. Co-founders: assoc. prof. dr. Rasa Butvilaitė, assoc. prof. dr. Dalė Puodžiukienė. The main institution activities are the Lithuanian manorial culture related scientific research, dissemination of science and cooperation with social media partners
- Co-founder, designer and architect at “Archdesign”
- Member of the Lithuanian Council of Architecture under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania (built heritage expert)
- Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Member of the ICOM International Committee for Historic House Museums
- Member of the Lithuanian Art Historians Society
- Member of the Union of Restorers of the Republic of Lithuania
- Member of the European Architectural History Network
- Editorial member in magazine “Geras skonis” (gastronomy, food, culture). Editor of column dedicated to Lithuanian dining culture history