Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, who currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Philosophy. He specializes in continental ethics, especially the thought of Søren Kierkegaard and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the 20th century and contemporary French philosophy. Key publications include edited volume Philosophy of Humour: New Perspectives (Brill, 2023, with Daniel O’Shiel), and the articles “Between the Two Ethics: Why Assessor Wilhelm is Not a Judge” (Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, 2020), “Imaginary Construction and Lessons in Living Forward” (History of European Ideas, 2020), and “Philosophy in Lithuania after 1989” (Ideology and Politics Journal, 2021). He translated, into Lithuanian, Emmanuel Levinas’s Time and the Other, Harry Frankfurt’s On Bullshit, Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, and prepared the critical apparatus (introduction, commentaries and indexes) for the Lithuanian editions of Søren Kierkegaard’s Repetition and Fear and Trembling. He has held visiting positions at Yale University, Institute for Human Sciences in Wien, and elsewhere.

Tenured Professor of Social Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities of University of Latvia, Chair of the Council of the Faculty of Humanities, full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, member of the University of Latvia Senate and Senate of Academy of Sciences. He has been leading and participating in several international and interdisciplinary research projects since 2013 (“Baltisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen vom 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert: Medien - Institutionen – Acteure” project funded by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences; ERASMUS + projects “Media of Enlightenment,” “Cultural Heritage in Modern Europe.” Received awards from Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europeae (Salzburg) for high quality research results. Visiting Professor at the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Valmiera, Latvia), universities of Bordeaux (France), Potsdam (Germany), Verona (Italy), Innsbruck (Austria), Athens (Greece), Erfurt (Germany). Member of the Board of the Central and Eastern European Society for Phenomenology (CEESP), Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Philosophie (DGPhil), Martin-Heidegger-Society, Member and manager of State Research Program subproject WG (SRP 6.1 Language Ontology) and manager of Latvian Council of Sciences projects “Institutum Herderianum Rigenis (HeInRi),” “Forgotten Philosophers” (ESKS) Research interests relate to the constellation of science, philosophy and culture in the Baltics in the late 18th century, to the intellectual heritage of the Baltic Germans, to the study of 20th century philosophy and to the genesis of modern science, Romanticism and its consequences in philosophy and literature, German philosophy (Kant, German Idealism, German Romanticism, Lebensphilosophie, hermeneutics, phenomenology, Kulturkritik), philosophy of culture, philosophical anthropology.

Leading Fellow and Professor in the Department of Philosophy of Culture, Ethics, and Aesthetics at the Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His research interests include the theory of knowledge, phenomenology, and ontology, all of which are reflected in his work on philosophy of culture. He is the author of two monographs focusing on the problems of understanding and human personality, as well as numerous articles (www.bystrytsky.org). Since the beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine, he has paid special attention to the analysis of war as an existential phenomenon and to the critique of universalism in philosophy of culture and ethics. He has both authored and edited several collective volumes on philosophy of culture, including his contribution on politics and culture to The Political Analysis of Postcommunism: Understanding Postcommunist Ukraine (University of Texas Press, 1997). He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal “Filosofs’ka dumka.”

(b. 1964), Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He specializes in the history of ideas, political philosophy, and philosophical anthropology. His research focuses on the history of the phenomenological movement, political philosophy in Germany, the methodology of the Warsaw School of Ideas, and the history of radicalism. His publications include, among others, the books The Polish Behemoth: Critical-Political Essays (2018) and The Antinomies of Radicalism: Political Phenomenology in Germany, 1914–1933 (2015). He recently co-authored a book with Pavel Barkouski titled The Awakening of Belarus: Studies in the Phenomenology of Revolution (Polish and Belarusian editions, 2025). He is a co-translator of Martin Heidegger’s lectures on Friedrich Nietzsche into Polish.

PhD, is a professor at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. He is the author of monographs Formalism: from Form to Text and Beyond, (2002), Media and Society, (2013). His research interests include critical theory, psychoanalysis, cultural and visual studies. Recent publications include ‘Lacan’s image theory: lack, exchange, meaning’ (Palgrave Handbook of Image Studies, 2022); ‘Organizing fantasies: ideology of late capitalism in media’ (Athena, 2021); ‘Trava – Trata – Travlia: Tarkovsky’s Psychobiography à la lettre’ (REFOCUS: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky, 2021).

A senior researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, where she, as a philosopher of culture and history, researches local cultural development.  In addition, Jurga Jonutytė teaches philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). She works on philosophical reflections of oral narratives (individual life stories or memory narratives) analyzing them from the perspectives of phenomenology, post-structuralism and contemporary theories of feminism. She has published more than 30 academic publications including 4 monographs (2 of them with co-authors).

Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. His PhD dissertation and first book focused on Renaissance symbolic thinking, based on the works of P. O. Kristeller, E. Cassirer and F. Yates, and explored topics such as humanism and the occult in Renaissance Europe. His second thesis (habilitation) examined Pragmatics and Analytics in Philosophical Anthropology, drawing primarily on pragmatism in American cultural anthropology and European cultural studies. His current research interests lie in post-critical theory and symbolic thinking. In this area, he explores critical iconology and literary criticism, as well as the similarities and differences between A. Warburg school of iconology and post-critical interpretations. He analyzes the phenomena of metamorphosis and anamorphosis of consciousness in cultural and social contexts, the diversity of rationalities, and philosophical negotiation and diplomacy. He has published nine books in Lithuanian. His book Critical Theory and Symbolic Thinking (Springer Nature Link) is available in English and discusses critical theory, critical iconology and philosophical diplomacy from the perspective of negative dialectics. He has also published numerous articles in English. Mažeikis is also the author of fantasy/philosophical novels about the imaginary life of the “Lilims.”

Philosopher, cultural theorist and gender scholar. She is a Professor of the Department of Social Sciences and coordinator of the Centre for Gender Studies at the European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania).  As a guest lecturer   and research fellow she taught and conducted research in the universities of Italy, France, Hungary,  Germany, Finland, Poland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Sweden,  UK and USA. Her research interests include Visual Culture Studies, feminist philosophy, film theory, gender representations in media and visual arts, semiotics, social epistemology and the politics of knowledge in Eastern Europe. She is an author of Umberto Eco: paradoxes of interpretation (2000); and editor of  several collective volumes: Anthology of Gender Theory (with Elena Gapova, 2000); Gender Histories from Eastern Europe (with Elena Gapova and Andrea Peto, 2002); Bi-Textuality and Cinema (2003); Gender and Transgression in Visual Arts (2007), Visual (as) Violence (2008), Feminism and Philosophy: Rethinking Simone de Beauvoir ("Topos," 3/2010), TechnoLogos: the Social Effects of Bio- and Information Technologies (with Tatyana Shchyttsova, "Topos," 3/2014),  E-Effect: Digital  Turn in Humanities and Social Sciences (with Galina Orlova, "Topos," 1-2/2017), Roland Barthes’ Time (with Veronika Furs, "Topos," 1-2/2019), Gender and Im/material Labour (with Antonina Stebur, "Topos," 2/2023), Belarus in the Focus of Academic Research: A Conceptual Reset (a thematic volume of Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and  Central European New Media,  # 2 (22),  2023); The Promise of (Un)Happiness? Gender, Labour, and Migration (with Tania  Arcimovich, "Topos," 1/2026) and others.

(b. 1990) Associate Professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in philosophy, and in 2022, he defended his dissertation at the Faculty of History titled “The Cave and Two Suns. Philosophy in Soviet Lithuania (1944–1986). Institutions, Personalities, Ideas”. Since 2023, he has been working at the Institute of Philosophy of Vilnius University. Research interests: political philosophy, history of ideas and concepts, history of Lithuanian philosophy.

Dr. habil. in Philosophy, Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Head of the Center for Research of Intersubjectivity and Interpersonal Communication at the European Humanities University, Vilnius. Her main research interests include: phenomenology of intersubjectivity, ethics, political philosophy, affect theory, postcolonial and decolonial studies, philosophy of education. Among her previous books are the Russian-language volumes The Event in the Philosophy of Bakhtin (2002),Anthropology. Ethics. Politics (2014), No Future: Depression and Authoritarian Society (2020),as well as Jenseits der Unbezüglichkeit. Geborensein und Intergenerative Erfahrung (2016), and Solidarity of the Shaken. On the Collective Subject of the Belarusian Revolution of 2020 (2025). She is editor-in-chief of the journal for philosophy and cultural studies Topos (published since 2000). From 2021 to 2025, she served as an advisor on education and science to the President-elect of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Doctor of science in philosophy, professor, vice-rector for research and teaching at The National University of Ostroh Academy (Ukraine). He graduated from The National University of Ostroh Academy (BA program, 1999) and The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (MA program, 2001). In 2001-2004, he pursued PhD studies at the European College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities in Lublin and at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Department of Science Methodology). He completed internships and postdoc programs at European and American universities (including the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University, Matej Bel University, Vilnius University, the University of Massachusetts, the University of California, Berkeley, and others). His doctoral dissertation was defended at the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Science (2015). Dmytro Shevchuk is the founder and coordinator of scientific conferences: International Conference “Problems of cultural identity in the context of dialogue between cultures”, International Conference “AGORA: discussions on political issues in Europe”. He is coordinator of international research and educational projects: «The Comparative Study of Democratization: Transition Politics in V4 countries and Ukraine» (V4EaP Visegrad University Studies Grant № 61610036), «European Values and Identity Studies» (№ 587684)», «Town and Gown 2.0» (IVF Project ID # 22110065), «POLIS: Studies of Principles and Values of European Politics from Pericles to Modern Times” (№ 101127113), «European Studies of Intercultural Communication: the EU experience for Ukraine (№ 101126800), “Empowering Educators for Sustainable Future: Enhancing Teacher Training Capacity for Ukraine’s Recovery” (№ 101237551); editor-in-chief of the journal „Scientific Notes of The National Unniversity of Ostroh Academy: Philosophy Series”.  Scientific interests: philosophy of culture, political philosophy, ontology of the political world, hermeneutics, political and cultural processes in Europe.

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Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, and a founding member of the interdisciplinary Center for Germany Studies (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Deutschland-Studien) in Riga. Her research focuses on classical German philosophy, particularly Immanuel Kant’s practical philosophy. She also works in social and political philosophy – engaging with Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, the Frankfurt School, and Hannah Arendt – and in the philosophy of artificial intelligence, exploring conceptions of the human being in AI research. Her academic activities include research projects, publications, conference participation, and teaching courses on history of philosophy, ethics and social and political philosophy.

Professor at Warsaw University, Faculty of Education. Research interest: philosophy of politics, philosophy of education, philosophy of culture. Recent relevant publications: “Three Kairoi – Three Aions. Paul Tillich, Ultimate Concern and Pedagogy of Radical Hope”, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 41 (4) 2022; “Medical Workers as the Pharmakoi of 2020. The Pandemic in Poland through a Girardian Lens”, Phainomena. Journal of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, 30 (116-117) 2021; „The Reinforcement of Political Myth? Hans Blumenberg, Hannah Arendt and the History of the 20^th Century”, Eidos. A Journal of Philosophy of Culture, 2 (8) 2019; “Die Bedeutung der Bildung: Im Gespräch mit Martin Heidegger und Hannah Arendt”, Argument. Biannual Philosophical Journal, 2 (2019); “Instrumentalism: A worthwhile critical concept for philosophy of education?” Policy Futures in Education, 2020; “Tragedy, Solidarity and Impartiality. The Meaning of Hannah Arendt’s Thinking for Our Narrational Identity”, Phainomena. Journal of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, 29 (108-109) 2019. Book: Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Philosophy, Modernity and Education, Rowman&Littlefield 2019.

Works as Expert at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, Latvia. She obtained a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Latvia in 2020, and has continued with doctoral studies in philosophy from 2020 until 2025. Her main areas of research are biopolitics, ethics, social and political philosophy, as well as aspects of philosophy of artificial intelligence. She is a lecturer in philosophy at the Art Academy of Latvia and Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, and teaches philosophy at Riga State Gymnasium No. 1, Latvia.

PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Culture at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine), Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (from 2016 to 2024). Associate Professor of the IT STEP University, Accreditation Expert of Educational Programs in Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (Ukraine), author of about 40 scientific publications.  Research interests: philosophy of culture, history of Ukrainian culture, ethics of business communication, intercultural communication, culture of Central and Eastern Europe.

(b. 1980) is a Ukrainian philosopher, journalist and writer. President of PEN Ukraine. Doctor of political studies (France), PhD in philosophy (kandydat nauk, Ukraine). Chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, a multimedia project in English about Ukraine run by Internews Ukraine. Associate professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Book writer (non-fiction and fiction), winner of Myroslav Popovych Prize (2021), Petro Mohyla Prize (2021), Yurii Sheveliov Prize (2018), Book of the Year prize in Ukraine (2023, 2018, 2015) and others. Head of board of International Renaissance Foundation (Open Society Foundations). Public lecturer. Author of podcasts “Explaining Ukraine” and “Thinking in Dark Times” (in English), co-author (with Tetyana Ogarkova) of “Kultpodcast” (in Ukrainian). Author of numerous articles in international and Ukrainian media. Published in The Economist, Le Monde, Financial Times, New York Times, Newsweek, gave numerous comments to BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, France 24, France Culture, Radio France International etc. His texts and interviews have been published in Ukrainian, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Greek, Chinese and others. Father of three daughters.