On Thursday, 29 January 2026, at 6 pm, a discussion on global migration trends and their reverberations in the Lithuanian context will take place in the Reading Room of the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC). The discussion will be moderated by Eglė Elena Murauskaitė.
How are the global migration trends reflected in the Lithuanian context? How does the ‘other’ fare in everyday local experience, against the backdrop of myths and concerns linking migration and security? Bringing together perspectives from culture and politics, the panel will share insights and lived experiences at this interdisciplinary intersection.
PARTICIPANTS
EGLĖ ELENA MURAUSKAITĖ is an art critic, translator, and author of the NARA culture column ‘Kraštinė’. Having completed a Master’s degree in International Relations at Sciences Po in Paris, she worked actively in the field of international security for fourteen years and is a co-author of four monographs and 25 academic texts. She is also the author of the audio guide for the exhibition ‘Bells and Cannons: Contemporary Art in the Face of Militarisation’, currently on view at the CAC.
AISTĖ ULUBEY is the founder and director of the arts agency Artscape, an NGO thatpromotes a more open and inclusive world through art. The organisation has received prestigious awards for its work in social cohesion, human rights, and innovative artistic expression. Since 2019, Artscape has been recognised as a strategic partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency. Aistė actively participates in international forums, from Iceland to South Africa, speaking about art as a tool for inclusion and advocacy. She is also a member of the International Committee for Culture & Mental Health (Dr Guislain Museum, Ghent, Belgium).
MAKSIMAS MILTA is Ukraine Country Director at The Reckoning Project and a contributor to LRT Radio in Ukraine. He leads The Reckoning Project’s work on documenting Russia’s war crimes and ensuring accountability for war criminals. Previously, he worked at the European Humanities University, a Belarusian university operating in exile and has taught courses related to Eastern Europe, including serving as an assistant to Professor Timothy Snyder. Maksimas is currently affiliated with the European division of Scholars at Risk (SAR) and has previously collaborated with the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center in Vilnius and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He regularly contributes his expert analysis on political developments in Eastern Europe to regional and international media. In 2021, he created the award-winning ten-episode political documentary series Talaka. Maksimas holds a Master’s degree in European and Russian Studies from Yale University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Vilnius University. He currently lives in Kyiv and speaks seven languages.
ALEKSANDRA GRZONKOWSKA is an art historian, curator, and researcher of contemporary art. She is Head of NOMUS – New Art Museum, a branch of the National Museum in Gdańsk, where she recently curated the exhibition ‘Hospitalities’ (with Maja Murawska), exploring themes of migration, mobility, and identity. Grzonkowska holds a postgraduate degree from Gdańsk University of Technology and is currently completing doctoral studies in History, History of Art and Archaeology at the University of Gdańsk. Since 2016, she has run the non-governmental organisation Chmura Visual Culture Foundation, where she is responsible for its artistic, research, and curatorial programme. Grzonkowska is the editor of The Art of Transformation. Gdańsk Threads (with Maksymilian Wroniszewski), Rising. Learning from the Past Today for Tomorrow, NOMUS. Collection in Action (with Aneta Szyłak, 2021), Own Circulation (2020), Augustus F. Sherman. Atlas of the Immigrant (2017), and Bogna Burska’s monograph Films, as well as co-editor of the Alternativa Editions publishing series.
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