Šarūnas Liekis

Šarūnas Liekis is a Lithuanian historian and political scientist. He is Professor of Politics at the Mykolas Romeris University (since 2000) and Director and Professor at the Vilnius Yiddish Institute at Vilnius University (from 2001). He is an expert on inter-ethnic relations and conflicts.

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• Salon polityczny ar nas liekis 14 09 2015
• Lithuania prof ar nas liekis lecture
• Selected publications
• References

Liekis studied at Vilnius University 1987–1993 (earning an MA), at the University of Oxford 1991–1992 (earning a Diploma), at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1995–1996, at Brandeis University 1993–1998 (earning a PhD), and earned the Habilitation at Vilnius University in 2005.

He worked as a diplomat 1992–1993, as a research and teaching assistant at Brandeis University 1993–1997, as Director of Programs at the Open Society Fund Lithuania 1997–2001, as Deputy Director of the Center for Stateless Cultures at Vilnius University 1998–2000, as Assistant Professor of History at Vilnius University 1999–2000, and as Miles Lerman Research Fellow of the Center for the Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2001–2002.

He has served, inter alia, as an expert for the Lithuanian government Department for Minorities (since 2003), country deputy expert for the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) at the Council of Europe (since 2002), and country deputy expert for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna (since 2003).