1st International Egodocumental Network Conference
Vilnius University, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the University of Lodz, and the Egodocumental Research Group (https://egodocuments.umk.pl) organise an international conference focusing on research, development, and changing perceptions of egodocuments in the twenty-first century. The conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplines to share their insights and to encourage interdisciplinary studies of egodocuments.
The conference will also be the first meeting of the International Egodocumental Network established in December 2023 by the Egodocumental Research Group (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the University of Lodz) to unite scholars from different disciplines working on egodocuments. It provides a platform for discussion, collaboration, and exchange of information between the participants, as well as online research seminars organized twice a year. In this dimension, our conference continues two editions of the Scientific Symposium "Egodocuments, Life-Writing and Autobiographical Texts..." organized at NCU in Toruń in 2022 and 2024.
Keynote speakers
Dr. Nataliia Voloshkova
Kazimierz Wielki University and Oxford Brookes University
Prof. Leona Toker
Hebrew University and Shalem Academic College
Prof. François-Joseph Ruggiu
Sorbonne Université, CNRS and Oxford University
Vaidas Šeferis
Institute of the Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Masaryk University, Brno
The Marginal Donelaitis: Personality Traits of Kristijonas Donelaitis in the Light of his Auto-Commentaries
In my presentation, I would like to introduce some of the features of Kristijonas Donelaitis’ self-reflection, as evidenced by his (auto-)comments preserved in his official writings. In 2023, a copy of the baptismal register of Tolminkiemis for the years 1725–1754 was found. This source has considerably expanded the archive of Kristijonas Donelaitis’ business writings. Donelaitis wrote many comments about himself and the people around him in the margins of this book: together with similar entries in his other texts, e.g., the acts of the land-separation case, or the so-called “Messages to my heir”, these comments allow us to formulate a number of intriguing insights into the personality of Kristijonas Donelaitis.
