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#09 Finding Lithuanian identity in the USA with Vaidas Petrulis
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Vaidas Petrulis is an architecture and heritage specialist with a PhD in Art History. He is also a senior research fellow at Kaunas University of Technology in the Institute of Architecture and Construction.
Last year, in 2023 he spent 6 months in Chicago, Illinois, doing research on the topic: Modernism and National Identity: Lithuanian Architects as (World War Two) WWII Refugees in US.
At the podcast we talk about:
- What makes Lithuanian architecture different?
- Specific examples of buildings in Chicago, that are using Lithuanian architecture.
- How he got an invitation to Jonas Molokas’s home archive?
- What does he wish to see happen regarding architecture in the future?
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