Alfredas Bumblauskas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alfredas Bumblauskas

Lithuanian historian

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1956

Place of Birth: Telšiai, Telšiai County, Lithuania

Profession: historian

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Alfredas Bumblauskas (born on 18 November 1956) is a professor at Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians.
After graduating from Žemaite school in Telšiai, he enrolled in Vilnius University in 1974.
Bumblauskas received his doctoral degree in 1987, and was mentored by Edvardas Gudavicius.
He was formerly dean of the Faculty of History and now heads the Department of Theory of History and Cultural History at Vilnius University.
He has sponsored and participated in several TV shows about history and culture.
Bumblauskas has been a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki, the University of Graz, and the University of Warsaw, and is a member of the editorial board of the Przeglad Wschodni. He is the author of Senosios Lietuvos istorija 1009–1795 (A History of Old Lithuania: 1009-1795) published in Vilnius in 2005.