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Eastern Europe: Concepts & Dilemmas of Internationalization - Dr Monika Orechova, Vinius University

Dr Monika Orechova' addresses conceptual challenges in the #highereducation #internationalization of #EasternEurope (with focus on #Lithuania and #Estonia). By comparing the semantic fields of the concept of internationalization in different periods between 1990 and 2020, she examines the changes in the semantic field and policy discourse. The concept of internationalization entered the Eastern European higher education discourse at a time when Eastern Europe was conceptually re-incorporated in the European and global narrative. Although the current conceptualization of internationalization may look similar to the conceptualizations of other regions, its historical development shows that internationalization in Eastern Europe is not just a higher education trend. The concept also encompasses the legacy of the 1990s, which links it to internal aspirations and external expectations that, after the transition period, the demi-orientalized Eastern Europe will become properly European, i.e., similar to Western Europe. About the Speaker Monika Orechova, PhD is an experienced higher education manager and one of the primary internationalisation researchers in Lithuania. Her academic work is largely focused on the systemic development of higher education in the context of wider socio-political change, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. She defended her PhD thesis “The Conceptual Development of Higher Education Internationalisation in (Eastern) Europe from 1990 to 2020: the case of Lithuania and Estonia” earlier this year. Her other research interests include the impact of neoliberal policies in higher education, university didactics, comparative education and conceptual history.