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Gediminas Lankauskas is an Associate Professor at the University of Regina, focusing on social memory, nationalism, and material culture. His ethnographic research spans eastern Europe and northern Africa, currently exploring the life of Soviet-era effigies in Lithuania as they relate to the ongoing discussions of remembrance and forgetting in post-socialist society. Lankauskas' work investigates how these statues influence intergenerational debates about national identity and history. Additionally, he researches Morocco's colonial legacy, examining how diverse social groups remember the French Protectorate and its impact on national self-conception. His publications include works on marriage rites in Soviet Lithuania, the sensory experience of socialism, and reflections on the postsocialist condition through various academic lenses, contributing to the fields of anthropology and cultural studies.
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