Stančienė, Dalia Marija

D.M. Stančienė is Habil. Doctor of Humanities (Philosophy) since 2007, a Professor and a Chief Researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Head of the Scientific-Ethical Commission for Biomedical Research at Health Research and Innovation Science Centre of Klaipeda University, Member of the Council of Defence of the Doctoral Dissertation of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) in the Field of Humanities, (Theology), Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal Logos of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies and Art (ISSN 0868-7692), Member of Editorial Board of the Journals: „Recherches philosophiques“ of the Catholic Institute of Toulouse, „Sacramentaria & Scienze Religiose“ of the Marchigiano Theological Institute of Ancona, „Religiski-filosofiski raksti" of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of Latvia University, „Pedagogy. Social work“ of Uzhhorod National University (Ukraine). Supervisor in COST CA18129 „Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750)“, Project Leader of Lithuanian Culture Council “Photography for Community Health and Well-Being”, Supervisor in COST IS131 „New Communities of Interpretation: Contexts, Strategies, and Processes of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe“. Has acquired competence in the field of ethical expertise of biomedical research by participating at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland), evaluating the Nazi medical experiments in the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbruk concentration camps, from 2018 is an expert of the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee. Stančienė has experience in leading academic departments: headed the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Klaipėda University (10 years), directed Humanities Institute at Romeris University (2 years), headed Ethics Department of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute (4 years). Her academic activities are closely connected with pedagogical work: over 15 years she has been preparing and teaching courses for bachelor’s, master’s in philosophy, phenomenology, cultural philosophy, phenomenology of cultural heritage, medical philosophy, bioethics, supervising the final theses of bachelors, masters and dissertations, participating in dissertation defense committees, as a visiting professor, she lectures at foreign universities. Stančienė's research is related to historical-humanitarian heritage, history of philosophy, and social ethics. In 2013-2017, collaborating with scientists from Mediterranean countries to northern Europe, and from England to Slavic, Baltic, and Balkan territories, she revealed that Martin Luther's Reformation ideas had influenced the formation of Lithuanian writing, grammar, and mentality. Analyzing the spread of cultural processes in Europe, Stančienė has proven interfaces with cultural heritage in Lithuania. These studies brought us closer to little-studied in Lithuania ethnopharmaceutical heritage narrative in the international historical and ethical context. With the conducted research, Stančienė sought to scientifically substantiate the concept of national identity, historical memory, and preservation of cultural heritage. Scientific research on identity and heritage provided state institutions with scientifically based knowledge about the development of cultural identity in Lithuania, the impact of the challenges of the modern world on social and cultural identity, the nation's self-awareness. Research results were published at conferences, seminars, and websites. Upon implementation of the project "Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe", where she collaborated with scientists from the Mediterranean (Italy, Spain, Portugal) to northern Europe, from England to Slavic, Baltic, and Balkan territories (Bohemia, Poland, Lithuania, Serbia), the results were published in an illustrated collective volume. In this study, religious movements were identified, attention was drawn to the shifting borders of western Christendom through studies of regions where, owing to conquest or cohabitation, different religions interacted, be they Christianity and Islam, or Christianity, Islam and Judaism, or Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Her research results in this volume help us realize that in Lithuania the Reform was promoted by Albrecht, the Duke of Prussia, an official supporter of Martin Luther. in 2018 Stančienė led the project "Identity and Globalization: Ethical Implications", the organizers of which were Klaipėda University and The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (USA). The project idea was that the dynamics of the process of globalization bring a vast range of cultural interchange that entails hopes and threats. Between threats and hopes lies the decisive field of the human struggle of our times. The participants sought to answer the following questions: can we conceive of a more worthy identity; can this include the other and indeed all others in these mobile times, can our aspirations take us beyond the material to the spiritual? The research results were published in a collective volume, where Stančienė analyzed in the article "Lithuanian Cultural Identity and the Power of Modern Nomad": How to preserve national identity in the process of Europeanization? How to resist the symptom of nomadism in the conditions of "free market" and changing identity here and now? The academic community is influenced by Stančienė's leadership for Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies, and Art journal "LOGOS". Stančienė's work at the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee, published articles, and the results of the research will be useful in the implementation of the project.