Dr Donatas Kupčiūnas

Position Governing Body Fellow
School Humanities and Social Sciences
Email dk658@cam.ac.uk
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Donatas is a Research Associate at the Centre for Geopolitics, Department of Politics and International Studies.

Donatas joined the Centre for Geopolitics at the Department of Politics and International Studies in 2021 as a postdoctoral research associate. He holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, a Master of Laws in Public International Law from Leiden University, a Master of Arts in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University, and a BA in Political Science from Vilnius University. His current research explores NATO expansion in the Baltic in the early 2000s, with a particular focus on Russian policy. In addition to running the Centre’s Baltic Geopolitics strand, Donatas teaches MPhil courses and supervises students in the field of geopolitics of the Baltic and Russia, past and present.

Donatas’ research interests include modern international history, relations between East/Central and Western Europe in the interwar period, cultural and intellectual history of diplomacy, geopolitics of the Baltic sea region, international law of global security and contemporary Russian foreign policy. His book 'The Devil’s Paradise: the Vilnius conflict in European diplomacy, 1919-1923' is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.

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A triptych of abstract images: a smooth round stone nestled in a curved rock, distorted eyeglass frames scattered on a white background, and a high-contrast black and white microscopic image resembling organic or cellular structures.

Art Exhibition: ��ӽ紫ýat 60

14/06/2025 at 10.00

Celebrating Wolfson’s 60th anniversary year, this exhibition highlights the range of artistic disciplines and styles that have made up our exhibitions over the years.