Sarunas Liekis is a Professor and Dean of the Political Science and Diplomacy Faculty at
Vytautas Magnus University. Liekis studied at Vilnius University, Lithuania (habilitation
procedure passed in 2005); Brandeis University, Waltham, USA (1993-1998, PhD); Oxford
University, UK (1991-1992, Diploma). Previously he had appointment as Professor,
Department of Politics, Mykolas Romeris University . Earlier he was Miles Lerman
Research Fellow at the USHMM (2001-2002); Director of Programs at the Open Society
Fund Lithuania (1997-2001) Research and Teaching Assistant at Brandeis University
(1993-1997). Prof. Liekis is author and co-author of five books and more than 60
academic articles.