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Since 2021, a PhD candidate in a joint doctoral programme in History and Archaeology at Vilnius University and the Institute of the History of Lithuania. Currently working on a thesis titled “Navigable Rivers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th–18th Centuries.” Since 2025, Junior Researcher at the Institute of the History of Lithuania.
Research interests and specialisations:
- Navigable rivers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th–18th centuries; historical geography.
Articles in International Journals
- R. Bedulskis, „Both on Water and on Land: The Structure of River Ports and Harbours in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Sixteenth–Eighteenth centuries“, in: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, Nr. 73(2), 2025, p. 159–180.
Articles in Lithuanian Journals
- Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės laivybinių upių teisinis statusas XVI–XVIII amžiuje, Lietuvos istorijos studijos, 2023, Nr. 51, p. 8–21.
International Scientific Conferences
- Presentation „Vilnius as a Port in XVI–XVIIIth Century“, delivered at the international scientific conference „Vilnius and Its Communities XIII–XXI Centuries: Seven Centuries of Coexistence in the City“ (dedicated to the 700th Anniversary of the First Mention of Vilnius in Historical Sources), held on 25–27 October 2023 at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
- Presentation „The River that Connected Nations: the Nemunas Waterway in the 18th Century“, delivered at the international scientific conference – Internationale interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Tagung „Die Sprachen des Handels“, held on 29 September 2023 at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University.
Presentations at National Scientific Conferences
- Presentation „Nepabūgę velnio – Rumšiškių vairininkai XVII–XVIII a.“, delivered on 15 November 2024 at the national conference (Lithuanian Institute of History).
Academic Visits
- Academic visit at the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 4–13 April 2025.
- Academic visit to the State Archive in Gdańsk (Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku) and the Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN Biblioteka Gdańska), 4–11 August 2024.
- Academic visit to the Latvian State Historical Archives, Riga, 22–26 April 2024.
- Academic visit to the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 19–25 June 2023.
- Academic visit to the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, 6–12 March 2023.
Other Academic Works
- Vasaros mokykla „Stelmužės gyvoji istorija“, Lietuvos istorijos metraštis, 2023, Nr. 1, p. 253–256.
Awards
- Awarded the Prof. Kazys Pakštas Prize, established by the Lithuanian Sea Museum, on 12 September 2025, for the article „Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės laivybinių upių teisinis statusas XVI–XVIII amžiuje“ published in Lietuvos istorijos studijos.
Contacts:
Email: rimantas.bedulskis@istorija.lt
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-4359
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