Irena Ragaišienė

Irena Ragaišienė is an Associate Professor at Vytautas Magnus University's Department of Foreign Language, Literary and Translation Studies. Her work intersects Intercultural Communication, Translation Studies, and Comparative Literature, with a focus on ideological impacts in translation, migrant narratives, and cultural identity.

• Expertise in Soviet-era censorship mechanisms
• Research on Lithuanian-British migrant literature
• Contributions to ecocriticism and gender studies

Recent publications (2023-2024) examine media literacy pedagogy, post-Brexit migrant discourse, and intercultural identity in Lithuanian literature. Her 2019 book on IELTS preparation is widely used in language education.

Collaborative work includes co-editing volumes on cultural dialogue and contributing to conferences in translation studies. She employs comparative text analysis and postmodern theoretical frameworks in her research.