On September 27, 2024, the Vytautas Magnus University Lithuanian Emigration Institute and The Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library-Museum organized a scientific conference titled “Rebels on a Rebel Ship,” dedicated to the memory of Lithuanian émigré journalist and engineer Liūtas Mockūnas (1934–2007). The conference featured presentations by Eugenijus Raubickas, Arūnas Antanaitis, who read a presentation written together with Gediminas Žūsinas, Egidijus Aleksandravičius, Ramūnas Čičelis, Daiva Dapkutė, Aleksandras Krasnovas, Dalia Kuizinienė, Vijolė Višomirskytė, Gerda Pilipaitytė, Dalia Cidzikaitė, Kastytis Antanaitis, and Rūta Pūraitė. The presentation part of the conference was moderated by Daiva Dapkutė, Asta Petraitytė-Briedienė, and Dalia Kuizinienė.

Following the presentations, a remembrance afternoon titled “Together with Liūtas Mockūnas” took place, with Zita Čepaitė, Alfonsas Eidintas, and Vytas Adomaitis participating, and it was moderated by Egidijus Aleksandravičius. The conference participants introduced various episodes from Liūtas Mockūnas’s life and work, discussed his intellectual legacy, and analyzed the uniqueness of this generation as well as its place in the cultural, political, and social life of the émigré community.

Photographer: Austėja Pečiūrienė.