{"id":21429,"date":"2026-01-28T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teise.org\/?p=21429"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:58:45","slug":"20260128-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/20260128-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The January 13th Case and Events: Perspectives of Legal, Criminological, and Historical Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 16 January 2026, the National Martynas Ma\u017evydas Library hosted the presentation of the book \u201cThe January 13th Case and Events: Between Law, Criminology, and History\u201d, written by researchers of the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Science Dr Salom\u0117ja Zaksait\u0117, Dr Sigita \u010cernevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, and Dr Monika Rogers.<\/p>

At the event, the authors first spoke about their personal relationship with the events and the January 13th case\u2014what inspired them to take up this topic\u2014while at the same time emphasizing that, despite personal biographical details and the fact that the events analysed have become almost sacred in the nation\u2019s collective consciousness, the research material was approached without pathos and strictly from a scholarly perspective. As the scholarly study is interdisciplinary, Dr Zaksait\u0117 noted that one of the main challenges was reconciling the concepts and methodological approaches of history, political science, criminology, and law. Dr Rogers observed that the book is unique in that the events and the case are examined through three analytical lenses: public discourse, the perpetrator, and the experience of the victim. According to Professor Dr Nerijus \u0160epetys of Vilnius University, who participated in the discussion, the use of the victim and public discourse perspectives helped to better understand and rethink how the case unfolded and what crime was committed. Associate Professor Dr Dalia Bukelevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 of Vilnius University also emphasized the value of the book as an interdisciplinary study. Typically, historical and legal assessments of events exist separately and often do not coincide, whereas this study seeks to find a compromise between these two forms of evaluation.<\/p>

The book also seeks to answer the question of how justice was pursued after the events. A significant part of the scholarly study is devoted to the analysis of victims\u2019 experiences. Dr Rogers, who collected and analysed these accounts, noted that victims and witnesses of the events acknowledged that the very fact that judicial proceedings took place and verdicts were delivered helped them feel that justice had been achieved. In their perception, Mikhail Gorbachev remains the only symbolic figure who was left unpunished. Interestingly, according to Dr Zaksait\u0117, the question of Gorbachev\u2019s responsibility served as a kind of connecting link between the victims and the accused. The latter felt abandoned and betrayed by him. Why was Mikhail Gorbachev never even questioned? This and many other unanswered questions, as well as the 700 volumes of the case that may one day become accessible to the public, were seen by the event participants as an incentive to continue analysing these historical events from various disciplinary perspectives for decades to come.<\/p>

The scholarly study is available here<\/a> (in Lithuanian).<\/p>

The project \u201cThe January 13th Case and Events: A Legal, Criminological, and Historical Research\u201d (SAUSIO13) and the publication of the scholarly study based on it were funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (RCL) under the State Programme for Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination 2016\u20132024, Contract No. S-LIP-20-71.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026\u00a0m. sausio 16\u00a0d. Nacionalin\u0117je Martyno Ma\u017evydo bibliotekoje buvo pristatyta LSMC Teis\u0117s instituto mokslininki\u0173 dr.\u00a0Salom\u0117jo Zaksait\u0117s, dr.\u00a0Sigitos \u010cernevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117s ir dr.\u00a0Monikos Rogers para\u0161yta knyga \u201eSausio 13-osios byla ir \u012fvykiai: tarp teis\u0117s, kriminologijos ir istorijos\u201c. Renginyje knygos autor\u0117s pirmiausia atskleid\u0117 savo asmenin\u012f santyk\u012f su Sausio 13-osios \u012fvykiais ir byla\u00a0\u2013 tai, kas inspiravo imtis \u0161ios temos, ir tuo pat metu pabr\u0117\u017e\u0117, kad, nepaisant asmenini\u0173 biografini\u0173 detali\u0173 ir to, kad buvo analizuojami tautos s\u0105mon\u0117je jau sakral\u016bs tap\u0119 \u012fvykiai, \u012f tiriam\u0105j\u0105 med\u017eiag\u0105 \u017evelgta be patoso, i\u0161 mokslini\u0173 tyrim\u0173 perspektyvos. Kadangi \u0161i tyrimas tarpdisciplininis, sud\u0117tinga, anot S.\u00a0Zaksait\u0117s, buvo suderinti istorijos mokslo, politologijos, kriminologijos ir teis\u0117s s\u0105vokas bei prieigas. M.\u00a0Rogers pasteb\u0117jo, kad \u0161i knyga unikali tuo, kad \u012fvykiai ir byla tiriami darant tris\u00a0\u2013 vie\u0161ojo diskurso, kaltininko ir aukos patirties\u00a0\u2013 pj\u016bvius. Anot diskusijoje dalyvavusio Vilniaus universiteto profesoriaus dr.\u00a0Nerijaus \u0160epe\u010dio, studijoje pasitelkti aukos ir vie\u0161ojo diskurso pj\u016bviai pad\u0117jo suprasti ir perm\u0105styti, kaip vyko byla, koks nusikaltimas buvo padarytas. Vilniaus universiteto docent\u0117 dr.\u00a0Dalia Bukelevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 taip pat akcentavo \u0161ios knygos kaip tarpdisciplininio tyrimo vert\u0119. \u012eprastai b\u016bna istorinis ir teisinis \u012fvyki\u0173 vertinimai, ir neretai jie nesutampa. O \u0161ioje studijoje bandoma rasti kompromis\u0105 tarp \u0161i\u0173 dviej\u0173 vertinim\u0173. Knygoje bandoma atsakyti, kaip po \u012fvyki\u0173 buvo ie\u0161koma teisingumo. Reik\u0161ming\u0105 studijos dal\u012f sudaro auk\u0173 patir\u010di\u0173 analiz\u0117. M.\u00a0Rogers, rinkusi ir tyrusi \u0161ias patirtis, teig\u0117, kad \u012fvyki\u0173 aukos, liudininkai pripa\u017eino, jog jau vien tai, kad \u012fvyko teisminiai procesai ir buvo paskelbti nuosprend\u017eiai, pad\u0117jo jiems pasijusti, kad teisingumas pasiektas. J\u0173 s\u0105mon\u0117je tik M.\u00a0Gorba\u010diovas i\u0161kyla kaip vienintel\u0117 simbolin\u0117 fig\u016bra, likusi nenubausta. \u012edomu tai, kad, anot S.\u00a0Zaksait\u0117s, M.\u00a0Gorba\u010diovo atsakomyb\u0117s klausimas buvo tarsi jungiamoji grandis tarp auk\u0173 ir kaltinam\u0173j\u0173. Pastarieji jaut\u0117si jo palikti ir i\u0161duoti. Kod\u0117l M.\u00a0Gorba\u010diovas net nebuvo apklaustas? \u0160is ir daugyb\u0117 kit\u0173 dar neatsakyt\u0173 klausim\u0173, taip pat ir kada nors visuomenei tapsiantys prieinami 700\u00a0bylos tom\u0173, renginio dalyvi\u0173 manymu, bus paskata \u0161iuos istorinius \u012fvykius dar i\u0161tisus de\u0161imtme\u010dius analizuoti \u012fvairi\u0173 disciplin\u0173 pj\u016bviais. Mokslo studij\u0105 galite rasti \u010dia. Projekt\u0105 \u201eSausio 13-osios byla ir \u012fvykiai: teisinis, kriminologinis ir istorinis tyrimas\u201c (SAUSIO13) ir jo pagrindu parengtos mokslo studijos leidyb\u0105 pagal Valstybin\u0117s lituanistini\u0173 tyrim\u0173 ir sklaidos 2016\u20132024 met\u0173 program\u0105 finansavo Lietuvos mokslo taryba (LMTLT), sutarties Nr.\u00a0S-LIP-20-71.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-268"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21429"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21440,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21429\/revisions\/21440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}