Donatas Kupčiūnas

Dr Donatas Kupčiūnas

BA MA LLM DPhil

Donatas is a Research Associate (Baltic Fellow) at the Centre for Geopolitics, CRASSH.

Donatas Kupčiūnas

Donatas joined the Centre for Geopolitics in 2021 as a postdoctoral research associate. He holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, a Master of Laws in Public International Law from Leiden University, a Master of Arts in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University, and a BA in Political Science from Vilnius University. His current research explores NATO expansion in the Baltic in the early 2000s, with a particular focus on Russian policy. In addition to running the Centre’s Baltic Geopolitics strand, Donatas teaches MPhil courses and supervises students in the field of geopolitics of the Baltic and Russia, past and present.

Donatas’ research interests include modern international history, relations between East/Central and Western Europe in the interwar period, cultural and intellectual history of diplomacy, geopolitics of the Baltic sea region, international law of global security and contemporary Russian foreign policy. His book 'The Devil’s Paradise: the Vilnius conflict in European diplomacy, 1919-1923' is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.

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From Perception to Prediction: Modelling human (im)mobility in the Sahel region

10/06/2026 at 13.00

This talk explores whether data-driven methods can explain the relationship between climate change and large-scale pastoralist movements in the Sahel.

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Dona Torr: Historical Materialism and the Communist Historians

10/06/2026 at 17.30

Professor Mary Davis will talk about her new book on Dona Torr: Historical Materialism and the Communist Historians.

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A Choral Celebration

10/06/2026 at 18.15

Wolfson College Choir is joined by Inspirational Chorale, a gospel choir from the University of Arkansas.

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WolfWords Launch and Poetry Reading

11/06/2026 at 11.00

Please come and join us for the launch of this year's WolfWords poetry anthologywhich brings together poems from the entire Wolfson community.

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Proofreader Swap Workshop

12/06/2026 at 09.30

The Library is holding a workshop this Friday for students to proofread each other's work. Bring along a piece of work you want proofed, in return for proofing someone else's! 

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