Juozas Kudirka

Juozas Kudirka (March 13, 1939 - June 21, 2007) was a Lithuanian ethnologist, habilitated doctor of sciences in humanities.

He graduated from Vilnius University in 1965 majoring in history. His diploma work was ''Veiveriai Teacher's Seminary'' (). In 1969 he earned his ''kandidat nauk'' degree in historical sciences after the post-graduate course at the Institute of History of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, which was soon promoted to the highest Soviet-time scientific degree of ''doktor nauk'', with the thesis ''Pottery in Lithuania'' (), which in 1973 was published as a book ''Lietuvos puodžiai ir puodai'' (''Lithuanian Potters and Pots''). In 1995 he earned the dr.hab. degree in ethnology.

His works significantly contributed to the preservation and popularization of folk traditions and cultural revival of Lithuania. In particular, he was instrumental in the restoration of the calendar of traditional Lithuanian holidays in post-Soviet Lithuania. Provided by Wikipedia