Honors, awards, learned societies and associations

• The Order of Merit for Lithuania Officer’s Cross, Lithuania (2015);
• Honorary Degree (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Valahia University in Târgovişte, Romania (2014);
• Giuseppe Acerbi Literary Prize (2013)
• M. K. Ciurlionis foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of Finland Luminary Award (2013);
• Bradford University Doctor of Letters, United Kingdom (2011);
• The Orange-Nassau Order Commander’s Cross, The Netherlands (2008);
• IREX Research Grant, USA (1993–1994);
• Fulbright Lecturing Grant, USA (1994);
• The Swedish Institute Guest Scholarship, Sweden (1997–1998);
• Visiting Professorship at Dickinson College, USA (1998–1999);
• The Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship, UK (1999–2000);
• Guest Professorship at the University of Uppsala, Sweden (2000);
• Paschal P. Vacca Chair of Liberal Arts (Distinguished Visiting Professorship) at the University of Montevallo, Alabama, USA (2001–2002);
• Fellowship at Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study, Hungary (1 October 2003–29 February 2004);
• Guest Researchership at Stockholm University, Sweden (2004);
• Scholarship at the Baltic Center for Writers and Translators in Visby, Sweden (2005, 2007);
• The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Fellowship (2007–2008);
• Lithuanian State Supreme Research Fellowship (2005–2006);
• The Stasys Šalkauskis Award (2005);
• The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Award for the Best Essays and TV Productions on Culture (2005);
• Honors of the Scholar of the Year 2006 in Lithuania (nominated by Lithuanian Council of Research; the Lithuanian TV Award);
• The title of the 2006 Person of Tolerance (nominated by the daily Klaipėda);
• The title of the 2006 Kaunas Knight of Thought (nominated by the daily Laikinoji sostinė [Provisional Capital]; the City of Kaunas Award for the spread of liberal ideas).
• Honors for the book Forms of Hatred: The Troubled Imagination in Modern Philosophy and Literature (Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2003):  (1) VIBS-Value Inquiry Book Series Nomination for the Best Book in Social Philosophy in North America, Rodopi (2003); (2) VIBS 2003 Best Book Award: http://www.valueinquiry.org/prizes.htm;  
• Honors for the book Loyalty, Dissent, and Betrayal: Modern Lithuania and East-Central European Moral Imagination (Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2005): AABS- International Association for Advancement of Baltic Studies Nomination for the Best Book in Baltic Studies (2004–2005).