1984 graduated from Vilnius University (Lithuanian philology).1985-99 worked at the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, 1991-99 head of the Department of Expatriate Literature. 1988-94 Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Vilnius University, Kaunas. Since 1990 she has been a lecturer at Vytautas Magnus University, 2009-16 Head of the Department of Lithuanian Literature; professor (2015). 1998-2000 Researcher at the Institute of Lithuanian Diaspora at Vytautas Magnus University, since 2000 Senior Researcher. Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1996, 2009), University of Helsinki (2011). Since 2010 deputy editor of the journal Oikos.