Juozas Kudirka (March 13, 1939 – June 21, 2007) was a Lithuanian ethnologist, habilitated doctor of sciences in humanities.
His diploma work was Veiveriai Teacher's Seminary (Lithuanian: Veiverių mokytojų seminarija).
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 (Lithuanian: Puodininkystė Lietuvoje), which in 1973 was published as a book Lietuvos puodžiai ir puodai (Lithuanian Potters and Pots).
[4] 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.