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Author Archives: Inga Külmoja
Two Students Locked Up on Museum Night
On a Museum Night, two 19th-century students populated the attic of the University of Tartu’s Main Building, the former students’ lock-up. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Student life, Tartu
Tagged history, lock-up, museum, museum night, student, student life, Tartu, University of Tartu
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The Baltic States: Moving Together or Apart?
Andres Kasekamp, professor of political science at the University of Tartu published “A History of The Baltic States” with the Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. He presented the book and his views on cooperation of the Baltic states at Vilnius University. A short summary and the video of the presentation are enclosed. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Research, Social sciences
Tagged Baltic region, Baltic states, Baltics, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, political science
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Concert: Ka Moosiga & Too Hot For Teacher
Last Friday, teachers and students were rocking the audience at the Athena Centre in Tartu. A hardrock band THFT (Too Hot For Teacher) got the show going while Ka Moosiga, comprised of our uni’s international students, a postdoc researcher and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Student life, Tartu
Tagged Athena, concert, Ka Moosiga, student, student band, Tartu, teacher, teachers band, THFT
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To Our Newsletter Subscribers – With Compliments
This is a summary of the University of Tartu’s newsletter (htttp://ut.ee/en/newsletter) survey results for 2009. Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged newsletter survey, survey results
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The University of Tartu’s 2010 in 18 Colourful Photos
This is a collection of some colourful pictures marking the year 2010 at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, General, Tartu
Tagged 2010, University of Tartu, year in pictures
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Podcast: Museum of The Future (Part 2/2)
In the second part of the “Museum of the Future” podcast, museology experts discuss the Mona Lisa, Peter the Great’s boot and other “real objects” that people hope to see in museums. Participating: Mariann Raisma, director of the University of Tartu History Museum, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, head of the University of Tartu’s Department of Journalism and Communication and Agnes Aljas, a doctoral student at the University of Tartu and Research Secretary at the Estonian National Museum. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Research, Social sciences
Tagged future museum, history museum, Mona Lisa, museology, museum, Peter the Great
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A Robot Salesman?
A small Tartu-based company has commissioned a team of robotics engineers at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Technology to build a prototype of a small, knee-high or slightly taller, advertising robot. It will be able to make sounds, move around, flash lights, offer candies or distribute flyers, and talk to people. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged advertising, marketing, robot, robotics, salesman
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