Category Archives: Estonia

Estonian Game Industry is Taking Flight

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Edvin Aedma

Edvin Aedma, a game developer and lecturer at the University of Tartu, writes about the recent developments in Estonia’s gaming industry. Continue reading →

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Meet Shazia, a Bright Master in IT from Pakistan

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Inga Külmoja

This is a podcast interview with Shazia Javed, a fresh Master’s graduate in Software Engineering at the University of Tartu from Pakistan. Continue reading →

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Estonian Wine Against Alzheimer’s

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Priit Pedastsaar

After the “French Paradox” was formulated, red wine made of grapes has been considered to be a kind of remedy. Priit Pedastsaar writes about how Estonian wine could be even healthier and become the next functional food. Continue reading →

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Four Months amongst Estonian Short Stories

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Martin Carayol

Martin Carayol, a PhD student at INALCO in Paris and a teacher of Finno-Ugric linguistics at Caen University, writes about how rich and interesting Estonian literature is. Martin has studied the formation of the Estonian short story canon in Tartu as a part of his doctoral thesis. Continue reading →

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Somewhere in the North: Why Nobody Came to Visit Me

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Karin Pointner

Karin Pointner, who spent her Erasmus semester 2006/2007 in Tartu, won the first prize in the Erasmus-essay competition, organised by the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in educaton, science and research in autumn 2011. Karin’s essay came best among 200 submissions and was read to 300 people on May 3 during the “25 Years of Erasmus” celebrations in Vienna. Continue reading →

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Gender in Estonia: Observations from a Foreign Feminist

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Jeana Jorgensen

Jeana Jorgensen, a folklorist (PhD), feminist and a gender studies scholar, spent 10 months in Tartu as a visiting PhD student at the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folkloristics. Now she shares her observations on the gender dynamics in Estonia. Continue reading →

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The Colours of Spring in Estonia

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Cintia Elb

Cintia Elb, an international student at the University of Tartu, portrays the beautiful colours of Estonian spring in artistic photos. Continue reading →

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