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Category Archives: Estonia
Gallery: The President of Lithuania in Tartu
The President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visited the University of Tartu on June, 17th. She met Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Rector Alar Karis, and made a surprise appearance at a graduation ceremony. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Social sciences, Tartu
Tagged graduation ceremony, Lithuania, Lithuanian, President of Estonia, President of Lithuania, Rector, Tartu visit
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How to Protect The Rare Alvar Forests?
In her doctoral thesis, Elle Rajandu has studied the rare alvar forests and investigated factors contributing to their biodiversity. The research revealed that deadwood is particularly important for supporting species richness. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged alvar forests, biodiversity, bryophytes, deadwood, ecosystem, Estonian forests, lichens, Rapla
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Bringing The World to Tartu’s Orphanages
Tom Boyle, MA student of semiotics at the University of Tartu, shares his experience of working as a volunteer in Tartu’s orphanages as a part of the AIESEC project “World at Home”. Continue reading
Posted in Student life, Tartu
Tagged AIESEC, international students, orphanage, Tartu, volunteering, World at Home
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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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How To Fix Our Image of Man?
Common understanding of man and the world needs serious involvement from philosophy. Philosopher Bruno Mölder discusses how philosophy of mind can assist in fixing our world view by combining improved folk psychology and corrected ideas from scientific research. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research
Tagged astrology, esotericism, Estonia, folk psychology, human, man, philosophy, philosophy of mind, the self
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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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