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Category Archives: Events
Photos: 17 Bright Moments from 2011
This is a collection of some remarkable photos marking the year 2011 at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Continue reading
TEDxTartu: How to Save Yourself and The Planet
Halliki Mullari shares the ideas and impressions from TEDxTartu in November 2011. Speeches varied from very concrete ideas on what you can do for your own health every day, to more complicated issues, like how to save the planet. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Tartu
Tagged education, environment, Estonia, health, ideas, innovation, inspiration, TEDx, TEDxTartu
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Podcast: Semiotics in The Estonian Summer
Here are four interviews about the present and future of semiotics with the world-leading semioticians: Boris Uspenski, a member of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School, Eero Tarasti, President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Winfried Nöth, Professor of Linguistics and Semiotics at the University of Kassel, and Marcel Danesi, Editor-in-Chief of Semiotica. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Humanities, Research
Tagged modelling systems theory, new media, semiotics, study of signs, summer school of semiotics, Tartu semiotics, technology
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GO SOUTH, Go Fun!
Gabriela Küsters is an Erasmus student from the University of Applied Sciences in Holland. Gabriela also works as a website reporter at her home university and studies journalism and newswriting at the London School of Journalism. Study abroad is perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Student life, Tartu
Tagged ESN, Estonia, go south trip, Southern Estonia, student trip
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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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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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