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Category Archives: Humanities
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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Why “Searching for My Roots” Also Means “Working on My Fluency”
Virve Vihman, adviser to the UT Rector on internationalisation, discusses the issues of language and identity through her own story of growing up as an Estonian-American in California. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, General, Humanities, Research
Tagged Estonia, Estonian-American, identity, language and identity, symposium
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The Historical Jesus: The Problem of Science in the Context of Religion
Ain Riistan, a researcher of religious studies at UT and an associate professor at Tartu Theological Seminary, discusses his PhD thesis entitled “The Historical Jesus: the Problem of Science in the Context of Religion”. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged historical Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Christ, PhD, PhD thesis, religion studies, religious studies
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Podcast: Semiotics – Lingering or Thriving?
Listen to what Boris Uspenski, a member of Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School, Eero Tarasti, the 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, a major academic journal covering semiotics, think about the past, the present and the future of semiotics. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research, Tartu
Tagged Moscow-Tartu School, podcast, semiotics, summer school of semiotics, Tartu-Moscow School, theory of signs
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Scientific Practices in the Philosophers’ Looking-glass
This is a recap of the three-day workshop entitled “Practical Realism – Towards a Realistic Account of Science”, organised by the University of Tartu’s Chair of Philosophy of Science in June 2011. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged history of science, philosophy of science, practical realism, science as practice, Umwelt
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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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Katyń at Cambridge
The transnational research project entitled “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine” seeks to understand the controversies of modern memory in the former Soviet space. Maria Mälksoo, a Senior Researcher at UT Institute of Government and Politics, writes about Katyń, the topic of the project’s inaugural workshop in Cambridge. Continue reading