Topic: cooperation

Värske kogumik näitab, kuidas hirm on muutunud tänapäeva meediastunud ühiskonnas üheks keskseks jõuks, kujundades sõnumeid ja suunates avaliku elu arenguid. Raamatu „Through the Lens of Dread: Exploring the Meaning-Making of Fear in the Mediasphere“ („Läbi hirmu prisma: hirmu tähendusloome uurimine meediasfääris“) on toimetanud Merit Maran Tallinna Ülikoolist ja Juri Lotmani semiootikavaramust ning Mari-Liis Madisson ja Andreas Ventsel Tartu Ülikooli semiootika osakonnast.

The University of Tartu and Tallinn Health University of Applied Sciences have strengthened cooperation in intersectoral doctoral studies to support academic succession at the professional higher education institution and enhance its research capacity. In September, the first intersectoral doctoral researcher began their studies in the collaboration between the two institutions.

Led by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Tartu, a guidance material has been developed for researchers on how to conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

The University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, the Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner celebrate the Diversity Week from 6 to 12 May, under the title “Diverse Estonian universities”.

The competition for the scholarship established by the rectors of the University of Tartu, University of Latvia and Vilnius University has started again to promote the teaching and learning of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages and cultures.

Under the leadership of Associate Professor of Semiotics Andreas Ventsel, strategic historical narratives and strategic communication in the context of the Ukraine conflict will be investigated.

Centre for Semiotic Applications at the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics.

A representative of the Centre for Ethics and the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics at the University of Tartu visited the University of Konstanz in Germany.

As a part of the Juri Lotman 100 series of events, the exhibition “Journey in Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” is open at the Estonian National Museum from the beginning of February to the end of April. At the opening event, the professor of cultural semiotics Peeter Torop gave an interview to the Estonian news programme Aktuaalne Kaamera. Listen to the interview in Estonian at the err.ee news portal.

The East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS), in co-operation with the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, University of Tartu, announces the fourth conference of East European Network for Philosophy of Science in Tartu on 17-19 August 2022. The keynote speakers will be: