Topic: culture

The University of Tartu Philosophicum Hall Gallery (Jakobi 2, Tartu) welcomes February with the art of Alexandra Milyakina, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics. The exhibition „Sketches of the university town“ opens on Friday, 7th February at 15.00.

The photo exhibition „Shimmer“ by Ave Mets opens on Friday, 4 October at 12.00 in the University of Tartu Philosophicum Hall Gallery (Jakobi 2, Tartu). The exhibition offers shimmer, impressions and plays of light from different locations in Estonia and all over the world for viewers to discover.

On the 3rd, 10th, ja 17th of October at 15.30 - 17.00

The concert “180 years from Clara Schumann’s concerts in Tartu”, which will take place on 11 October at 18:00 in the university assembly hall.

The exhibition "Alchemy: The Intersection of All Things" is open in the exhibition hall of the university library. The exhibition explores alchemy as a universal knowledge that seeks to unite everything that exists - elements, nature, humans, planets, and the spiritual world - into a holistic system.

For the second year in a row, volunteers from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are organising an eco-friendly fair that offers everything sustainable. This enables reusing a wide range of consumer goods in addition to delighting fairgoers with farm, garden and forest products. The fair will take place in the courtyard of Philosophicum on 3 September at 12:00–16:00. You can register to sell your goods until 30 August.

In the coming academic year, singer, pianist and composer Kadri Voorand will become the new Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu, with a lecture course focusing on life-changing creation. She will be succeeded by Peeter Jalakas, former professor and director, who will participate in a public discussion titled “Feeling and meaning” in the attic hall of Tartu Cathedral on the evening of 23 May.

The international conference "Traces of Extinction: Species Loss, Solastalgia, and Semiotics of Recovery" held on 5–7 June 2024 at UT Oecologicum (J. Liivi 2, Tartu) sheds light on the various aspects of biodiversity loss and discusses cultural, subjective, and semiotic approaches to understanding species extinction. Registration is open until 23 May.

Kant and his Followers on Self-Determination

A multidisciplinary student exhibition emerged under the leadership of Timo Maran, Professor of Ecosemiotics and Environmental Humanities, as a result of an interdisciplinary research project and a semiotics master's course. The course combined semiotics, natural sciences, and methods of creative inquiry. The exhibition, opened on 9 May, presents the Umwelten of animals to the public. It is also part of the Prima Vista and the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 programmes and will remain open until 20 June.