Topic: research

EFAK takes place August 29–30, 2024 in Tartu and is organised by the UT Philosophy Department.

The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until 9 September 2026. In April and May, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) will host info sessions to help prospective applicants prepare their applications.

Speaker application is open until April 1 for TEDxUniversity of Tartu.

On 27 March at 14:15, Michele Cerutti will defend her doctoral thesis “On Truth from a Semiotic Point of View” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).

At the beginning of 2026, a new scholarly edited volume on truthfulness in transmedia, „Devised Truths and the Transmedial Construction of Worlds“, was published. One of its editors is Elin Sütiste, Associate Professor at the Department of Semiotics at the University of Tartu.

Deadline for submissions: 15 November 2025

Juri Lotmani stipendiumi 2026. aastal pälvis semiootikas ja kultuuriteoorias Tartu Ülikooli semiootika doktorant Hongjin Song artiklisarja eest, mis käsitleb kuulujuttude kultuurisemiootikat.

On 16 March at 14:15, Alec Richard Kozicki will defend his doctoral thesis "The De-sign Process of Inhabiting Techno-Living Spaces" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).

On Friday, 13 February at 14:15, an English-language colloquium will take place at the University of Tartu Philosophicum (Jakobi 2–336) and on Zoom, where Beer Pieterjan Prakken from the University of Groningen will explore dark play in far-right politics and defend fair play as a political virtue. The colloquium will be moderated by Ove Averin, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Bachelor’s Programme Director.