Topic: research

Hamza Naseer, a doctoral student and junior researcher in philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, won third place in the English-language round of the University of Tartu Three-Minute Thesis Competition. His presentation, “Seeing the Unseen”, explored the role of memory in perception and cognition.

21. oktoobril toimus doktorantide kolme minuti loengute konkurss.

The new double issue of Sign Systems Studies (Vol. 54, Nos. 1–2) was recently published. The special issue “Learning in Transformation” was guest edited by Maarja Ojamaa and Tiit Remm.

The lecture series dedicated to the memory of Juri Lotman and to sustaining a dialogue with his ideas. The series brings to Tartu scholars whose work is already in dialogue with Lotman’s intellectual legacy, as well as scholars whose ideas invite engagement from those who value the semiotic tradition of the Tartu–Moscow School. The lecture series is organised by the Department of Semiotics at the University of Tartu.

The journal De Ethica has published a Call for Papers for a 2027 special issue, “Crisis & Recovery: Ethics in Interdisciplinary Dialogue”, guest edited by Thomas-Andreas Põder and Johann-Christian Põder.

A recently completed study on conspiracy theories, the most extensive one ever conducted in Europe, found that narratives circulating across national borders adapt to local history, cultural memory and social tensions. A book presenting the study’s findings has now been published, co-edited by Mari-Liis Madisson, Associate Professor of Semiotics at the University of Tartu.