Topic: research

Register for the PhD seminar "The Urban-Rural Nexus in Research Methodology: Rethinking Units of Analysis" until 25 April
The seminar takes place from 8 to 10 June 2026 in Tartu, and welcomes PhD projects about cities or rural spaces, as well as those that use spatial categories metaphorically or analytically (e.g. center-periphery dynamics in media, discourse, or cultural production).
15 April 2026 research
Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is open
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.
09 April 2026 international
Take the TEDx stage - Speaker application is open!
Speaker application is open until April 1 for TEDxUniversity of Tartu.
Doctoral defence: Michele Cerutti "On Truth from a Semiotic Point of View"
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).
16 March 2026 research
New book explores how truth is constructed in transmedia narratives
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.
Hongjin Song Awarded 2026 Juri Lotman Foundation Scholarship for Research on the Cultural Semiotics of Rumors
Juri Lotmani stipendiumi 2026. aastal pälvis semiootikas ja kultuuriteoorias Tartu Ülikooli semiootika doktorant Hongjin Song artiklisarja eest, mis käsitleb kuulujuttude kultuurisemiootikat.
Transmedia in translation: interlingual and intersemiotic perspectives
On 20 November 2025 was published the edited volume Transmedia in Translation and Transculturation, edited by Vasso Giannakopoulou (University of Cyprus) and Elin Sütiste (University of Tartu). The book was released by John Benjamins Publishing Company.
29 December 2025 internationalresearch
Call for Papers for the Societas Ethica Annual Conference in August 2026
We invite authors to submit paper abstracts for the conference “Crisis & Recovery: Ethics in Interdisciplinary Dialogue,” which will take place on 20–23 August 2026 at the University of Tartu.
09 December 2025 internationalresearch
The Juri Lotman scholarship
Juri Lotmani stipendium
26 November 2025 studiesresearch