Topic: for society

In the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the academic peer-reviewed journal Studia Philosophica Estonica has launched a groundbreaking special public edition, “Reflections on the Russia-Ukraine War”. It is the first issue of a philosophy journal to exclusively cover Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The renowned public intellectuals and distinguished scholars who contribute to this volume have written essays that combine rigorous academic analysis of the conflict with an accessible and engaging style. As a result, this special issue on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine offers insight that will resonate with professional academics and the general public alike.

On 15 March, “Praktilise eetika käsiraamat” received the best university textbook award 2023 at the Language Deed appreciation event of the Ministry of Education and Research.

The discussion game created by experts from the University of Tartu Ethics Centre has made its way to the demo area of sTARTUp Day.

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

More or less regular colloquia, seminars, reading groups at the philosophy department. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The participants of the international congress "Juri Lotman's semiosphere" issued a joint statement, condemning the war in Ukraine and demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities from the Russian authorities against Ukraine. This statement is the united position of the participants of the congress from 37 states, including Russia and Ukraine. The statement in full in all three languages is as follows:

Kaspar Koolmeister, Junior Research Fellow in Plant Biology at the University of Tartu, took a photo in honour of the 104th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.

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.

Nelly Mäekivi, researcher for the Department of Semiotics, visited Kuku radio to talk about biosemiotics and the social aspects of restoring the habitat of the European mink.