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EFAK X, the Tenth Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference, will take place in Tartu, from September 25 to September 27, 2014, organized by the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics of the University of Tartu. This year’s topic is “disagreements”. Conference webpage Registration to the conference

On Wednesday, November 26th at 13:00 Andrus Tool will defend in the University Senate hall his PhD thesis in philosophy titled "Objectivity in Wilhelm Dilthey’s Philosophy of Human Sciences" supervised by Professor Ülo Matjus. His opponents will be Professor Jaan Valsiner (Clark University, USA) and Professor Tõnu Viik (Tallinn University).

Everybody is welcome to join an intensive course where world leading commercial semioticans Malcolm Evans and Chris Arning will introduce how to use semiotics models in marketing research and apply semiotics methodology in the field of branding analysis. Former advanced knowledge about semiotic concepts is not required and students from all departments are very welcome. The course is opened for registration in SIS, it is called “FLSE.00.162 Applied Semiotics and Professional Practice”, students can achieve 3ECTS by passing it.

"Semiotic (un-)predictability" Tartu Semiotics Summer School 2015 and Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies IX conference August 17-20 in Tartu. Conference will be in English. Proposals are welcome for thematic sessions (by December 15) and individual presentations (by February 16). Further information available at: www.flfi.ut.ee/summer_school/

On Wednesday, September 24th at 13:00 Uku Tooming will defend in the University Senate hall his PhD thesis in philosophy titled "The Communicative Significance of Beliefs and Desires" supervised by Senior Research Fellow Bruno Mölder.

Igor Pilshchikov will speak on the topic of "The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics in Transnational Perspective”. His lecture will take place on the 17th of September, 2014, at 4 pm in Jakobi 2-306. The lecture will focus on the evolution of structural and semiotic approaches to languages, literatures and cultures in Estonia, and the role of "Sign Systems Studies";

The first meeting in the Department of Semiotics for the international students will take place on Monday, 1st of September, at 2.15 pm in Jakobi 2, room 305. See you soon!

The orientation week for international students will take place from 27th until 29th of August. See the schedule at the web page of the orientation week. The course includes: meeting the staff of International Student Service (ISS); introduction to the university's study system; tour of the university, the library, and the town; meeting the tutors.

EFAK X, the Tenth Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference, will take place in Tartu, from September 25 to September 27, 2014, organized by the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics of the University of Tartu. This year’s topic is “disagreements”. For more information about the topic and the call, please see the conference webpage: www.flfi.ut.ee/et/efakx

The graduation ceremony of MA students will be held on the 18th of June at 12 00 in the hall of the Main Building of the University of Tartu! Congratulations to all!

Monday, 2nd of June, at 12.15, in the room 306. Lecture by Professor Isabella Pezzini. She is a Professor in Semiotics in the Department of Communication and Social studies in the Rome La Sapienza University. Further information: http://www.isabellapezzini.it Title of her lecture: The “muses’ circle” around Collodi’s Pinocchio. An exemplary case of intersemiotic translation.

MA theses defence in the Department of Semiotics takes place on Friday, 30th of May, in the room 306 10.00 Tatjana Pilipoveca "Russian Text of „The Snow Queen“ " (supervisor Silvi Salupere) 10.30 Fatemeh Mona Tavakoli "Cultural Specification in Translation: Study of „The Conference of the Birds“ " (supervisors Elin Sütiste, Peeter Torop)

This Friday (May 16th, 14:15 @Jakobi 2, III floor) professor Jan Szaif will give a talk in the departmental colloquium: "Meeting the Stoic Challenge: Peripatetic Philosophizing as an Example for the Role of Synchronic-Diachronic Disagreement in the Development of Philosophical Theories". Everyone is welcome!

The schedule of George Rossolatos intensive course is the following: Tuesday, 13th of May at 14-18, in the room Jakobi 2-306 and Wednesday, 14the of May at 12-14, in the room Jakobi 2-306. Seminar objectives

See further information about the conference at the conference webpage. All are welcome to attend and listen to the presentations!

There will be two lectures by Anne Wagner related to the PhD thesis defence next week. The schedule is the following: Tuesday 22.04. at 14.15 room 306, title "Indeterminacy in Legal Language" Thursday 24.04 at 14.15 room 306, title "Imaging and Revealing the Close Connections between Visual and Legal Semiotics" More information about Anne Wagner: www.linkedin.com/in/annewagner All are welcome to attend!