Topic: Semiotics

Reedel, 31. novembril valiti Maarja Ojamaa Tartu Ülikooli senati poolt uueks kultuurisemiootika professoriks.

A new special issue of the journal Sign Systems Studies, volume 53 (1/2), has been published. The issue is dedicated to the French philosophers Deleuze, Guattari, and semiotics. The issue was compiled and edited by Ott Puumeister, Research Fellow in Semiotics.

University of Tartu semioticians Andreas Ventsel and Mari-Liis Madisson, along with Junior Research Fellow in Information Resilience Diana Poudel, have developed tools for enhancing critical digital literacy in cooperation with international partners. The practical materials are designed for use in higher education, schools, companies and organisations to support navigating the digital landscape and countering the spread of disinformation.

The new collection shows how emotions and affects shape political identities, amplify polarisation in times of crisis, and often turn public debate into emotional confrontation. „Power of Emotions. On the Affective Constitution of Political Struggle“ is edited by Andreas Ventsel, Professor of Political and Sociosemiotics at the University of Tartu, and Peeter Selg, Professor of Governance and Political Analysis at Tallinn University.

Igor Černov, born on 18 March 1943 in the village of Oktjabrski in the Gorky region in Russia, passed away on 21 March 2025 in Joensuu in Finland. Until the late 1990s, Černov played an immensely significant role in shaping the landscape of semiotics in Estonia and was a driving force behind its development.

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

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The Department of Semiotics at the University of Tartu is one of the most important centers of semiotics in Europe, with deep roots in cultural semiotics and biosemiotics.

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