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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesJakobi 2, r 116-121, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJakobi 2, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJakobi 2, IV korrus, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 302-337, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 16, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 18, 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTLossi 3, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTPosti 1, 71004 Viljandi linn, Viljandimaa ESTJakobi 2, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJakobi 2, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTFaculty of Social SciencesLossi 36, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJakobi 5, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTLossi 36, ruum 301, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNarva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNäituse 2, 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNäituse 20 - 118, 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTLossi 36, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRaekoja plats 2, 20307 Narva linn, Ida-Virumaa ESTRingi 35, 80012 Pärnu linn, Pärnu linn, Pärnumaa ESTLossi 36, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTLossi 36, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTFaculty of MedicineRavila 19, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTBiomeedikum, Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNooruse 1, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTL. Puusepa 1a, 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTL. Puusepa 8, 50406 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRavila 19, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTUjula 4, 51008 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRavila, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRavila 19, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTFaculty of Science and TechnologyVanemuise 46 - 208, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNarva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRavila 14a, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNarva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRiia 23, 23b - 134, 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTObservatooriumi 1, 61602 Tõravere alevik, Nõo vald, Tartumaa ESTNooruse 1, 50411 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTJ. Liivi tn 2, 50409 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTRiia 23b/2, 51010 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTVanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTVanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of RectorÜlikooli 18, 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Vice Rector for Academic AffairsUppsala 10, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 18b, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 18a (III korrus), 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Vice Rector for ResearchW. Struve 1, 50091 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Director of AdministrationUppsala 10, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 18, ruumid 102, 104, 209, 210, 50090 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTÜlikooli 18A (III korrus), 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Head of FinanceÜlikooli 17, 51005 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Vice Rector for DevelopmentLossi 25, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTVanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTNarva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa ESTArea of Academic SecretaryUppsala 6, Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa EST
Doctoral Studies in Humanities
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Tartu is the most diverse and internationally well-known centre for research in the Humanities in Estonia. This diversity is further fostered by the faculty's admissions procedure: you can suggest your own research topic when you apply and conduct research that is of interest to you, provided you find a suitable supervisor at your institute.
Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will grant you a unique scientific understanding of human nature as you investigate how we conceptualise, create and communicate the world around us. A doctoral degree in Humanities not only entails theoretical knowledge, but will also equip you with the skills necessary in a society where it is becoming increasingly important to understand human behaviour in cultural context.
Doctoral studies in humanities offer an opportunity to explore, independently or in a research group, human actions and creations which are expressed by our language and culture, everything unique created by the human spirit. Humanities scholars value academic freedom and the opportunity to ponder the big questions and main values of life.
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is home to multiple interdisciplinary research centres, such as the Centre for Digital Humanities and Information Society, and the Asia Centre. The faculty is also part of many local and international projects which, as our doctoral student, you will have the opportunity to contribute to and collaborate in along with your international peers. Our staff and doctoral researchers are also active organisers of international conferences and summer schools, including regular events such as the Summer School for Digital Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences and the Tartu Summer School of Semiotics.
Centre for Doctoral Studies in Humanities
The Centre for Doctoral Studies in Humanities is part of the Faculty of Humanities. The faculty’s doctoral programme combines 22 specialities coordinated by the Institute of History and Archaeology, the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, the Institute of Cultural Research, the School of Theology and Religious Studies, and the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures.
The centre ensures the conduct of doctoral studies in the faculty in compliance with the regulations in force. In addition to ensuring a smooth exchange of information, the centre helps by counselling doctoral researchers and supervisors on the organisation of doctoral studies and by assisting with funding and the selection of courses and training opportunities.
From January 1, 2024, the Estonian Doctoral School for Humanities and Arts provides doctoral researchers and their supervisors with events such as writing retreats, training, seminars, and workshops. Additionally, the Doctoral School offers short-term mobility for doctoral researchers.
Head of council:
Professor Riho Altnurme, Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Members:
Senior Specialist for Doctoral Studies and Projects Lii Lang
Research Fellow Mihkel Mäesalu (Institute of History and Archaeology)
Professor Pärtel Lippus (Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics)
Associate Professor Alexander Stewart Davies (Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics)
Professor Elo-Hanna Seljamaa (Institute of Cultural Research)
Professor Raili Marling (Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures)
Professor Urmas Nõmmik (School of Theology and Religious Studies)
Junior Research Fellow Sofia Lutter
Junior Research Fellow Beatrice Veidenberg
Status and funding of doctoral researchers
For an applicant and a doctoral researcher, it is essential to understand the different conditions and opportunities arising from different statuses. The following page overviews the doctoral researcher’s status and the possibilities to fund their doctoral studies.
Academic integrity
Doctoral studies at the University of Tartu
Admission to Doctoral Studies in the Humanities
Research interests:
- history of theology in Estonia,
- methodology and historiography of church history,
- secularization,
- interconfessional relations combined with national(ist) ideas,
- Lutheran-Orthodox-Roman Catholic relations,
- Baltic German heritage in Estonian context.
CV and list of publications in Estonian Research Information System
