Topic: InMemoriam

In memoriam
IN MEMORIAM. Vilmos Voigt
We mourn the passing of Professor Vilmos Voigt, honorary doctor of the University of Tartu.
10 June 2025 InMemoriam
Kristin Kuutma
IN MEMORIAM. Kristin Kuutma
11. VII 1959 – 16. V 2025
19 May 2025 InMemoriam
In memoriam
IN MEMORIAM. Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg
IN MEMORIAM. Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg
05 May 2025 InMemoriam
Igor Černovi mäletusnurk semiootika osakonnas
IN MEMORIAM. Igor Černov
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.
07 April 2025 InMemoriam
Mati Erelt
IN MEMORIAM. Mati Erelt
Professor Emeritus Mati Erelt, the grand old man of Estonian syntax, passed away on 12 October at the age of 83.
15 October 2024 InMemoriam
In memoriam
IN MEMORIAM. Tiit-Rein Viitso
Professor Emeritus Tiit-Rein Viitso – long-time researcher of Finnic language history and phonology – passed away on December 2nd.
05 December 2022 InMemoriam
Rector Volli Kalm passed away
With great sorrow, the University of Tartu announces the unexpected death of Rector Volli Kalm on Saturday, December 23. Volli Kalm was born on February 10, 1953 in Vändra. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1976 with a degree in geology. In 1984, Kalm earned his PhD in geology from the Estonian Academy of Sciences after successfully defending his doctoral thesis "Formation, composition and usage of glaciofluvial deposits in Estonia." From 1988-1989, he attended postdoctoral studies in the geology department of the University of Alberta.
29 December 2017