Topic: research

On 19 December 2024, at 14:15 Kristiina Vaik will defend her doctoral thesis "Beyond Genres: A Dimensional Text Model for Text Classification".

Venue: Senate hall (Ülikooli 18–204) and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 969 2695 8402, Passcode: 093546).

The exhibition „Vilma Trummal 100“ opens at the University of Tartu Philosophicum Hall Gallery (Jakobi 2, Tartu) on 21 November, the day that the celebrated archaeologist and university lecturer was born 100 years ago. A new digital textbook „Materials in Archaeology“ will also be presented at the exhibition opening. The exhibition opens at 16.00.

On 29 October, the University of Tartu and the Estonian National Museum signed a framework agreement for industrial doctorate studies to support the education of future researchers for the museum and intensify cooperation between the two institutions.

Grant Office invites university researchers to the first info day on research funding at the university library on 12 February 2025.

On 29 November at 12:15, Ülo Siirak will defend his doctoral thesis "Humaniste français Marc-Antoine Muret comme commentateur de Catulle et de Pierre de Ronsard" ("French Humanist Marc-Antoine Muret as a Commentator on Catullus and Pierre de Ronsard").

All three women received the fellowships of €7,000 in recognition of their research so far and to support further research in their scientific fields.

The Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics of the University of Tartu has been granted funding from the European Commission through the Horizon Europe ERA-Chair instrument to launch the Center for Digital Text Scholarship (DigiTS) starting in March 2025.

On October 25, 2024, the University of Tartu Senate appointed Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy, Kadri Simm, as Professor of Practical Ethics. This new professorship is distinguished from practical philosophy and theoretical ethics by its focus and interdisciplinary approach, particularly its integration with social science research methods and applicability. In recent decades, demand for expertise in the field on practical ethics has increased significantly both within the university and in society.

Rosario Napolitano räägib Itaalia ja Eesti vahelistest diplomaatilistest suhetest kahe maailmasõja vahel