You are welcome to participate in winterschool “Truth and Method: from Freedom to Values”

The programme includes 8 public lectures (in English).

The lectures are held at Jakobi 2-226, Tartu.

Programme
04.02, Monday

9:30–10:00 wake up coffee and registration – Jakobi 2 lobby

10:00–10:10 opening words (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. Kristin Kuutma, Programme Director of the Winter School

10:10–10:55 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. Orvar Löfgren (University of Lund) “The importance of messy methods in cultural analysis”

10:55–11:25 discussion, moderator Dr. Anu Kannike (Tallinn University)

11:25–12:00 coffee break – Jakobi 2 lobby

12:00–12:45 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. Nigel Rapport (University of St Andrews) “Knowing anyone: Towards a cosmopolitan methodology of the global individual”

12:45–13:15 discussion, moderator Prof. Kristin Kuutma (University of Tartu)

13:15–14:30 lunch – University Cafe (Ülikooli 20), 2nd floor (registered participants only)

14:30–16:30 parallel workshops (registered PhD students only)
Group 1: Orvar Löfgren “The hidden routines of academic research” (Jakobi 2-107)
Group 2: Nigel Rapport “Social science beyond systems and relations: Seeking a method in distortion” (Jakobi 2-109)

18:00–22:00 reception – White Hall of History Museum (Lossi 25) (registered participants only)

05.02, Tuesday

Practical workshops (programme on separate sheets, registered students only):
Workshop 1: “Popularisation of research” (Lossi 36-205)
Workshop 2: “Peering into Peer Review” (Zaal, Town Hall Square 10, III floor)
Workshop 3: “Copyright and Contemporary Creative Works” (University of Tartu Library, W. Struve 1, room 186)
Workshop 4: “Creative Truths in Cross-Cultural Fieldwork” (Tartu Citizen’s Home Museum, Jaani 16)
Workshop 5 (for MA students): “Proposals for research methods, and methods for research proposals” (Emajõe Maja (Emajõe Building), Emajõe 8)

18:00 dinner / winter school club – Restaurant Dorpat (Soola 6) (registered participants only)

06.02, Wednesday

9:30–10:00 wake up coffee and registration – Jakobi 2 lobby

10:00–10:45 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. Keith Moxey (Barnard College, Columbia University) “Truth and method: The challenge of the image”

10:45–11:15 discussion, moderator Prof. Krista Kodres (Estonian Academy of Arts)

11:15–11:45 coffee break – Jakobi 2 lobby

11:45–12:30 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof.Stephen Bann (University of Bristol) “The signs of the times – Temporality and print media in post-revolutionary France”

12:30–13:00 discussion, moderator Ass. Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University)

13:00–14:30 lunch – University Cafe (Ülikooli 20), 2nd floor (registered participants only)

14:30–16:30 parallel workshops (registered PhD students only)
Group 1: Keith Moxey “Contemporaneity, or what time is tomorrow?” (Jakobi 2-107)
Group 2: Stephen Bann “More means worse? Criteria of truth and value in the understanding of print media” (Jakobi 2-109)

18:00 dinner – Tartu Elektriteater (Lai St. 37) (registered participants only)

19:00 movie night – Tartu Elektriteater (Lai St. 37) “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (UK / USA, 2011)
See: http://www.ifatreefallsfilm.com/film.html
The film is introduced by Siim Vatalin, Estonian Green Movement (member of the board)

07.02, Thursday

9:30–10:00 wake up coffee and registration – Jakobi 2 lobby

10:00–10:45 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. Liesbeth Korthals Altes (University of Groningen) “Narratology and narrative theory between science and (meta-)hermeneutics”

10:45–11:15 discussion, moderator Ass. Prof. Marina Grišakova (University of Tartu)

11:15–11:45 coffee break – Jakobi 2 lobby

11:45–12:30 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Prof. David Huron (Ohio State University) “Sad sounds and sad songs”

12:30–13:00 discussion, moderator Prof. Jaan Ross (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)

13:00–14:30 lunch – University Cafe (Ülikooli 20), 2nd floor (registered participants only)

14:30–16:30 parallel workshops (registered PhD students only)
Group 1: Liesbeth Korthals Altes “Narratology and narrative theory between science and (meta-)hermeneutics” (Jakobi 2-107)
Group 2: David Huron “Accommodating quantitative research within the arts and humanities” (Jakobi 2-109)

18:00 dinner / winter school club – Restaurant Eduard Vilde (Vallikraavi 4) (registered participants only)

08.02, Friday

9:30–10:00 wake up coffee and registration – Jakobi 2 lobby

10:00–10:45 public lecture (Jakobi 2-226)
Ass. Prof. Andrea Petö (Central European University) “Missing, forgotten, and omitted: Methodological challenges and their consequences”

10:45–11:15 discussion, moderator Dr. Ene Kõresaar (University of Tartu)

11:15–11:45 coffee break – Jakobi 2 lobby

11:45–12:30 public lecture
Dr. Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling) “Religion and politics in international relations: the modern myth”

12:30–13:00 discussion, moderator Dr. Elo-Hanna Seljamaa (University of Tartu)

13:00–14:30 lunch – University Cafe (Ülikooli 20), 2nd floor (registered participants only)

14:30–16:30 parallel workshops (registered PhD students only)
Group 1: Andrea Petö “Missing, forgotten, and omitted: Methodological challenges and their consequences” (Jakobi 2-107)
Group 2: Timothy Fitzgerald “Religion and politics in international relations: Methodology” (Jakobi 2-109)

For more information see: http://ktkdk.edu.ee/event/talvekool-2013/