The UNESCO Chair participated in the consortium meeting of the language revitalization project RISE UP in Spain
… the consortium meeting of the project RISE UP (revitalising languages, safeguarding cultural diversity") in Barcelona … for endangered languages in Europe, the creation of a tool set for communities, the connection of relevant actors and … Croatian in Austria, Cornish in the United Kingdom and Seto in Estonia. The task of the University of Tartu in the …
Special Issue of the Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics: "Approaches to Language Planning"
… Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, titled "Approaches to Language Planning," focuses on both the current state of language planning in Estonia and its relevance beyond the … is twofold. On one hand, it aims to introduce research on language planning, language specialists, and broader …
Research Seminar ""Economics and language: framework , returns to skills and policy relevant tools" (François Vaillancourt)
… Narva 18 room 1024 and Zoom Research Seminar "Economics and language: framework , returns to skills and policy relevant … This paper presents how the sub discipline of economics of language emerged, how returns to language skills on the labour markets can be measured and …
Estonian Academy of Sciences Foundation awarded scholarships to Ülo Reimaa and Angela Peeb
Estonian Academy of Sciences Foundation awarded its scholarships for 2024 to Ülo Reimaa, a Research Fellow in Algebra at the University of Tartu Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, and Angela Peeb, a doctoral student in Molecular and Cell Biology at …
University of Tartu “Contribution to Estonian National Identity” award presented to stage director Merle Karusoo
… the 104 th anniversary of the opening of the Estonian-language university. At the anniversary ceremony, Rector …
Research Seminar "Disentangling causal relationships in epidemiology: some recent trends" (Krista Fischer)
Research Seminar "Disentangling causal relationships in epidemiology: some recent trends" Wednesday, 15th November 2023 at 11.00-12.00 Delta room 1017 and Zoom Krista Fischer (University of Tartu) As we all know, detecting a statistical association in …
Doctoral defence: Imar Yacine Koutchoukali ""Our ʿirbīt is not like your ʿarabiyya" – Linguistic and socio-political change in late antique South Arabia (550 – 850 AD)"
… Moreover, most of the inscriptions were written in a language known as Sabaic. Sabaic was one of the Semitic languages, which also includes Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. … contact with speakers of both local South Arabian languages as well as distinct linguistic varieties …
Tickets are now available for the University of Tartu’s alumni get‑together
The University of Tartu will organise its alumni get-together with the slogan “Back to the university” on 18 May 2024. Early-bird tickets at special rates are available from 1 December. During the exciting day, our alumni can meet their lecturers and …
Vaccine created by University of Tartu researchers to prevent a dangerous tropical disease received approval
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world's first vaccine against the chikungunya virus – Ixchiq. The vaccine candidate has been designed and manufactured at the University of Tartu. The human clinical trials were conducted …
Research seminar "Academics vs policy debate: the case of the shadow economy index" (Arnis Sauka)
… Academics vs policy debate: the case of the shadow economy index It has been argued that academic performance, … NGOs. Arnis Sauka is co-author of the annual Shadow Economy Index for the Baltic Countries (with Prof. Tālis J. Putniņš, since 2009), author of the annual FICIL Sentiment Index (in cooperation with Foreign Investors Council in …
An exceptionally comprehensive Estonian-language university textbook on cell biology has been published
… included Estonian folk songs in his works and stated that language is the instrument of thought, and thinking depends on language. The Estonian-language university textbook is invaluable to current and …
Research Seminar "Impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the Estonian economy" (Annela Anger-Kraavi)
Research Seminar "Impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the Estonian economy" Wednesday, Nov 1, 2023 at 14.00-15.00 via Zoom Annela Anger-Kraavi (University of Cambridge, University of Tartu) In the H2020 CINTRAN project the focus is on …
His Excellency Ambassador of France Emmanuel Mignot had a meeting with rector and held a seminar at Skytte Institute
On 28 November, the Ambassador of France to Estonia, His Excellency Emmanuel Mignot, visited the University of Tartu. The ambassador and the rector talked about promoting cooperation in research and education, joint curricula, joint supervision of …
Index of Estonian Plant Names
… The Index of Estonian Plant Names is maintained by the Botanical … funded by the Estonian Terminology Programme. Users of The Index of Estonian Plant Names are asked to refer to the database as follows: Index of Estonian Plant Names. Estonian Botanical …
Language advisor for non-Estonian students started working at the university
… The language advisor welcomes students of all curricula of the … need help and advice in writing academic texts in Estonian. Language counselling is provided individually or in groups. Contact the language advisor if you wish to get clarification on a …
Language advisor for non-Estonian students started working at the University of Tartu
… The language advisor welcomes students of all curricula of the … need help and advice in writing academic texts in Estonian. Language counselling is provided individually or in groups. Contact the language advisor if you wish to get clarification on a …