Postimees awarded the Opinion Leader 2018 title to Mihhail Lotman

At the traditional lunch of opinion leaders, the daily newspaper Postimees declared Mihhail Lotman the Opinion Leader 2018. The title Opinion Leader of the year and the accompanying sculpture of Johann Voldemar Jannsen, a journalist, poet and leading figure of the Estonian National Awake...

Antiwar declaration from the participants of the "Juri Lotman's semiosphere" internation congress.

The participants of the international congress "Juri Lotman's semiosphere" issued a joint statement, condemning the war in Ukraine and demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities from the Russian authorities against Ukraine. This statement is the united position of the participants o...

Semiosalong 3: Alexander Davies ja Mihhail Lotman

Monday April 16, 18.00 at Genialistide Klubi. Semiosalong is an ongoing biweekly salon style afterhours semiotic meetingplace. This spring, the topic is ORDER IN/FROM CHAOS: SELF-ORGANISING SYSTEMS https://www.facebook.com/events/2108816306015945/ Seminars will take place in English. Ale...

Maria-Kristiina Lotman

Image Maria-Kristiina Lotman is Associate Professor in Classical Studies at the University of Tartu. Her main research interests include: versification, metrics and rhythmics, focusing on both classical verse forms (hexameter, ...

On January 10, Silvi Salupere will defend her PhD thesis in semiotics titled "On Juri Lotman's Metalanguage: Problems, Context, and Sources"

On January 10, 2018 at 12.15, Jakobi 2-336, Silvi Salupere will defend her thesis proposed for doctoral degree, titled  "О метаязыке Юрия Лотмана: проблемы, контекст, источники" („Juri Lotmani metakeelest: probleemid, kontekst, allikad“ (On Juri Lotman's Metalanguage: Problems, ...

Juri Lotman 100 Congress from the 25th to the 28th February.

In 2022 we are celebrating the 100th birthday of renowned semiotician Juri Lotman. One of the main events of the Lotman 100 event series is the Lotman 100 Congress taking place in Tallinn (25th-26th February) and Tartu (27th-28th February). Read further. The event on Facebook. The ev...

First Juri Lotman lecture by Edna Andrews titled "The importance of Lotmanian semiotics to sign theory and the cognitive neurosciences”.

  Lotman’s contribution to semiotic theory, anthroposemiotics, the study of artistic texts and defining the relationship between language and culture represent some of the most powerful work produced within the Tartu–Moscow School of Semiotics.  Key fundamental principles of Lotman’s the...

A public statement to end war in Ukraine was made at Lotman's congress

Yesterday was the final day of the centenary congress "Juri Lotman's Semiosphere". During the public ceremony held at the University of Tartu, the delegates of the congress made a public statement to end war in Ukraine. The statement was published in three languages: Estonian, English an...

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Interdisciplinary research project supports ethical decision-making in science

A three-year project that will reinforce efforts to promote adherence to the highest standards of research ethics and integrity and prevent research misconduct began in January 2023. Led by The University of Oslo, “Beyond Bad Apples: Towards a Behavioural and Evidence-based Approach to ...