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Juri Lotman: A Basic Introduction and Contemporary Applications

On-site in Tartu 31 July - 10 August 2023

In the year 2022, Juri Lotman would have turned 100 years old, and on this occasion, many conferences, exhibitions, publications, courses, and so forth, were dedicated to him. Lotman was known as a leader (if not the leader) of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School (TMSS), one of the co-founders of the semiotics of culture, and, as an individual thinker, the creator and developer of the semiosphere concept. Part of this course is dedicated to differentiating these three aspects of Lotman’s life story.

The relevance of this course lies in the celebration of Lotman’s centenary and the subsequent demonstration of how his ideas have continued to remain vital, even after his passing. The aim of this course in general is to give a basic introduction to Lotman, and then describe how Lotmanian ideas have found contemporary application.

UT International Summer University:

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E-post: isu@ut.ee

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MA Semiotics

The programme in Semiotics provides interdisciplinary background and gives a theoretical base for applying semiotic ideas to a wide variety of disciplines and scientific study. The programme binds together the theory of semiotics and three core modules - cultural semiotics, biosemiotics and sociosemiotics. The programme also combines the major semiotic traditions of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles S. Peirce with the leading contemporary and innovative thought.

MA Semiotics

Focus area:	Semiotics	Coordinating unit at UT	Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics
Study Field:	Arts and Humanities	Course Leader	Erik Kõvamees, University of Tartu
Format	Summer Course	Location	Tartu, Estonia

Course dates:	31 July - 10 August	Apply by:	30 April 2023
ECTS:	4	Fee:	700 €
Study group	all students on the level of BA and MA, PhD	Language	English

Application is closed.

Approximate schedule of the course

August 1^st:

Juri Lotman: biographical notes and introduction to the semiosphere. (Erik Kõvamees)
Some basic concepts: language, text, culture. (Erik Kõvamees)
Basics of the semiosphere: boundary, periphery, core, dialogue, enantiomorphism. (Erik Kõvamees)

August 2^nd:

Translation. (Elin Sütiste)
Intellect, culture, symbol. (Herman Tamminen)
Intellect, culture, symbol II. (Herman Tamminen)

August 3^rd:

Lotman and complexity sciences. (Merit Rickberg)
Cultural memory. (Merit Rickberg)
Autocommunication. (Sasha Milyakina)

August 4^th:

Myth-name-culture. (Tuuli Pern)
Transmediality. (Sasha Milyakina)
Sociocommunicative functions in synthetic media. (Auli Viidalepp)

August 7^th:

Lotman applied: the semiotics of conflict. (Katarina Damčević)
Lotman applied: prison semiotics. (Erik Kõvamees)
Lotman: biographical note, concept, contemporary application. (TBA)

August 8^th:

Applications of Lotman in ecosemiotics. (Timo Maran)
Lotman: biography, concept, contemporary application. (TBA)
Lotman: biography concept, contemporary application. (TBA)

August 9^th:

Applications of Lotman in ecosemiotics. (Timo Maran)
Lotman: biography, concept, contemporary application. (TBA)
Lotman: biography, concept, contemporary application. (TBA)

Admission to Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture

Entry requirements

Online application form
Motivation letter (up to 1.5 pages)
Transcript of academic records
Copy of the passport

PS: Only complete applications including all annexes submitted by the deadline will be considered for selection.

Applications are evaluated based on

Motivation letter (up to 1.5 pages) that demonstrates the applicant’s motivation to participate his/her expectations about the programme, how participation in the summer programme relates to his/her studies and interests, and how the applicant plans to use the gained experience and knowledge in the future.

Participants of the course will learn to:

The participants of the course will:

become fluent in Lotmanian terminology and understand his concepts.
have a centralized notion in the semiosphere which will ground other central Lotmanian notions, such as text, language, and culture.
understand Lotman’s personal history and the history of his ideas.
be able to carry out their own “semiospheric” analyses on phenomena past/present/future (on topics as diverse as society, culture, history, the environment, and so on).
be able to connect Lotmanian semiotics with other research fields.
be able to see that Lotmanian principles are in operation around them at all times, and thus conceptualize the world differently.

The students will engage in seminars, group-works, and individual assignments under the guidance of our best professors.

Two weeks prior to the start of the programme an information file will be sent to all participants. This file contains the daily schedule and relevant contact information of the programme managers.

Students are responsible for their travel, accommodation and travel insurance (visa arrangements if needed) from their home country to Tartu and back to their home country. It is recommended to visit the Tartu Welcome Centre website and arrival and housing section to find accommodation opportunities.

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