Topic: research

2025. aasta konkursi võitja Nele Karolin Teiva
Mark your calendar: three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers will be held on 21 October
This autumn, doctoral researchers of the University of Tartu will again have the opportunity to participate in the three-minute thesis competition. The competition will be held on 21 October in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.
10 June 2026 research
Register for the PhD seminar "The Urban-Rural Nexus in Research Methodology: Rethinking Units of Analysis" until 25 April
The seminar takes place from 8 to 10 June 2026 in Tartu, and welcomes PhD projects about cities or rural spaces, as well as those that use spatial categories metaphorically or analytically (e.g. center-periphery dynamics in media, discourse, or cultural production).
15 April 2026 research
Kombineeritud sotsiaalteaduste õppekava
Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is open
The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until 9 September 2026. In April and May, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) will host info sessions to help prospective applicants prepare their applications.
09 April 2026 international
Võrgustikuanalüüsi koolitus
Workshop on Network Analysis in the Humanities: registration now open
On May 6-8, the Center for Digital Text Studies (DigiTS), in cooperation with the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures, will organize a 3-day workshop on network analysis in the humanities.
25 March 2026 internationalresearchstudies
Rauno Thomas Mossi illustratsioon semiootika õpikule, Lotman
The Juri Lotman scholarship 2026
The Juri Lotman Fund announces its scholarship contest for graduate students from the University of Tartu whose research continues the tradition of Lotman and his school in semiotics and Slavic philology. Application deadline is 30 January 2026, and the grantees of the scholarships will be announced on 28 February 2026.
26 November 2025 research
Doktoritöö
Kaspar Kolk kaitseb doktoritööd „Trükitud raamatu esimene aastasada Eestis: raamatud, raamatukogud ja lugejad 15. sajandi teisest poolest 16. sajandi keskpaigani“
28. novembril 2025 kell 12.15 kaitseb Kaspar Kolk klassikalise filoloogia erialal doktoritööd „Trükitud raamatu esimene aastasada Eestis: raamatud, raamatukogud ja lugejad 15. sajandi teisest poolest 16. sajandi keskpaigani“.
29 October 2025 research
Doktoritöö
Helen Roostma kaitseb doktoritööd „Affective hauntings, absolute reality: space, time, experience and the haunted house narrative“
24. novembril 2025 kell 12.15 kaitseb Helen Roostma inglise keele ja kirjanduse erialal doktoritööd „Afektiivsed kummitamised / absoluutne reaalsus: aeg, ruum ja kogemus kummitusmaja narratiivis“ („Affective Hauntings, Absolute Reality: Space, Time, Experience and the Haunted House Narrative“).
28 October 2025 research
Research topics
Scholars at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures engage in multifaceted international research in European languages, European and North American literatures, literary theory, translation studies and applied linguistics.
09 September 2025 research
Doktoritöö
Marina Bulakhova kaitseb doktoritööd „Генезис русской уголовной прозы 1860–1890 гг“
8. septembril 2025 kell 16.15 kaitseb Marina Bulakhova vene kirjanduse erialal doktoritööd „Генезис русской уголовной прозы 1860–1890 гг“ („1860.–1890. aastate vene kriminaalproosa genees“).
18 August 2025 research
Doktoritöö
Virginia Rapún Mombiela kaitseb doktoritööd „Evolución en el uso del artículo por parte de estudiantes de grado estonias de lengua española. Un estudio longitudinal de corpus de aprendientes con énfasis en la influencia interlingüística“
27. augustil 2025 kell 12.15 kaitseb Virginia Rapún Mombiela hispaania keele erialal doktoritööd „Evolución en el uso del artículo por parte de estudiantes de grado estonias de lengua española. Un estudio longitudinal de corpus de aprendientes con énfasis en la influencia interlingüística“ („Eestikeelsete bakalaureusetudengite hispaania keele artiklikasutuse kujunemine. Keeltevahelistele mõjudele keskenduv longituudne õppijakorpusuuring“).
12 August 2025 research