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Science Awards of Kindred Peoples’ Programme awarded to Saami and Komi scholars
In 2025, the Science Awards of Kindred Peoples’ Programme were presented to Saami scholar Berit-Ellen Juuso and Komi researcher Maria Fedina.
Linguist Patrick O'Rourke awarded Waterfowl Fund scholarship
Academic work Patrick O’Rourke is a Finnougrist who focuses primarily on the Livonian language. In his bachelor’s thesis, he compared the North Estonian Häädemeeste dialect …
Kindred Peoples' Day celebrations in full swing
This year’s Kindred Peoples’ Days, with the slogan “Ida-Viru – our Ingria,” are ongoing. Since Narva is the cultural capital of the Finno-Ugric peoples, our …
Open call for Kindred Peoples’ Literary Award 2025
The aim of the award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood. The Literary Award may be …
Finno-Ugric Open Forum — A Look to the Future
The "Finno-Ugric Open Forum — A Look to the Future", organised by Narva, the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2025, took place at the House of Ingria in Narva on 28 August 2025.
Fenno-Ugria's publications presented at 14th Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies
The CIFU XIV Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies took place in Tartu on 20 August. At the congress, folklorist and Fenno-Ugria board chairman Madis Arukask presented …
Lennart Meri Waterfowl Fund Scholarship Competition open for applications
Fenno-Ugria Foundation has announced the 2025 Lennart Meri Waterfowl Fund Scholarship Competition with a deadline of 18 September 2024.
In memoriam Ivar Sinimets (1952-2025)
It is with deep sadness that we received the news of the passing of Ivar Sinimets (7 October 1952 – 4 August 2025), a translator, …
Fenno-Ugria presented its latest publications at the Pärnu Literature Festival
Presentations of the book “Finno-Ugric peoples through the eyes of Estonians” by Fenno-Ugria and Argo and the Finno-Ugric Calendar 2026 took place at the Pärnu …
Book on Finno-Ugric peoples by Fenno-Ugria and Argo is out
In the book “Soomeugrilased eestlaste pilgu läbi” (Finno-Ugric peoples through the eyes of Estonians), published in collaboration between Fenno-Ugria and Argo Publishing, Estonian researchers and …
Finno-Ugric Calendar 2026 is out
In collaboration with linguist, emeritus professor at the University of Tartu, and Finno-Ugric scholar Tõnu Seilenthal and Finnish artist Li Taiga, the Finno-Ugric Calendar 2026 …
Fenno-Ugria at Paide Opinion Festival 2025
The cultural diversity panel took place on 9 August from 6 to 7.30 p.m. Fenno-Ugria panel “Success stories and different experiences of integration in Finland, …