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Jaak Prozes’ recollections of Arvo Valton
Jaak Prozes reminisces about the Finno-Ugric bridge builder in an obituary published in Postimees. Arvo Valton considered it very important for Estonians to know their …
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In memoriam Arvo Valton (1935-2024)
Laureate of the Estonian National Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, writer, poet, screenwriter, translator and publicist Arvo Valton (Vallikivi) was a classic of Estonian literature, whose …
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A course on the culture and history of the Finno-Ugric peoples was held at Tallinn University
From 15 July to 2 August, the course “Introduction to Estonia and Finno-Ugric Cultures” for international students was held at Tallinn University with the support …
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‘Fate of the Finno-Ugric peoples’ seminar available to watch online
As an event of the main programme of the Tartu2024 Capital of Culture, Fenno-Ugria’s seminar ‘Fate of the Finno-Ugric peoples: its substantiation in culture and …
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’Fate of the Finno-Ugric peoples: its substantiation in culture and the political reality’
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15.05-15.40 linguist Tõnu Seilenthal (Fenno-Ugria board member, University of Tartu)
15.40-16.15 ’Hingelkõnd – artists at the roots of Finno-Ugric inspiration’. Artist Kärt …
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Andres Heinapuu 70
Andres Heinapuu graduated in Estonian philology from the University of Tartu, has worked as a bibliographer at the National Library and as a consultant at …
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Overview of Fenno-Ugria’s 2023 Finno-Ugric Days
Fenno-Ugria organised a series of events in Tallinn and Tartu in October 2023 centred around the Finno-Ugric Day (a.k.a. Kindred Peoples’ Day), bringing together Finno-Ugric …
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Fenno-Ugria employee appointed chairman of Taivaannaula
At the general meeting on 29 October, Patrick O’Rourke, a Fenno-Ugria employee and project manager, was elected chairman of the Finnish Folk Culture Association ‘Taivaannaula’. …
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President Karis: ‘We must not become indifferent to the fate of our kindred people amid other concerns’
Dear kindred brothers! Where else but here in Tartu – the city of the University and the Estonian National Museum – is the perfect place …
Finno-ugric Knots 2022 out
The Finno-Ugric sense of life and cultural vitality in the new geopolitical situation were discussed in the Paide Opinion Festival discussion panel, which was attended …
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Finno-Ugric Days 2023
18.10. 6 p.m. Finno-Ugric poetry performance 2023 in cooperation with the Estonian Writers’ Union in the blacked-roofed hall of the Writers’ House. 18.10. 7 p.m. …
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Summer school “Shame and Guilt in Finno-Ugric Cultures”
The aim of the seminar was to discuss what guilt is, what shame is and how our different traditions deal with them. The seminar was …