Topic: university

Skytte Election Analysis Seminar Series

I was born in 1971 and my first cameras took black and white pictures my father and I developed in the bathroom. The next boost to my photo hobby took place when Estonia was already free, in the age of “soap box” film cameras and Kodak films. In the meantime, I had graduated from Räpina Horticultural School, worked as a gardener and started to study Estonian philology at the University of Tartu. In addition to Sunday-photography, the Sunday-painting was added to my hobby circle.

On 7 March 2022, the University of Tartu senate made an address to the people of Ukraine. We are publishing it in Estonian, Ukrainian and English. Tartu Ülikool mõistab tingimusteta hukka Venemaa Föderatsiooni kallaletungi iseseisvale Ukraina riigile. See on provotseerimata, inimõigusi jalge alla tallav, arulage ja jõhker agressioon demokraatliku ühiskonna vastu.

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies unequivocally condemns Russia’s aggression against its peaceful neighbor, the sovereign country of Ukraine. We support Ukraine’s independence and stand firm in defense of international law and the values of the free world. We will do everything in our power to help and support Ukrainian members of the UT community – our dear students and colleagues. Ukrainian friends, we are with you!

On 16 February, Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies of the University of Tartu (CEURUS) resumed its public lecture series by hosting a prominent Russian politician, Lyubov Sobol.

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu, in cooperation with the Centre for Eurasian and Russian Studies invites graduate, post-graduate and doctoral students to apply for the summer school “Belarus in the Limelight: Regime Survival and International Insecurities”. The school is part of a project “Raising awareness on civil society of Belarus through learning and research activities” supported by the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

On the website of the De Facto States Researhc Unit you can read Prof Eiki Berg's recent blog post "Notes from Cyprus: Observing the Known, Learning from the Unknown". The thoughts and photos written directly in Cyprus in three months give a good overview of the frozen territorial conflict in Europe.