CECT V AUTUMN CONFERENCE
Tallinn University, Estonia
October 17-19, 2012
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Workshop
WORLD ROUTES 3
Tartu, Estonia
June 1-2, 2012
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CfP (PDF)
PLACING TEXTS: FOLK NARRATIVE AND SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION
Tartu
June 3-7, 2012
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6th Nordic-Celtic-Baltic folklore
symposium
SUPERNATURAL PLACES
Tartu, Estonia
June 4-7, 2012
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CIHEC Conference
Religion and Resistance in Europe from Middle Ages to 21st century
Tartu,
Estonia
June 11-13, 2012
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WINTER SCHOOL "TRUTH AND METHODS: FROM FREEDOM TO VALUES"
Tartu, Estonia
February 4-8, 2013
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The
Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory (CECT) is a project of the
European Union Regional Development Fund (2008–2015), based on earlier
collaboration in the Research Centre of Culture and Communication of
the University of Tartu.
The
CECT is made up of the following research groups: Archaeology,
Folkloristics, Ethnology, Semiotics, Religious Studies, Cultural
Communication Studies, Landscape Studies, and Contemporary Cultural
Studies. The CECT depends on transdisciplinary and inter-university
(University of Tartu and Tallinn University) cooperation. The leader of
the CECT is Valter Lang, Professor of Archaeology at Tartu University;
decisions relating to the CECT involve the leaders and representatives
of all research groups.
The
Centre of Excellence focuses in its research on the inheritance and
creativity of cultural practices through the 11 000-year history, from
ancient times to nowadays. In cooperation research groups search for
connections between viewpoints in different disciplines such as ancient
social and cultural systems, folklore heritage, contemporary everyday
practices, evolution and translatability of sign systems, landscape and
sociological processes, media and life story research, etc.
The
Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory contributes to developing the
methodological and theoretical levels in cultural research, and the
sustainability of cultural research in Estonia. We strive towards
significant changes in both the self-understanding of disciplinary
fields and in the comprehension of general theoretical models by
juxtaposing and comparing data, theories and analytical methods,
through the creation of an interdisciplinary environment, the
development of cooperation, and by becoming acquainted with other
spheres of research.
