Suvekool "Andmed distsipliinide keerises"
2025-06-14 - 2025-06-15 | Taltech Särghaua õppekeskus, Pärnumaa
Suvekool ” Andmed distsipliinide keerises ” kutsub kokku humanitaar- ja loodusteaduste kraadiõppurid ja teadlased. Suvekoolis osalejad saavad interdistsiplinaarsetel seminaridel ja töötubades tutvuda, kuidas erinevad erialad andmeid koguvad ja milliseid andmeformaate kasutavad. Õpime, kuidas erinevate erialade andmeid ühendada, et luua ühiseid andmevälju. Suvekool pakub praktilisi oskusi ja teadmisi, mis on vajalikud valdkondade üleseks andmekasutuseks.
Peaesineja: Prof. Eetu Mäkelä, Helsinki ülikooli digihumanitaaria – “Promises and pitfalls of interdisciplinary collaboration”
Kellele: Humanitaar- ja loodusteaduste doktorandid ja juhendajad
Aeg: 14.-15. juuni 2025, Taltech Särghaua õppekeskus, Pärnumaa
Osalejate piirarv: 50
Info: Anneli Poska (e-mail Anneli.poska@taltech.ee)
Rohkem infot: https://genomics.ut.ee/et/uudis/suvekool-andmed-distsipliinide-keerises

Projekti “Ülikoolide koostöö doktoriõppe edendamisel“ (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003) kaasrahastab Euroopa Liit.

HUNTS - Humanitaarainete õpilaskonverents
2025-07-14 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Tallinn) | Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Estonia
HUNTS on mõeldud õpilastele üle Eesti, kes õpivad 9.–12. klassis. Konverentsi eesmärk on aidata teadvustada õpilaskonverentsi kaudu humanitaarainete vajalikkust Eesti riigile ja ühiskonnale, parandada humanitaarteaduste mainet ühiskonnas ning pöörata õpilaste tähelepanu humanitaarteadustele võimaliku edasise atraktiivse karjäärisuunana. HUNTS toob kokku õpilased ja teadlased tutvustama oma värskeid mõtteid ja vaateid ning arutlema uute ja innovaatiliste meetodite üle, valmistades sel moel ette uut põlvkonda humanitaarteadlasi ja suurendades humanitaarteaduste kõlapinda. Konverents võimaldab muuhulgas saada õpilasesinejatel vahetut tagasisidet ja innustust tegevteadlastelt.
Konverentsi korraldavad Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, Eesti Rahva Muuseum ja Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium.

14. rahvusvaheline fennougristika kongress
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-23
Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum (CIFU) on suurim rahvusvaheline soome-ugri (Uurali) keelte, kultuuride, kirjanduse, folkloori, kunsti, muusika, rahvausundi, ajaloo, geneetika ja arheoloogia uurimisele pühendatud teadusüritus. Alates 1960. aastast on kongressi korraldatud iga viie aasta tagant. 14. rahvusvaheline fennougristika kongress (CIFU XIV) toimub 18.–23. augustil 2025 Tartus. Kongressi peakorraldaja on Tartu Ülikooli eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut.
Oluline informatsioon:

Autorite registreerumise tähtaeg oli 30. juuni.
Veebiregistreerumine Zoomis osalemiseks on veel avatud 11. augustini.
Vaadake ka infot soodushinnaga majutuse kohta (inglise keeles).

XXIII International Association for the History of Religions World Congress
2025-08-24 - 2025-08-30
This event marks the first IAHR World Congress in ten years, due to the unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 World Congress in Otago, New Zealand, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The local host in Kraków—the Jagiellonian University, and the Polish Society for the Study of Religions—and the IAHR are delighted to welcome you in Poland for a week of scientific discussions, intellectual exchanges, and friendly interactions among scholars from around the world. As stated in the IAHR Constitution, the IAHR is not a forum for confessional, apologetical, or other similar concerns. True to the spirit of the IAHR and its guidelines, the organizers are committed to fostering a vibrant atmosphere, and to creating opportunities for the advancement of the academic study of religion(s).

The organization of the World Congress in 2025 invites us to celebrate several milestones in the history of our discipline. This year marks:

the 125th anniversary of the first World Congress of religious studies held in Paris in 1900;
the 74th anniversary of the founding of the IAHR at a congress in Amsterdam;
the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Association for the Study of Religions in Kraków in 2000.

Against this backdrop, the World Congress will allow us to reflect on the past and the future of our discipline.

The topic of the World Congress is:

Out of Europe: Studying Religion(s) in Interconnected Worlds

By choosing this topic, the Congress aims to explore the creative tensions intrinsic in the historical origins and global scope of the study of religion(s). You can read more about the topic of the World Congress here in Call for Panels & Papers.

The topic of the World Congress and its location are closely connected to one another. The proposal to hold the next World Congress of Religious Studies in Kraków with the theme “Out of Europe” highlights a particular historical moment in the development of the discipline. Looking back at the development and achievements of the historical and scientific study of religion initiated in Western Europe, we will explore its global impact and potential contribution to the discussions in the future.

Religions in Central and Eastern Europe developed in a different way than in Western Europe. Kraków as the royal capital of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth has roots in the more profound history of “Younger Europe” christianized around 1000 CE. Volodymyr, the ruler of the Kyiv Rus, chose the Greek Orthodox Church after scrutinizing other “faiths”: Judaism, Islam, and the Roman Church. Since the Late Medieval period, the history of Central and Eastern Europe has been continuously reconfigured by the circulation of people and ideas. This led to deep interconnections between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (Tatar, Ottoman Empire) and the emergence of a multi-religious patchwork of cultures. This part of Europe was also a victim of imperial policies and suffered the effects of peasant enslavement . In the 20th century, the Shoah and totalitarian regimes disrupted earlier inclusive traditions in the Bloodlands, i.e., Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic states.

Within the religious system currently in place, we invite the global academic community to explore religions in interconnected worlds. We sincerely hope that this rich background will provide inspiration to both retrace the main trajectories of our discipline’s development and to explore new directions.

Kursus “Praktiline arheobotaanika”
2025-09-10 - 2025-09-19
Aine eesmärk on anda ülevaade peamistest taimede määramispõhimõtetest ning tutvustada arheobotaanika uurimisvaldkonda ning selle meetodeid.
Lühikursus koosneb kahest osast – sissejuhatusest botaanikasse ja arheoloogiliste taimejäänuste määramisest. Esimesel nädalal tutvutakse taimede määramistunnustega ja püütakse määrata taimi nii looduses kui herbaarlehtedel. Teises osas tutvutakse arheobotaanika alustega, võetakse ise pinnaseproov, eraldatakse arheobotaaniline materjal (seemned) ja määratakse need mikroskoobi all ja määrajate abiga.

Advanced course on long-read sequencing and medical genomics
2025-10-02 08:30 - 18:00 | O&N4 Auditorium 04.330, ON4 Herestraat 49 , 3000 Leuven
Location: O&N4 Auditorium 04.330, ON4 Herestraat 49 , 3000 Leuven. See O&N4 location here .
Date: 2 October 2025
Time: 8:30–18:00 (CET)

This intensive, one-day course provides an in-depth exploration of long-read sequencing technologies and their transformative applications in medical genomics. Participants will gain valuable insights from leading experts, including cutting-edge techniques for analysing long-read data, clinical applications in rare diseases and cancer genomics, and the use of multi-omics approaches in complex disorders. Check the preliminary agenda here.
Organised as a collaborative effort between the EU-funded project EASIGEN-DS (Design Study for a Research Infrastructure on Advanced Genomics Technologies, Grant Agreement No 101187908) and KU Leuven as part of the Flemish inter-university course for the Support of Young Researchers (Omkadering van Jonge Onderzoekers), this course provides an advanced overview of long-read sequencing technologies and their application in medical genomics. This course is targeted at PhD students, postdocs, and researchers from European academic institutions with a keen interest in human genomics, the course provides an exceptional opportunity to deepen your understanding of cutting-edge sequencing techniques and their impact on clinical and research settings.
Registration is compulsory and free of charge for academic attendees.
The course can be attended either in person or remotely. Final agenda will be shared before the course.

The session will be recorded. By registering, you consent to the recording. If you do not agree, please contact the course administrator.

REGISTERATION: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmBSwPIkLD4DqbCe9yLWq8rtrVX5G6SYI_UE12Uvu2moPv_w/viewform

4th ICAZ ABRA meeting
2025-11-20 10:00 - 16:30
Archaeozoology of the Baltic Region and Adjacent Areas (ABRA) Working Group of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) welcomes everyone to their 4th meeting.
The archaeozoology meeting will take place online on 20th of November. Please join us, if you’re interested in hearing what the zooarchaeologists around the Baltic Sea are working on, and discussing about the application of bioarchaeological methods on animal remains.
Please register beforehand via Google Forms link The Zoom link will be sent to those registered before the meeting. For more information, please contact Eve Rannamäe, eve.rannamae@ut.ee

Ingrid Rüütli 90. sünnipäevale pühendatud eestikeelne rahvalaulu- ja muusika teemaline konverents
2025-11-28 - 2025-11-29 | Eesti Kunstimuuseum

Workshop „How to Write a Winning Grant?“
2025-12-02 10:00 - 2025-12-04 13:00 | Tartu, Jakobi 2-114
This workshop will be conducted in English.
In the academic system, the ability to write successful project proposals is of utmost importance. In this in-depth workshop, we will focus on the fundamentals of writing successful grant applications, from formulating research questions and methods to budgeting and team building. In addition to the perspective of the proposal writer, participants will also hear recommendations from proposal evaluators. The practical exercises will help frame the participants’ planned project proposals, whether these are research or postdoctoral projects. Several Estonian and international scholars from the natural and exact sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities will share their insights and tips for success.
The workshop will take place in Tartu over three days. Accommodation will be provided for participants coming from Tallinn.
Lecturers:

Eveli Kuuse (UT)
Mari Tõrv (UT)
Marlon Dumas (UT)
Matthew Collins (University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen)
Jaanika Jaanits (Center of Anthropology, UT Mobility Lab)
Kati Orav
Lehti Saag (UT)
Kelli Lehto (UT)

Register yourself HERE. The registration deadline is on November 7, 2025.
The maximum number of participants is 25.
Upon registration, the participants are required to submit a circa 300-word abstract of their project idea. This idea can be further developed during the workshop, and at the end, the trainers and co-participants will provide their feedback. The project may, for example, be a planned postdoctoral project or any another (international) grant application. In the abstract, please address the following questions:

What is the context / rationale for this idea / research to be done?
What is your main research objective (what should be achieved by the end of the project, if everything goes according to plan)?
Which aspect(s) in your research go beyond the State-of-the-Art (SoA)? How? (Ie. in which way is your research innovative / ground-breaking / disruptive?)
How interdisciplinary is your idea / research?
Which partners/expertise do you already have and/or need?

In case of questions, please turn to Silvia-Kristiin Kask, silvia-kristiin.kask@ut.ee.
More info: www.doktorikool.ee/en/uritused/tootuba-kuidas-kirjutada-edukat-granti/
Estonian Doctoral School for Humanities and Arts.
The workshop is supported by the Estonian Doctoral School (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003), the funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101079396, and from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee (grant agreement No. 10063975), and by the Ministry of Education and Research Centres of Excellence grant TK215 Estonian Roots: Centre of Excellence for transdisciplinary studies on ethnogenesis and cultural diversity.
