Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Estonian Studies Centre(ESC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Brent McKenzie of the University of Guelph as its first Academic Research Fellow. Dr. McKenzie is a faculty member in the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies in the College of Management and Economics at the University and has carried out numerous research studies in the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The intensive Summer Language Institute will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from June 3 through July 12, 2013, and will host the Baltic Summer Institute (BALSSI) for the second summer. Intensive Beginning and Intermediate Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian will be offered.

On Saturday, January 19 commencing at 3 pm the opening of the Alberta Estonian Heritage Society´s travelling exhibition “Alberta´s Estonians 1899 to Present” at Tartu College (310 Bloor. St. W. , Toronto).

The Baltic Heritage Network Youth Seminar series moved to Tartu for a pre-Christmas event. What better theme to choose for this seminar than food – Estonian diaspora food culture and Christmas traditions.

SIEF: Tartu, Estonia; 30th June – 4th July

We are pleased to announce the upcoming 10th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe “Cultures, Crises, Consolidations in the Baltic World”. June 16-19, 2013 Tallinn University, Estonia.

Marie Curie ITN “CoHaB”; Englisches Seminar, WWU Münster 22.09.2013-25.09.2013, Münster, WWU Münster Deadline: 28.02.2013 International Conference ITN CoHaB

International Conference November 15-16, 2013. ESG Muenster

The web site http://aule.ee/ida (started in January 2012) has been growing. The site attempts to collect and digitise historical sources and materials concerning expatriate Estonians who lived in the territory of the former Russian Empire and in Turkey.