Monthly Archives: February 2013

More diplomats working with the diaspora, support for weekend schools, and cooperation in researching and preserving exile culture are among plans put forth in a just-released report from the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Congratulations to the Immigration History Research Center´s Haven Hawley for being one of the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Service Awards!

In 2011, Stanford Libraries announced its unusual collaboration with the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn, Estonia. It also promised that it would appoint an Estonian curator to collect and prepare exhibitions for U.S. and Estonian audiences, traveling between the small Baltic state and the United States.

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.

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.

EstDocs, the Estonian documentary film festival in Toronto is very popular and over the past few years has become one of the largest cultural events outside of Estonia. Since 2005, Estonian documentary films have been shown not only to the Estonian community, but also to Canada’s English speaking public.

In 2013 VEMU/Estonian Studies Centre is organising the VEMU discussion group to understand what could be the permanent exhibit in the VEMU – Museum of Estonians abroad.

VEMU/The Estonian Studies Centre sent 426 boxes of foreign Estonian books to Estonia in January. Thank you to everyone for their help!

2013 is the year of cultural heritage in Estonia. The goal of this year’s theme is to promote cultural issues to the general public – to recognize that culture concerns, in one way or another affects each of us, and that it is worthy of appreciation and preservation. Throughout the year of cultural heritage many events will take place to explain what cultural heritage is, introduce its importance and, broaden its understanding. You can read more about the year of cultural heritage at: www.parandiaasta.ee.

Together with Michael Kirtley, journalist and filmmaker from the USA, the Unitas Foundation has launched an unparalleled social experiment called the World Memory Film Project.