Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Exhibition by Jessie Anneli Viirlaid McNeil “Outsider Inside” Opened at VEMU/Estonian Studies Centre in Toronto

On Wednesday, February 18th 2015, the exhibition by Jessie Anneli Viirlaid McNeil Outsider Inside – A Collage Series of the Estonian Song & Dance Festival 2014 opened at Tartu College, Toronto.

Read more February 27, 2015
Applications for the Compatriots Programme (Estonia) are accepted in 3 categories: Study scholarship, language scholarship and Compatriots Programme children’s camps

The aim of the scholarships offered by the Compatriots Programme is to support the language and degree studies of young expatriate Estonians in Estonia’s public universities, national institutions of applied higher education and vocational education centres.

Read more February 20, 2015
Riina Reinvelt and Maido Selgmäe Win Annual Foundation Award From the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for the Exhibition “1944. By Sea to the West”

On 5 February, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia’s annual awards were presented in Tallinn. The annual Folk Culture Foundation Award went to Riina Reinvelt and Maido Selgmäe, the curators of the exhibition “1944. By Sea to the West”. Memories of the Estonians’ Great Flight. Congratulations!

Read more February 17, 2015
Baltic Heritage Network Conference “Tracing the Baltic Road to Independence in Diaspora Archives” 30 June-2 July 2015 in Riga, Latvia

A quarter of a century has passed—or is soon to pass—since the breakthrough events which led to the restoration of the independence of the Baltic States: the “phosphorite war”, the Heritage Movement, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact AEG movement, the “Singing Revolution”, the Baltic Way, the August putsch.

Read more February 7, 2015
How Pupils Live, Interpret and Share Their Memory-Culture – Impressions from the Baltic Sea Region

We all are part of history and history and culture makes up part of our identity. One needs to be aware of one’s past, traditions, and culture in order to appreciate the freedom and the existence we all enjoy today.

Read more February 6, 2015