Monthly Archives: June 2023

Let us celebrate cultural diversity together!

The Estonian Ministry of Culture has declared 2024 the Year of Cultural Diversity. The thematic year will celebrate how this value enriches our lives. We are calling upon you to join in the celebrations — discover and share, value and create, preserve and enrich the cultural traditions of our communities and the whole nation through everything that unites us: from experiences and myths to creative processes and planning the future. SHARE IDEAS Just as cultural diversity starts with every one of us, the year dedicated to this value starts from our ideas. Come and join the team of the Year of Cultural Diversity: please share your ideas on celebrating Estonia’s cultural diversity next year. Initiatives that have already been implemented or have even become a tradition and initiatives that are still planned or inspired by the next thematic year are welcome. The deadline for open calls is the end of June 2023. Please share your ideas via the form below or by regular mail (Integration Foundation, Rävala pst 5, 10145 Tallinn, keyword “2024”). We will review all ideas in July and give feedback by August at the latest. More information about the thematic year and open call will be provided at the meeting with the Year of Cultural Diversity team, which will be held online on 13 June. To participate, please register by noon of 12 June: meeting in Estonian on 13 June at 15-16, in Russian at 16.30-17.30, and in English at 18.00-19.00. CONTACT US The Integration Foundation coordinates the thematic year. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the team of the Year of Cultural Diversity at 2024@integratsioon.ee. We are all part of cultural diversity, and the next year belongs to all of us! How can we celebrate cultural diversity? Share your idea here: https://integratsioon.ee/en/2024

Read more June 30, 2023

VEMU Events — Spring 2023

As the dreary and dark winter made way for a bright and cheery spring, VEMU became an increasingly bustling centre of activity and energy. We offered culturally enriching experiences, including everything from a youthful Zumba class to film nights and a riveting photography exhibit. Many of the events featured a focus on sports and movement, as the Republic of Estonia’s Ministry announced in January that 2023 would be the year of movement. So what was VEMU up to this spring?

Read more June 19, 2023

2023 was a Leap Forward for Estonian Music Week

With any long-term festival, there is always the question of how to differentiate each iteration from year to year. In 2023, the Estonian Music Week team pushed into new territory with its artistic curation, event design, and socialization.

Read more June 9, 2023

Documentary “Our Tartu. 50 Years of Tartu College”

On Tuesday, May 30, and Thursday, June 1, the documentary film “Our Tartu. 50 years of Tartu College”, made by Kaisa Pitsi and VEMU, was screened on ETV2. The film is about keeping Estonian culture far from the homeland.

Read more June 5, 2023

Over 150 Participants from Around the World Discussed Baltic Studies Worldwide

This spring, Kaunas Magnus University hosted over 150 participants—lecturers, researchers and students from Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the United States of America, Georgia, Switzerland, Ukraine—to a discussion on Baltic studies in the contemporary world, the challenges it is facing and the prospects for its future.

Read more June 1, 2023