The flight magazine of the Estonian airline Nordica, “Time Flies” regularly features stories on science. It asked Liisi Keedus to contribute to the autumn/winter 2018 issue – see “Why is the myth of progress crumbling?”
Category Archives: Events
“Bildungsroman and Soviet Estonian Modernity: The Case of Silvia Rannamaa’s Kadri-novels” talk by Piret Peiker
Piret Peiker will give a presentation “Bildungsroman and Soviet Estonian Modernity: The Case of Silvia Rannamaa’s Kadri-novels” on 50th Annual ASEES (Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies) Convention, Boston MA, 6-9 December 2018. She will speak on panel, The Influence of Literature and Literary Publishing in the Formation and Transformation of Identity in Central Europe and the Baltics.
Opening of exhibition “The Great War”
Henry Mead will attend the opening of exhibition “The Great War” at Muzeum Sztuki in Łód, 23.11, at 18.00
“The Poverty of Whose Historicism?” talk by Dr Tyson Retz 22nd November
Dr Tyson Retz, an Associate Professor of History Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway, will visit the School of Humanities to collaborate with the BETWEEN THE TIMES project. He is in Tallinn for a research stay from 17.11-31.12 and will give a talk “The Poverty of Whose Historicism?” on 22.11, at 16.15 in M328. Everyone is welcome!
Piret Peiker will participate as discussant Artishok biennial 20.-28.10.2018
From 20 to 28 October, the passenger terminal of the Baltic railway station in Tallinn will host the VI Artishok Biennial which will use the format of a fashion exhibition. For curator Sten Ojavee (Centre for Contemporary Arts Estonia), the main aim of the exhibition is to offer a critical approach to the contemporary ideas about national identity and to offer different viewpoints on interpreting contemporary nationalism. To achieve this aim, the participating artists will be using the possibilities offered by fashion. This year’s biennial is organized by the contemporary art platform Artishok in co-operation with the Centre for Contemporary Arts Estonia.
Artishok Biennial is an experimental exhibition format created in 2008 where every participating artist will make a new work and every writer will write an article about these works. The texts are exhibited alongside the works in the gallery. AB is the only such art biennial in Estonia that brings artists and writers together to an equal platform and experiments with their mutual relationships.
Piret Peiker is invited as a discussant to a joint art performance/philosophy seminar event, 28.10, 18.00
Liisi Keedus co-organised Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference: Utility and Futility of Philosophy, and presented a paper
Retrieving the Problem of Theoria and Praxis: Eric Voegelin, Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss on Ideological Misunderstanding of Politics
Interview with Liisi Keedus – Ühiskondlik kriis loob uuendusi
Tallinna Ülikoolis töötaval Liisi Keedusel õnnestus edukalt taotleda Euroopa Teadusnõukogu (ERC) grant projektile, mis uurib eurooplaste progressiusku ja võrdleb seda valusa tegelikkusega, mis üldiselt valitseva narratiiviga üks ühele kokku ei lähe.
Loe edasi:
http://noortehaal.delfi.ee/news/tarkeluviis/uhiskondlik-kriis-loob-uuendusi?id=82090015
Interview with Liisi Keedus at Estonian National Television ERR, 14.02.2018
Lääneühiskonna arengut kujundanud progressimüüt mõraneb
Progress on pidev areng paremuse suunas. Progressimüüt või -usk on ühiskondlik ootus, millele on lääne ühiskonda üles ehitatud viimased 200 aastat. See müüt on hakanud mõranema – sellest annavad aimu näiteks viimaste aastate sündmused nagu Brexit, Donald Trumpi presidendiks valimine ning kliimamuutuste ja teaduspõhisuse eitamine.
Tallinna ülikooli vanemteadur Liisi Keedus, kes uurib progressimüüti, leiab, et lääne ühiskondadel on aeg endale otsa vaadata ja asuda otsima lahendusi mõraneva progressimüüdi ümberhindamiseks.
Liisi Keedus pälvis Euroopa Teadusnõukogu (ERC) grandi, et järgneva viie aasta jooksul uurida progressimüüdi kriitikuid maailmasõdade vahelisel ajal ning miks ja kuidas leida tänapäevasele, mõranevale progressinarratiivile alternatiivseid positiivseid ühiskondlike visioone.
Loe edasi ja vaata videolugu:
https://novaator.err.ee/682950/laaneuhiskonna-arengut-kujundanud-progressimuut-moraneb
Liisi Keedus participated as discussant at Plant Phenotyping Forum, Tartu University
Liisi Keedus spoke at Estonian public radio, Raadiosaade Labor. Progress ja pilved
Idee, et inimkond sammub progressi rajal üha helgemasse tulevikku, on löönud vankuma. Tallinna Ülikooli humanitaarinstituudi vanemteadur Liisi Keedus (pildil) sai nüüd Euroopa Teadusnõukogult suure toetusraha, et uurida progressiidee allakäiku Esimese maailmasõja järel.
Kuula saadet: https://vikerraadio.err.ee/815965/labor-progress-ja-pilved