Roberta Albertini just published some didactic resources on Futurism as part of her contribution to the Between the Times project. They can be found in the following addresses:
Category Archives: Events
‘Is there a European Intellectual History?’: workshop abstracts
The ‘Between the Times’ project workshop ‘Is there a European Intellectual History?’ took place on the 6th and 7th of July. During the two days we had 4 wonderful keynote talks by Balász Trencsényi, Giuseppe Bianco, Tim B. Müller, and Martin van Gelderen. In addition we also had the chance to listen to 10 wonderful talks by several younfer researchers, you can read their abstracts here.
Liisi Keedus on Estonian and European ideas of progress
Liisi Keedus contributed to the Estonian Public Broadcasting weekly research programme (27.04.2019), speaking about ideas of progress in Estonian and European intellectual history
Is there a European interwar intellectual history? Conference Programme
The programme for the upcoming conference is now available online at the link below!
The event will take place in Tallinn Teachers’ House in the Town Hall Square on the 7 and 8 of June.
Churches in a Pluralist World: The Theological Legacy of John Neville Figgis
Henry Mead recently attended a conference on English Theology and political pluralism that dealt with the Legacy of Neville Figgis (1866-1919).
“Time, History, Biography: Lotman in Context” conference program
The 11th annual Lotman conference at Tallinn University will take place between the 31th of May and the 2nd of June. The conference is co-organized by the “Between the Times” project. The conference will connect Lotman’s Ideas on history and time to the study of biographical documents. The conference program is available here.
“Where, when, and what is ‘the West’? The history of an idea”
A talk by Prof. Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary University of London). Prof. Varouxakis is a Co-director of QMUL Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought. He is the author of Liberty Abroad: J. S. Mill on International Relations (CUP, 2013) and numerous other books and articles on the intellectual history of liberalism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism.
The seminar will take place on May 10, Friday, at 16.15 in M 328. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Presentation of “Between the Times” PhD projects
The project’s PhD students (Johannes Bent, Ksenia Shmydkaya and Jorge Varela) made a presentation of their projects at Tallinn University’s Interdisciplinary research seminar on the 16th of April 2019. The projects were discussed by Professors Liisi Keedus and Alexandre Horstmann, and by fellow PhD students.
Public presentation of “Between the Times” project
Tommaso Giordani made a presentation of the “Between the Times” project at Tallinn University’s Centres of Excellence public outreach seminar on the 14th of March 2019. In addition to researchers from the University, the event was attended by – and aimed at – other non-academic partners of the University.
“For the Benefit of the People” – On Lydia Koidula’s Social Thought in the 1860s
Piret Peiker made a presentation at the celebratory meeting of the Estonian Academic Agricultural Society on 20 February 2019, her talk titled “For the Benefit of the People” – On Lydia Koidula’s Social Thought in the 1860s, based on her latest research collaborating with colleagues Krista Mits and Daniele Monticelli. The talk discussed Koidula’s conceptualisation of the ideas of „the history“ and „the people“. The meeting was dedicated to the celebration of the 101st anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. The Estonian Academic Agricultural Society unites top scholars in the agricultural fields and promoters of knowledge-based Estonian agriculture. We are pleased that Piret Peiker was invited to join the Society in connection with her contribution to the historical study of modern Estonian agriculture, as well as with her role as a Member of Board of the company that won the prize for the best Estonian organic product 2018 (birch syrup).