Literature Centre at the Estonian Conference of Humanities

Tõnno Jonuks from the Estonian Literary Museum and Sven-Erik Soosaar from the Institute of the Estonian Language exploring the poster presentation of the Literature Centre.

The inaugural Estonian Annual Conference of Humanities Future Humanities: How the Humanities Shape Society in an Era of Transformative Changes will take place on 10–12 April 2024 at Tallinn University. The staff of the Literature Centre will present papers in four panels and make a poster presentation.

Panel: History of the Baltic Literary Culture
Kaarel Vanamölder. The long history of Baltic journalism and Enlightenment in the 17th–19th centuries
Jaan Undusk. Secret mission the public. On Carl Gustav Jochmann’s conception of life and language

Panel: Multilingualism in Estonian poetry
Jaanus Valk. Kaplinski’s Chinese-style Estonian poetry and Estonian-style Chinese poetry

Panel: Blue humanities: water, people, culture
Elle-Mari Talivee. On the river Emajõgi in literature and art 1950–1960

Poster presentation: The writing nobility of early modern Estonia and Livonia 1561–1730
Presenters: Marin Jänes, Martin Klöker, Kaarel Vanamölder, Kristi Viiding, Aira Võsa; Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, Estonian Academy of Sciences