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2020
19.11.2020 Peer Gynt Seminar
17.11.2020 Higher Seminar: Ewa Holm "Att skriva och redigera läromedel"
06.11.2020 The Day of Gustavus Adolfus / Academia Gustaviana 388
01.10.2020 Book launch: Språkmöte och språkhistoria (ed. Daniel Sävborg, Eva Liina Asu & Anu Laanemets)
01.04.2020 Higher Seminar: Anna Forssberg "Litteraturen - död eller levande"
05.03.2020 Higher Seminar: Lea Reitel Høyer "Skandinavisk ungdomslitteratur".
25-26.02.2020 Guest lecturers by Prof. Ebba Witt Brattström.
14.01.2020 Venia legendi lecture - Associate Professor of Swedish Language Eva Liina Asu-Garcia.
12.12.2019 Celebration of St. Lucia's Day.
26.11.2019 Café Norden - Danish evening.
12.11.2019 Pre-modern Seminar: Olga A. Zolotnikova "Oracle-giving practice – modes of prophecy in the sanctuary of Zeus in Dodona (Epirus) according to the ancient sources".
13.11.2019 Meeting with the Norwegian writer Hilde Susan Jægtnes.
14.11.2019 Nordic Literature Week: the Swedish writer Mattias Berg.
05.-07.12.2019 Symposium "The Formula in Oral Poetry and Prose".
6.11.2019 The celebration of Gustav Adolf Day / Academia Gustaviana 387.
30.10.2019 Higher Seminar: Daniel Sävborg "Ynglingar och sköldungar i Uppsala och Lejre – Att förena arkeologi och skrivna källor för kunskap om Nordens forntid"
03.10.2019 Cinnamon Bun Day
25.09.2019 Higher seminar: Niels Broen "Med lysets hastighed. 4 danske videnskabsmænds bidrag til astronomien og fysikken".
23.09.2019 Opening of the exhibition "Colours of Norway" in the main hall gallery.
20.05.2019 Research Seminar: Mele Pesti, PhD "What happened to the Global Left? Some Latin American insights".
17.05.2019 Café Norden: Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day.
10.05.2019 Formal reception for teachers of Scandinavian languages in Estonian schools.
03.04.2019 Two guest seminars by Mats Hellstenius
26.03.2019 Higher seminar: Swedish lecturer Maria Engqvist "Skandinavitet i dagens Ryssland".
14.03.2019 Presentation by the Swedo-Finnish writer and journalist Mikael Sjövalli about Estonian Swedes: "Vad återstår av Aiboland idag?".
05.03.2019 Higher seminar: PhD Arngrímur Vídalín (Islandi ülikool): "The Road to Jerusalem is Not What You Think: The Problem With Leiðarvísir".
05.01.2019 Deadline for the competition of collecting memoires "Eesti ja Põhjala koostöö 1988-2018".
13.12.2018 Celebrating Lucia Celebration in the College's lobby.
12.12.2018 Higher seminar: fil.dr David Lindén will talk about the founder of Tartu University Johan Skytte.
22.11.2018 A chance to meet the Danish children's and youth writer Kenneth Bøgh Andersen.
22.11.2018 A visit by the head of the Norwegian science portal Forskning.no, Editor in Chief Nina Kristiansen. The visit is hosted by the Estonian Research Council.
06.11.2018 Gustavus Adolfus Day / Academia Gustaviana 386. See the photo gallery of the event and watch the video of the baroque music concert in the assembly hall of the University of Tartu.
05.11.2018 Training day in Tartu for Swedish teachers organized by Swedish Teachers Association in Estonia (ERKOS).
01.11.2019 The Swedish Institute provides grant to boost the Swedish language instruction in Estonia.
24.10.2018 A visit by the new Ambassador of Norway to Estonia, Cecilie Annette Willoch.
18.10.2018 Research Seminar: prof. Anne Fuchs "Modern Man’s Trouble with Time: Kafka’s Der Proceß/The Trial".
03.10.2018 Higher seminar: prof. Daniel Sävborg "Formler in den isländska sagan".
04.10.2018 Kanelbullens dag / Swedish Cinnamon Bun Day.
10.09.2018 Higher Seminar: prof. Sara Bédard-Goulet "Uses of Cinema in Les Grandes Blondes and Envoyée Spéciale by Jean Echenoz".
14.-15.06.2018 Coference "Svenska språkets historia 15".
05.06.2018 Symposium "Supernatural Places Revisited: The Spatial Dimensions of Folklore and Sagas".
04.06.2018 Defense of theses 2018.
17.05.2018 Pre-Modern Seminar: Dr. Donato De Gianni “Biblical Paraphase in Late Antiquity”.
15.05.2018 Research Seminar: prof. Janika Päll “Pindarising for the Glory of the Lord".
14.05.2018 Higher Seminar: Andreas Nordberg (University of Stockholm) presents his research project.
10.05.2018 Formal reception "Estonian Voices in the Nordic Languages". See the photo gallery and read about the event in the local newspaper Tartu Postimehes.
07.05.2018 Prima Vista: Swedish writer Lena Andersson. The discussion is led by by the former Swedish lecturer at the University of Tartu Esbjörn Nyström.
23.04.2018 Higher seminar: Anna Forssberg (Karlstad University) "Arbete och handel i skandinavisk 30- och 40-talslitteratur".
11.04.2018 Kõrgem seminar: Christine Hamm (University of Bergen) "Smak og skam i norsk samtidslitteratur - Grytten, Andreassen, Dale".
26.03.2018 Reseach Seminar: prof. Marko Pajević "Poetics’ Transformative Power. Bible Translation and Society".
26.03.2018 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Lea Reitel Høyer (University of Copenhagen).
08.02.2018 Prof. Daniel Sävborg's lecture on Tartu Linnamuuseumis prof. Daniel Sävborgi loeng Scandinavian Pre-Christian Religion at Tartu City Museum. The lecture is in English.
01.-28.02.2018 Exhibiton "Rändajate protreed - pealkirjade tagant paistev Rootsi". The exhibition was organised by the Embassy of Sweden in Tallinn.
13.12.2017 Lucia Celebration in the College's lobby.
11.12.2017 Lecture Series: "Talspråk / Talesprog / Talespråk i dag": fil. dr. Barbro Allardt Ljunggren (Södertörn University) "Svenska som andraspåk med speciell fokus på talspråket".
05.12.2017 Pre-modern Seminar: Sabine Walther, PhD (University of Bonn) "A Happy Ending for Jason and Medea? The Quest for the Golden Fleece in Old Norse Trójumanna saga".
04.12.2017 Lecture Series: "Talspråk / Talesprog / Talespråk i dag": Jakob Steensig (Aarhus University) "Dansk samtalegrammatik".
01.-03.12.2017 The 7th Austmarr Symposium "Crossing Disciplinary Borders in Viking Age Studies. Problems, Challenges and Solutions".
23.11.2017 Pre-modern Seminar: prof. Annette Lassen (Univeristy of Copenhagen) "Óðinn and Medieval Magicians".
20.11.2017 Lecturers Anita Malmgren ja Einarsson Holck (Karlstadi University) participated in the BA- and MA-seminar and talked about how to use questionnaires, interviews and observations in writing a thesis
15.11.2017 Loengusari: "Talspråk / Talesprog / Talespråk i dag": prof. Unn Røyneland (Oslo University) "Hvorfor insisterer nordmenn på å snakke alle disse ubegripelige dialektene sine?".
06.11.2017 Gustavus Adolfus Day. Lectures by prof. Lars Burman (Uppsala University) and senior research fellow Kristi Viiding (Estonian Science Adacemy). See the photo gallery and video linked to the event.
23.10.2017 Higher seminar: Lea Reitel Høyer "Barnesynet i dansk og norsk børne- og ungdomslitteratur gennem tiderne".
11.10.2017 BA-students of Scandinavian Studies visited Lähte Gymnasium.
09.10.2017 A visit by Jessica Eriksson (Karlstad University) to discuss the resume of the co-operation between our institutions.
29.09.2017 Scholarship Ceremony: Handing over the scholarships financed by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia and the Embassy of Sweden in Tallinn.
26.09.2017 Scandinavian Movie Night: "Terkel i knibe".
25.09.2017 Deadline for the translation competition "Estonian Voices in the Nordic Languages".
18.09.2017 Interesting reading: a comment by prof. Daniel Sävborg on an article about female vikings at the science portal ERR Novaator.
16.09.2017 Interesting reading: an article about learning Scandinavian languages in Estonian schools in Postimees.
11.09.2017 Lecture: Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist (Stockholm University, Cambridge University) "Iceland Sagas as Historical Sources".
06.-20.09.2017 Children's Literature Exhibition.
31.08.2017 Esbjörn Nyström: Open lecture in Swedish.
14.08.2017 Summer camp for teachers of Swedish in Nuckö in August 14-18.
15.06.2017 The Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia announces the Scholarship for Students of Swedish.
02.06.2017 The defense of BA-thesis at 10 AM, followed by a reception to celebrate the end of the academic year.
29.05.2017 The high-school final exam in Swedish was organised in cooperation between Hugo Treffner Gymnasium and Tartu University College of Foreign Languages and Cultures. 10 high-school students successfully passed their Swedish exam, and received their language evaluation certificate based on the European Council Framework of Language Levels.
23.05.2017 Higher Seminar: Maïmouna Jagne-Soreau (University of Helsinki) "Postinvandringslitteratur i Norden".
11.05.2017 Higher Seminar: Alva Dahl (Uppsala University) "Litterärt språkande i samspel. En självetnografisk studie av översättnings(sam)arbete".
25.04.2017 Lecture Series: "Talspråk / Talespråk / Talesprog i dag": Jan Lindström (University of Helsinki).
24.04.2017 A visit by high-school students from Gustav Adolf Gümnaasium in Tallinn with their class supervisor and teacher of Swedish Juta-Tiia Mägi.
20.04.2017 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Luisa Rosca (Embassy of Sweden).
06.04.2017 Eva Liina Asu-Garcia "Några särdrag av estlandssvenskt uttal".
04.04.2017 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Emil Dyrby, Ninni Gustavsen (Embassy of Denmark in Tallinn).
03.04.2017 Visit from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.
28.03.2017 Lecture Series: "Talspråk / Talespråk / Talesprog i dag": Tomas Riad (Stockholm University).
27.03.2017 Esbjörn Nyström "Müssen nationale Literaturgeschichten unbedingt national sein? Reflexionen zum 'deutschen', zum 'schwedischen' und zum 'niederländischen' Fall".
26.03.2017 A visit from Swedish and Finnish partner universities.
15.03.2017 Diktonius och Brecht: Esbjörn Nyström i samtal med översättaren och förläggaren Daniel Sägesser.
14.03.2017 Danish Movie Night: "Forbrydelser". Followed by a discussion of the film.
03.03.2017 Competition in Swedish for high-school students from Estonia.
16.02.2017 A visit from the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia in an event "Sciences Meet Businesses".
15.02.2017 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Ida Iselin Eriksson (Royal Norwegian Embassy).
26.01.2017 Lahtiste uste päev 9. klasside õpilastele.
18.01.2017 Information meeting with lunch about Nordjobb at the University cafeteria. The programme manager Fredrik Jakobsen, the project assistant Andreas Wangensteen and the Swedish Ambassador Anders Ljunggren will present the job opportunities in the Nordic countries.
2016
13.12.2016 Lucia Celebration
28.11.2016 Danish Movie Night: "Adams Æbler".
22.11.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Scandinavian Book Club.
18.11.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Mads Kruse and Katrine Francke Johannesen (University of Copenhagen).
17.11.2016 Photo exhibition "Happy Danes" in the College Library.
07.11.2016 Opening of the poster exhibtion "250 Years of Freedom of Press in Sweden" in the College main hall. See the gallery on the exhibtion page.
07.11.2016 Gustavus Adolphus Day / 384th Anniversary of Academia Gustaviana
04.11.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Aslak Busch (Royal Norwegian Embassy).
25.10.2016 Skandinavistika 25
01.-30.06.2016 Poster exhibtion "The Swedish Crime Kingdom" in the College main hall.
26.05.2016 Esbjörn Nyström "Att avgränsa en litteratur. En metalitteraturhistoriografisk problematisering av begreppen ’svensk’, ’tysk’ och ’nederländsk litteraturhistoria’".
17.05.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Two mini-lectures (Sabanci University, Istanbul).
11.05.2016 A visit by the Ambassador of Denmark to Estonia Søren Kelstrup.
05.05.2016 Prima Vista: Danish poet Claus Høxbroe and pianist Oscar Gilbert.
13.04.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Kristin Skolt and Mette R. Olsen (Royal Norwegian Embassy).
22.03.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Scandinavian Book Club.
15.03.2016 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Aivar Pere (University of Tartu).
10.03.2016 Conference about translation
2015
11.12.2015 4th symposium of the Old Norse Folklorists Network.
09.12.2015 Professor Daniel Sävborg 50.
08.12.2015 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Marie Maegaard (University of Copenhagen).
25.11.2015 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Siim Espenberg (Tartu City Government).
18.11.2015 Meet Modern Scandinavia: Introduction.
10.11.2015 Opening of the photo exhibition "Pieces of Life" in the College main hall.
10.11.2015 Gustavus Adolphus Day / 383th Anniversary of Academia Gustaviana.
16.05.2015 Mart Kuldkepp is the recipient of the AABS Emerging Scholar Award 2015.