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interactive web page, A Dozen Questions about Estonia, was creat- ed as a joint project of the Estonian Institute and BFM on the basis of a popular print publication that introduced Estonia to the world. Questions ranging from Estonian geography and nature to song fes- tivals, history and recreational activities are answered on the web in the form of a dozen humorous short films created by the Baltic Film and Media School.
Tallinn University Museum
On 21 October 2014, Tallinn University Museum was reopened* with an exhibition of the noteworthy events from different periods of the university and a brief retrospect of the first years of teacher educa- tion. The exhibition is divided into four different periods: the first period provides an overview of the Tallinn Pedagogical Seminar and Tallinn Teachers´ Institute in 1919-1951; the second period 1952- 1992 reflects the history of the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute; the third period, the history of Tallinn Pedagogical University; the founding and activity of Tallinn University is included in the fourth period of the exhibition.
A wall clock was manufactured as a memento for the reopening of the museum. The oldest museum exhibit, a grandfather clock, was used as a prototype. The first mementoes were given to Professors Mati Heidmets and Suliko Liiv, who helped in compiling the exhibi- tion, Professor Emeritus Lembit Andresen who is the creator of the museum, Professor Emeritus Mati Hint, who supported the idea of the creation of the museum, Professor Emeritus Pille Kippar, who helped with the completion of the museum collections, designer Liina Langemets and Professor Tiit Land, the Rector.
Conference Centre
In 2014, the University Conference Centre supported a total of 173 events, including 35 events organised by TU units and 138 events organised by external clients. The major international projects were the 13th EASA Biennial Conference Collaboration, Intima- cy & Revolution - innovation and continuity in an interconnected world (31.07-03.08.2014 with 1,188 delegates representing 61 coun- tries); the 20th Annual Conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (30.06-2.07.2014 with 623 delegates representing 45 countries); the 15th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (27-30.08.2014 with 480 dele- gates representing 43 countries); the 7th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (20-23.08.2014 with 170 delegates representing 34 countries).
* The museum was opened for the first time in 1994
The activity of the conference centre is highly respected out- side of the university. In the competition “Conference event of the year 2014” organised by the Estonian Convention Bureau, four out of nine nominees in this competition were events organised by the TU Conference Centre. The functional cooperation and framework of agreements with catering service providers and accommodation establishments in Tallinn facilitate the successful organisation of conferences. At the same time, organisation of conferences is limit- ed due to the absence of available rooms (especially those that hold more than 100 people) and the inability to make long-term bookings.
Studia Generalia lecture series
A total of 12 lectures took place in the “Studia Generalia” lecture series in 2014; the number of participants per lecture varied between 25 and 80 people (the total number of participants was approximately 600). TU Press, the organisers of the joint module “Asian societies, economy and politics”, the Institute of Social Work, the Institute of Political Science and Governance, the Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute of International and Social Studies contributed to the organ- isation of the lectures. Lectures in the autumn semester were focused on teacher education topics and the Institute of Educational Sciences assisted in their preparation.
» On 6 February 2014, TU Rector Emeritus Rein Raud delivered a lecture “What is culture?”
» On 6 March 2014, Mika Aaltola, TU Professor of internation- al relations and European studies delivered a lecture “Flows of Global Power and Implications to Estonia and Finland”
» On 3 April, Professor Diana DiNittio from the University of Texas delivered a lecture entitled “Ending America’s War on Drugs”
» On 17 April, lecturers Esa Ala-Ruona and Marko Punkanen
from the University of Jyväskylä delivered a lecture on using music therapy and vibroacoustics in clinical treatment and reha- bilitation
» On 23 April, Professor James Gomez from Webster University (Thailand) delivered a lecture entitled “Why there is a Cultural Dimension to Human Rights and Democracy Discourses in Southeast Asia?”
» On 13 May, a Chinese scientist, Kuang Xianwen delivered a lec- ture entitled “Media and censorship in authoritarian China”
» On 18 September, Professor Katlin Tausz from Eötvös Loránd
University delivered a lecture entitled “Hungary’s way from a post-communist hybrid welfare regime to a new atypical work- fare, punitive prisonfare regime”
» On 23 September, Professor Vladimer Papava, Rector of Tbilisi University, delivered a lecture on the Georgian economy entitled
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