TÜHI Research Seminar: Heidi Rifk: “Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Agency in Estonia, c. 1880s–1930s”

This year's TÜHI Research Seminar series is dedicated to the research of our postdoctoral fellows and our junior researchers who are close to completing their PhD.

The first seminar will take place on 25 November, 16:00–17:30, in room M-649. Heidi Rifk will present “Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Agency in Estonia, c. 1880s–1930s”. The session will be chaired by Daniele Monticelli.

Upcoming seminars: 

• 9 December 2026, 16:00–17:30, room M-649, Federico Valenti: “Beyond the written character: Sinorhyme and the Aural Mapping of Early Chinese texts”

  Chair: Karel Jõeleht

• 17 February 2027, 16:00–17:30, room M-649, Teisi Ligi and Teet Teinemaa: “Documenting Transition: Social Critique and the Reception of Estonian Documentary Film (1990–2004)”

  Chair: Iveta Aare

• 17 March 2027, 16:00–17:30, room M-649, Shubhanginee Singh: “Come and see the border: tourism as a security strategy at contested frontiers”

  Chair: Tarmo Pikner

• 14 April 2027, 16:00–17:30, room M-649, Daniela Licandro: “Girls' Day or Women's Day? Memory, Gender, and Activism in Wan Qing's The Anxiety of Desire (2017)”

  Chair: Hanna Maria Aunin

• 12 May 2027, 16:00–17:30, room M-649, Angela Princiotto: “Mediated inclusion: social media, communication and social capital among Palestinian refugees in Bologna and Ukrainian refugees in Tallinn”

  Chair: Tanya Escudero

Contact: Tanya Escudero (escudero@tlu.ee) and Daniele Monticelli (daniele.monticelli@tlu.ee)