Tallinn University's 9th Name Day celebration with a concert and award ceremony

Everyone is welcome to the Researchers’ Forum on Tuesday, 18 March at 2 p.m. to celebrate Tallinn University’s 9th Name Day. There will be a concert and winners of various contest and competitions will be congratulated formally.

Tallinn University Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir and the Folk Dance Group “Soveldaja” will perform songs and dances from a film music concert and this year’s Song and Dance Celebration’s repertoire.

The concert is directed by the choreography master’s student Jaan Ulst from the Institute of Fine Arts.

Tallinn University was founded on 18 March, 2005, with the Parliament’s decision by merging several higher education schools and research institutions.

University contest laureates

Winners of the contest for the most remarkable publication, textbook, and creative project

Best monograph: 

Irina Belobrovtseva,  Aleksandr Danilevski and David Vseviov "Vaenlase kuju, Eesti kuvand nõukogude karikatuuris 1920.-1940. aastatel" Valgus 2013.

Best article in humanities:

Aivar Põldvee "Vanemuise sünd. Lisandusi eesti pseudomütoloogia ajaloole" Tuna. Ajalookultuuri Ajakiri 2013, lk 10-31.

Best article in social sciences:

Peeter Selg “The Politics of Theory and the Constitution of Meaning”; published in the magazine Sociological Theory, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2013, pp 1-23.

Best article in natural sciences:

Jaanus Terasmaa, Liisa Puusepp, Agata Marzecova, Egert Vandel, Tiit Vaasma, Tiiu Koff 2013. Natural and human-induced environmental changes in Eastern Europe during the Holocene: a multi-proxy palaeolimnological study of a small Latvian lake in a humid temperate zone. Journal of Paleolimnology, 49, 663-678.

Best article in exact sciences:

Kaia-Liisa Habicht, C Frazier, N Singh, Ruth Shimmo, I.W Wainer, R Moaddel "The Synthesis and characterization of nuclear membrane affinity chromotography column for the study of human breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP) using nuclear membranes obtained from the NL-229 cells" Journal of Pharamaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.

Best textbook:

Rein Raud "Mis on kultuur? Sissejuhatus kultuuriteooriasse" Tallinna Ülikooli kirjastus 2013.

Jaagup Kippar "Veebiprogrammeerimise õpikute komplekt". 

Best creative project:

Ann Lumiste, Peeter Simm, Anneli Ahven ja Elen Lotman Arhitektuurifilmid. Balti Filmi- ja Meediakool.

Additional award:

Marju Kõivupuu’s monograph "Igal hädal oma arst, igal tõvel ise tohter", Varrak 2013
  

Winners of the contest for the most entrepreneurial researcher and institute/college

Most entrepreneurial researchers:

Aado Keskpaik

Valdo Liblik

Most entrepreneurial institutes:

Institute of Informatics

Baltic Film and Media School

Institute of Ecology

Most valued lecturer: 

General subjects:

The traditional University Spring Party is on 3 April.

Additional information: Janne Jakobson, janne.jakobson@tlu.ee