Lotman Days 2026

"The End: Finality and Renewal in Culture" 

Tallinn, Estonia, June 10–12, 2026

Registration for the 2026 Lotman Days Conference is now open!

Please register using THIS REGISTRATION FORM. 

150 € early bird (March 1 to April 15, 2026) 

200 € late bird (April 16 to May 16, 2026) 

The registration fee includes access to the full conference programme, lunches on all days, coffee breaks, a digital abstract book, and the conference reception.

Confirmed plenary speakers:

• Stef Craps, Ghent University, Belgium
• Dolly Jørgensen​​​​​​, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Eelco Runia, Independent researcher, Netherlands

Important dates:

• February 28, 2026 – Extended deadline for proposals
• March 1, 2026 – Notification of acceptance
• March 1 to April 15, 2026 – Early bird registration
• April 16 to May 16, 2026 – Late bird registration
• June 10 to June 12, 2026 – The conference

Organizing team at Tallinn University: Merit Maran, Tatjana Kuzovkina, Anna Simagina, Jekaterina Jablokova, Marek Tamm, Daniele Monticelli, Timur Guzairov.

About Lotman Days 

The Lotman Days are an annual conference series held at Tallinn University since 2009. The aim of the the Lotman Days is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for scholars who wish to examine the dynamics of our semiotic world from different perspectives and to explore together questions that were central to Juri Lotman's scholarship. The conference is organized by the Juri Lotman Semiotics Repository in collaboration with the School of Humanities.