Ülikooli 16
51003 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
+372 737 5223

Institute of Cultural Research

Ülikooli 16
51003 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
+372 737 5223
Hedi-Liis Toome
Hedi-Liis Toome
PhD (Theatric Science)
Head of Institute

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Jaak Tomberg
Jaak Tomberg
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Deputy Head for Academic Affairs

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Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
PhD
Deputy Head for Doctoral Studies
+372 5380 3961

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Piret Paal
Piret Paal
PhD
Deputy Head for Research

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Viivi Luik
Viivi Luik
Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts
Sille Vadi
Sille Vadi
Coordinator
+372 737 5223
Ülikooli 16-102

Also an equal treatment support officer at the Institute

Ene Paldre
Ene Paldre
Academic Affairs Specialist 0.3 p
+372 737 5669
Ülikooli 16-105
Helen Kästik
Helen Kästik
MA (Folklore)
Managing Editor
Ülikooli 16-007

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Marko Tiido
Librarian
+372 737 5214
Ülikooli 16-008
Helen Hanni
Specialist for Administration Management 0.9 p
+372 737 5654
Ülikooli 16-206
Triinu Rosenberg
Triinu Rosenberg
Communication Specialist
+372 737 5224
Ülikooli 16-007
Agnes Neier
MA (Estonian Literature)
Project Manager 0.5 p
William Ruddock Primett
Generative AI Specialist 0.5 p
Aivi Reimand
Aivi Reimand
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5219
Astrid Traagel
Astrid Traagel
MA (Primary School Teacher)
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5654
Rika Tapper
MA (Scandinavian Languages and Literatures)
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5304
Mattia Bellini
Mattia Bellini
Knowledge Transfer Project Manager 0.25 p
Ülikooli 16-017

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Ahmed Pasha Faisal
Knowledge Transfer Advisor 0.25 p
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
PhD
Head of Chair, Associate Professor of Estonian and Comparative Folklore
+372 5380 3961
Ülikooli 16-213

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Aet Annist
Aet Annist
PhD
Associate Professor of Ethnology 0.5 p
Janika Oras
PhD (Musical Science)
Research Fellow in Heritage Studies 0.3 p
Malin Sofia Joons Gylling
PhD (Musicology)
Research Fellow in Heritage Studies 0.2 p
Siarhiej Makarevich
Siarhiej Makarevich
MA (Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology 0.5 p, Research Assistant 0.4 p
Kristel Kivari
PhD (Folklore)
Programme Director for Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies
Maarja Veisson
Research Assistant
Ülikooli 16-213
Kristiina Porila
Kristiina Porila
MA (European Ethnology)
UNESCO Cooperation Specialist 0.8 p
Ülikooli 16-213
Kristi Grünberg
Research Assistant (employment contract suspended) 0.5 p
Liina Lukas
Liina Lukas
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Head of Department
+372 737 6533

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Chair of Estonian Literature

Arne Merilai
Arne Merilai
cand (Philology)
Professor of Estonian Literature
+372 737 5219
Ülikooli 16-110

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Mart Velsker
Mart Velsker
PhD (Estonian Literature)
Associate Professor of Estonian Literature
+372 737 5219
Ülikooli 16-110

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Leena Käosaar
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Associate Professor of Cultural Theory
Ülikooli 16-111

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Jaak Tomberg
Jaak Tomberg
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Associate Professor of Estonian Literature, Programme Director "Literature and Cultural Research", Programme Director "Literature and Theatre Research"
Ülikooli 16-112

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Janek Kraavi
Janek Kraavi
PhD (Estonian Literature)
Lecturer
Ülikooli 16-111

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Aivi Reimand
Aivi Reimand
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5219
Rahel Ariel Kaur
MA (Estonian Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Estonian Literature
Piret Põldver
Piret Põldver
MA (Estonian Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Estonian Literature
Pilleriin Puhlov
MA (Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Estonian Literature

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Sven-Hannes Vabar
MA (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Personal Assistant
Ülikooli 16-112

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Chair of Comparative Literature

Liina Lukas
Liina Lukas
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Head of Chair, Professor of Comparative Literature
+372 737 6533
Ülikooli 16-104

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Rebekka Lotman
Rebekka Lotman
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Ülikooli 16-113

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Katre Talviste
Katre Talviste
PhD
Lecturer in Didactics of Literature

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Tiina-Erika Friedenthal
Tiina-Erika Friedenthal
PhD (Theology)
Research Fellow in Baltic German Literature
Ülikooli 16-113

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Kairit Kaur
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Research Fellow in Comparative Literature 0.5 p
Saara Lotta Linno
Saara Lotta Linno
MA (Comparative Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature 0.5 p

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Tanar Kirs
MA (Estonian Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature
Ülikooli 16-113
Eliisa Puudersell-Tolk
MA (Comparative Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature
Tetyana Kasima
MA (Comparative Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature 0.5 p

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Elica Mateo
Elica Mateo Krikk
Academic Affairs Specialist 0.4 p
+372 737 5319

Chair of Theatre Research

Anneli Saro
Anneli Saro
PhD (Estonian Literature)
Professor of Theatre Research
Ülikooli 16-104

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Hedi-Liis Toome
Hedi-Liis Toome
PhD (Theatric Science)
Associate Professor of Theatre Research
Ülikooli 16-109

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Riina Oruaas
Riina Oruaas
MA (Theatric Science)
Junior Lecturer in Theatre Research
Ülikooli 16-114

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Kristel Nõlvak
Kristel Nõlvak
MA (Theatric Science)
Junior Research Fellow in Theatre Research

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Kerttu Piliste
MA (Theatre Research)
Junior Research Fellow in Theatre Research
Helen Kannus
MA (Theatre Research)
Junior Research Fellow in Theatre Research

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Aivi Reimand
Aivi Reimand
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5219
Ülikooli 16-105

Literary Theory and Intermedial Studies

Marina Grišakova
Marina Grišakova
PhD (Comparative Literature)
Head of Chair, Professor of Literary Theory
+372 737 6533
Ülikooli 16-107

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Francesca Arnavas
Francesca Arnavas
PhD
Research Fellow in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory
Ülikooli 16-017

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Siim Sorokin
PhD (Folklore)
Research Fellow in Cultural Studies and Digital Narratology

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Paula Taberland
MA (Comparative Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature

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Marianne Lind
MA (Literary Science)
Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Literature

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Mattia Bellini
Mattia Bellini
Research Assistant 0.5 p

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Elica Mateo
Elica Mateo Krikk
Academic Affairs Specialist 0.4 p
+372 737 5319
Ülo Valk
Ülo Valk
PhD (Philology)
Head of Department, Professor of Estonian and Comparative Folklore
+372 737 5310
Ülikooli 16-212
Risto Järv
Risto Järv
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Associate Professor of Estonian and Comparative Folklore 0.2 p
Ülikooli 16-217
Madis Arukask
Madis Arukask
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Associate Professor of Estonian and Comparative Folklore
Ülikooli 16-210
Tiiu Jaago
Tiiu Jaago
cand (Philology)
Associate Professor of Estonian and Comparative Folklore 0.5 p
Ülikooli 16-208
Jonathan Roper
Jonathan Roper
PhD (English Cultural Tradition)
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Folklore
+372 737 5304
Ülikooli 16-016
Anastasiya Astapova
Anastasiya Astapova
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Associate Professor of Folkloristics
Ülikooli 16-211
Ergo-Hart Västrik
Ergo-Hart Västrik
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Lecturer in Estonian and Comparative Folkloristics 0.2 p
Ülikooli 16-217
Kristel Kivari
PhD (Folklore)
Research Fellow in Estonian and Comparative Folklore
Ülikooli 16-217
Alevtina Solovyeva
PhD (Folklore)
Research Fellow in Asian Studies and Folkloristics
Maili Pilt
PhD (Folkloristics)
Research Fellow in Folkloristics
+372 737 5304
Ülikooli 16-208
Margaret Lyngdoh
Margaret Lyngdoh
PhD (Folkloristics)
Research Fellow in Indigenous Folklore Studies
Ülikooli 16-208
Pihla Maria Siim
Pihla Maria Siim
PhD (Folklore Studies)
Research Fellow in Folkloristics 0.5 p
Ülikooli 16-217
Eliyahu Ilia Magin
MA (Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics 0.5 p
Wei Chen
MA (Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Ismet Suleimanov
MA (Contemporary Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Haozhen Li
MA (Folkloristics)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Tanel Torn
MA (Folkloristics)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Lodewyk Marthinus Barkhuizen
MA (Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Linda Teresa Klausner
MA (English Literature)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics
Rika Tapper
MA (Scandinavian Languages and Literatures)
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5304
Ülikooli 16-209
Kathi Koch
MA (Cultural Management)
Junior Research Fellow in Folkloristics (employment contract suspended)
Art Leete (foto: A. Tennus)
Art Leete
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Head of Department, Professor of Ethnology, Programme Director for Literature and Cultural Research
+372 737 6257
Ülikooli 16-214

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Ene Kõresaar
Ene Kõresaar
PhD (Ethnology)
Professor of Oral History and Memory Studies
Ülikooli 16-219
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Ene Kõresaar

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Piret Paal
Piret Paal
PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology
Ülikooli 16-207

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Ester Bardone
Ester Bardone
PhD (Ethnology)
Lecturer in Ethnology, Programme Director
Ülikooli 16-207

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Joni Matias Haikonen
PhD (Brain and Mind)
Research Fellow in Medical Anthropology
Ülikooli 16-207
Kirsti Jõesalu
Kirsti Jõesalu
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-219
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Kirsti Jõesalu

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Terje Toomistu
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Creative Ethnography and Global Mobility 0.7 p
Ülikooli 16-219

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Jana Reidla
Jana Reidla
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology, Programme Director
Ülikooli 16-219

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Keiu Telve
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-219
Rebeka Põldsam
Rebeka Põldsam
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-219
Piret Upser
PhD (Estonian Language)
Research Fellow in Linguistic Anthropology 0.8 p

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Anatole Tristan Danto
mag (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology

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Polina Holitsyna
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology

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Ilona Piirimägi
MA (Ethnology)
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology 0.5 p
Paulina Vitušcanka
MA (Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology 0.5 p

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Allan Kährik
MA (Theology)
Junior Research Fellow in Medical Anthropology
Mait Pinsel
MA (Teacher of Craft and Technology Education)
Junior Research Fellow in Didactics
Jandra Sule
MSc (Nursing Science)
Junior Research Fellow in Medical Anthropology
Rein Murakas
MA (Sociology)
Analyst 0.1 p

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Pavel Kutergin
PhD (Ethnology)
Specialist for Finno-Ugric Folklore 0.1 p
Astrid Traagel
Astrid Traagel
MA (Primary School Teacher)
Academic Affairs Specialist
+372 737 5654
Ülikooli 16-206
Tatiana Anisimova
Research Assistant 0.5 p

Laboratory of Arctic Studies

Art Leete (foto: A. Tennus)
Art Leete
PhD (Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
Head of Laboratory
+372 737 6257

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Laur Vallikivi
Laur Vallikivi
PhD (Social Anthropology)
Associate Professor of Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-016
Aimar Ventsel
PhD
Associate Professor of Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-016
Eva Toulouze
PhD (Finno-Ugric Philology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology 0.5 p
Ülikooli 16-016
Liivo Niglas
PhD (Ethnology)
Research Fellow in Ethnology
Ülikooli 16-016
Mariia Viatchina
Visiting Research Fellow
Stephan Johannes Dudeck
Dr. phil.
Research Fellow in Arctic Studies
Anastasiia Karaseva
MA (Anthropology)
Junior Research Fellow in Ethnology
Alevtina Solovyeva
PhD (Folklore)
Head of Centre
Peeter Espak
PhD (Theology)
Associate Professor of Sumerian Mythology and Literature 0.1 p
Vladimir Sazonov
PhD (History)
Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies 0.3 p
Yerkebulan Sairambay
PhD
Visiting Research Fellow
Betti Marie Peterson
Specialist in Folklore and Asian Studies 0.4 p
Teet Toome
Teet Toome
MA (Comparative Literature)
Librarian 0.2 p
Ülikooli 18-226
Rodion Krupin
Research Assistant 0.4 p