Venue
Museum Department of the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Väkese Illimari 12, 11623 Tallinn, Estonia
Details of the venue and a map

Organizers

  • Jason Finch (jfinch@abo.fi), Åbo Akademi University
  • Elle-Mari Talivee (ellemari@utkk.ee), Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

 

Schedule

11.00-12.00: welcome; presentations
Ivo Heinloo, Tallinn University, ‘Heterotopia in Estonian Literature’
Brief presentation of research interests: Tauri Tuvikene, Tallinn University; also Lieven Ameel, Jason Finch, Elle-Mari Talivee and possible others

12.00-13.00: discussion of theory/critical text(s) (please contact the organizers if you do not have the PDFs of these texts!)
Jan Kaus, ‘In Front of the Estonia’
Tiina A. Kirss, ‘The Tartu/Tallinn Dialectic in Estonian Letters and Culture’
Tomas Venclova, ‘The “Text of Vilnius” and the “Text of Tallinn”: A Comparison’

13.00-14.00: lunch (provided for participants by the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences)

14.00-15.00: further presentations and group discussion
Topi Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, ‘Helsinki and Tampere in Prose Poems with a Paratextual Dimension: Galleria by Kari Aronpuro and Händelser by Henrika Ringbom’
Ene-Reet Soovik, University of Tartu, ‘Meelis Friedenthal and The Willow King’

15.00-16.00: ALUS meeting

 

Travel from Helsinki
Viking Line: Helsinki-Tallinn 08:00/09:45, Tallinn-Helsinki 18:00/20:30 (also 15:30/17: 15 with Viking FSTR) / Tallink Silja: Helsinki-Tallinn 07:30/09:30, Tallinn-Helsinki 19:30/21:30 (also 16:30/18:30)
Journey from Port of Tallinn to Väikese Illimari 12 by public transport: 40-50 minutes’ journey, approximately (by taxi, 25 minutes, approximately)

The Association for Literary Urban Studies
Please contact Lieven Ameel (lieven.ameel@staff.uta.fi) to join ALUS and receive regular newsletters.

The symposium is supported by the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of Estonian Academy of Sciences Astra Project.


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