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EKA Doctoral Student-Junior Researcher Rahul Sharma Published a Book “The Phantasmagorical, Art-Historical And (Beyond) Ethnographic World Of Amit Dutta”

Rahul Sharma’s book “The Phantasmagorical, Art-Historical And (Beyond) Ethnographic World Of Amit Dutta” on Amit Dutta offers an insightful and theoretically rich exploration of one of contemporary India’s most ...

30 January 2026

Faculty of Art and Culture Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Conference on researching Baltic German (art) history in Riga

EKA with Yale University, University of Latvia and Latvian Academy of Culture is organising a conference “From Empire to Minority: Baltic Germans from Late Nineteenth Century to the 1930s”. The event takes place on 23-24 January 2026, ...

8 December 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Fall edition of Journal of Studies in Art and Architecture (3-4/2025) is out

The autumn issue (3–4/2025) of the Studies in Art and Acrhitecture (Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi) has been published, bringing ...

8 December 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

KVI research seminar: Lily Song “Reckoning, Reimagining, Rebuilding: Case study of the Estonian National Museum”

This research-in-progress examines the Estonian National Museum (ERM) as a critical and emblematic case of reparative planning and design. Reparative, rooted in the word repair, refers to mending or fixing what is broken, restoring to a sound ...

26 November 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

MA students study trip to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

At the beginning of this academic year, from August 31 to September 8, master’s students and faculty members from the Faculty of Art and Culture, specializing in art history and visual culture studies as well as heritage protection and ...

26 September 2025

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

KVI study trip to Tartu

During the Estonian art history study trip on June 6-7, instead of touring the counties, we explored the city of Tartu. Of course, there is a lot to see in Tartu and a wealth of different historical layers. On this trip, certain topics stood ...

11 August 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Symposion of researchers of the Soviet era in Vääna-Jõesuu

On the 18th on July researchers of the Soviet era gathered in Vääna-Jõesuu to discuss current research and perspectives.Researchers who made presentations: Liisa Kaljula, Eeva-Liisa Linder, Rebekka Põldsam, Maarja Merivoo-Parro, Ingrid ...

7 August 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Foreign Art Study trip to Lithuania

The annual spring study trip in the history of foreign art for students of Art History and Visual Culture and Heritage and Conservation in late April and early May of 2025 took us to Lithuania. The overall aim of the trip was to explore the ...

15 May 2025

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

Galerists study trip to Dakar, Senegal

In the last week of March, a study trip to Senegal took place for the curatorial students of the Institute of Art and Visual Culture. The study trip was part of the gallery studies course led by Triin Metsla and aimed to ...

14 April 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

A Study by Estonian Cultural Historians on the Manor Phenomenon Has Been Published

Kristina Jõekalda, Linda Kaljundi and Ulrike Plath compiled the edited volume

26 March 2025

Faculty of Art and Culture Institute of Art History and Visual Culture