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2026 Conferences
Past Conferences
- 14 Jan Horizon project Colour4CRAFTS seminar “Textile Dyes for Tomorrow: How Does the Past Inform the Future?”
- 24 Jan ERM research seminar: Inna Jürjo, “Night and the Dark Hours in an Estonian Town in the 13th–17th Centuries”
- 14 Feb Seminar “Night as an Object of Study”, presentation of ERM Yearbook no. 65
- 3–7 Mar DHNB 2025, Nordic and Baltic digital humanities conference “Digital Dreams and Practices”
- 16 Apr Seminar “New Perspectives on the History of Estonian Ethnology”
- 29 Apr Young cultural researchers’ conference “Young Voices”
- 7 May Theme day Reet Piiri 70
- 21 Nov Symposium “Human and Night”
- 30 Sep–2 Oct International conference “Momentum: Exhibitions and Memory”
- 30 Oct–2 Nov Conference “Sustainability in Practice: DIY Repair, Reuse and Innovation”
- 15 Mar ERM annual conference “Who Owns the Night?”
- 23–24 Apr Young cultural researchers’ conference “Young Voices” (call for papers). Abstracts.
- 14 May Surrealism 100 international conference, programme and registration
- 11 Sep Seminar of the joint project of Tartu 2024 (ERM) and Bodø 2024 (Norwegian Aviation Museum): “Stories from the Hot Spots of the Cold War”
- 26 Oct Seminar “Baltic German Body and Soul”
- 20 Oct Symposium “From Farmhouse Room to Parquet Floor: A Discussion on the History and Design of the Chair”
- 19 Sep Seminar “Decolonial Museology in Central and Eastern Europe”
- 11–12 May Conference “Young Voices”
- 30–31 Mar ERM annual conference “The Right Body, the Wrong Body”
- 19 Sep Seminar “How to Assess the Impact of Culture?”
- 14 Sep Not by Bread, Cabbage and Baltic Herring Alone. Jõgevamaa Flavours Day
- 18–19 Jun Conference “Encounters with the Nocturnal City”
- 4–7 May Conference EMYA 2022
- 3 May ERM 60th annual conference Relevance
- 19–20 Apr Conference “Young Voices”
- 6 Apr Conference “Gustav Ränk 120. From Tartu to the Wider World”
- 19 Nov Conference “Finno-Ugric Dialogues: Collections and Collecting” (in cooperation with the Viljandi Culture Academy of the University of Tartu)
- 12 Nov From Correspondents to Co-Creation. 90 Years of the ERM Correspondents’ Network: The Present and Future of Participatory Collections
- 2 Jun God’s Wrath and Judas Shit. Theme day on infectious diseases
- 21–22 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 12 May ERM annual conference “RELEVANCE” (postponed)
- 29 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices” (postponed)
- 5–7 May ERM annual conference “RELEVANCE” (postponed)
- 25 Sep Humanities student conference HUNTS (postponed)
- 8 Oct Memorial conference dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of ethnologist Aino Voolmaa
- 4 Dec Conference marking the 120th anniversary of Aliise Moora
- 10–11 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 24–26 Apr ERM 59th annual conference “Museums as Agents of Memory and Change”
- 10–11 Sep Bridging Ages 15th annual conference “Freedom as a Theme in Time Travel. Can We See the Future?”
- 13–14 Sep History conference Scripta Manent. See a selection of conference presentations on ERM’s YouTube channel.
- 7–10 Nov 2019 Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO) annual conference “Museums 2030 – Sharing Recipes for a Better Future”. See the conference publication on the NEMO website.
- 11 Apr ERM 58th annual conference “Exhibitions versus Research? Dilemmas, Searches and Solutions”
- 27–28 Apr Seminar “Cheese and Food Heritage in Latvia and Estonia”
- 24 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 9–12 Oct International conference “Re-imagining the Museum in the Global Contemporary” (ICOM ICME)
- 21 Nov Ants Viires 100
- 26 Jan Conference MusKul{A}tuur: Let’s Talk About the Museum
- 27–29 Apr ERM 57th annual conference and the international conference of the Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies Across Borders VII: Cultures in Dialogue
- 24–27 May Baltic conservators’ triennial “Changing Contexts: From Environment to Ideas”
- 20–26 Aug Baltic Museology School “Information Management in Museums”
- 5 Oct Estonian clothing culture conference “Clothing and Their Stories”
- 20 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 15 Oct International Kindred Peoples’ Day conference “Finno-Ugric Museums – Where Next?”
- 7 Dec Food culture conference “The Best Bits”
- 16 Dec Seminar “Smoke Sauna: From Tamara Habicht’s Research to World Heritage”
- 9 Feb Conference MusKul{A}tuur: Arena
- 13 Apr ERM 56th annual conference “Expeditions to the East: Research Trips by Estonian SSR Humanists to Kindred Peoples”
- 29–30 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 27 Jan Conference MusKul{A}tuur: Openness
- 14 Apr ERM 55th annual conference “Exhibition and Disciplines: The Permanent Exhibition ‘Dialogues with Estonia’ in the New Building of the Estonian National Museum”
- 23–24 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 25 Jan Conference MusKul{A}tuur: Brain Volume
- 12 Apr ERM 54th annual conference “Changing Cultural Heritage”
- 24–25 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 27 Jan Conference MusKul{A}tuur: The Life of Things
- 16–17 Apr ERM 53rd international annual conference “Curating and Designing the Permanent Exhibition”
- 25–26 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 21 Jan Conference “Road to the Estonian Museum V: Choices of Museums”
- 11–12 Apr ERM 52nd international annual conference “Collecting and Presenting Food Culture: Individual and Institutional Perspectives”
- 27–28 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 6 Oct Estonian-language teaching seminar for preschool teachers in Narva
- 17–18 Nov Estonian-language seminar “A-B, Get It into Your Head! If It Doesn’t Stick, I’ll Push It In!”
- 29 Jan Conference “Road to the Estonian Museum IV”
- 14–16 Apr ERM 51st international annual conference “Cultural Change in the Digital Age”
- 21–22 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 14–15 Oct Estonian-language seminar “Estonian Language in Early Childhood Education”
- 16 Jan Conference “Road to the Estonian Museum III”
- 27 Feb International conference “Industry and Modernism Revisited”
- 13 Apr ERM 50th international annual conference “National Museums as Spaces of Cultural Diversity and Dialogue”
- 22–23 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 11–12 Jun Conference “From Tatishchev to Narkomnats: The Rise of Ethnicity in the Russian Empire (18th Century – First Half of the 20th Century)”
- 14 Apr ERM 49th annual conference “Towards an Information Society with Cultural Heritage”
- 23–24 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 17 Jan Conference dedicated to ERM’s 100th anniversary and the memory of Jakob Hurt: “Road to the Estonian Museum”
- 13 Apr ERM 48th annual conference “Visual Documentation of Culture and Memory Institutions”
- 26–27 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 20 Dec Conference “Road to the Estonian Museum II: Cultural and Museum Policy in the Republic of Estonia 1918–1940”
- 12 Apr ERM 47th annual conference “Researcher and Informant”
- 26 Apr Young ethnologists’ and folklorists’ conference “Young Voices”
- 27 Oct Conference “Estonians and Finno-Ugric Peoples in a Changing World: Cultural Contacts”
- 14–15 Apr ERM 46th annual conference “Culture and Power”
- 29 Mar Young ethnologists’ conference “Voices of Ethnology 7”
- 26 Mar Young ethnologists’ conference “Voices of Ethnology 6”
- 14–15 Apr ERM 45th annual conference “Museums and Reality”
- 28 Mar Young ethnologists’ conference “Voices of Ethnology 5”
- 14–15 Apr ERM 44th international annual conference “Understandings of Worldview”
- 22–23 May Estonian–Hungarian joint symposium “Current Research on Folk Culture”
- 13–15 Jun International conference “Working Life and Lifeworld in Socialism and Postsocialism”