Conference: “The Story of the Baltic University (1946-1949). Adventure and Struggle” & Exhibition Opening

Saturday, February 13th at 1 pm at Tartu College, The Estonian Studies Centre/VEMU in collaboration with the Chair of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto will be holding a one day conference on the topic of The Baltic University (1946-1949).

Following the conference and the opening of the exhibition at 5 pm, the documentary The Story of the Baltic University by Helga Merits (2015) will be screened.

The working language of the conference is English.
No admission fee. A small donation would be appreciated.
Full conference program here
Info: piret.noorhani@vemu.ca, t. 416 925 9405

The Baltic University was a unique institution: it was created in the midst of chaos and started under the most difficult conditions in DP camps of devastated Germany. At the beginning there was no scientific equipment and no means to acquire anything, no salariesfor teachers. Despite these facts academic people of the three Baltic states organized within a few months a university in Hamburg with eight facilities with 17 departments. The work a the university was an adventure and struggle at the same time, but nonetheless the university was able to exist three and a half years and gave many Baltic students the possiblity to start an academic career.