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Conference “At the source of living tradition” at the Estonian Literary Museum (via TEAMS)
On 4–6 October 2023 an international online conference dedicated to the 70th jubilee of Udmurt folklorist Tatiana Vladykina, under the heading “Калык кылослэн визыл ошмесъёсыз” – “At the source of living tradition”, takes place at the Estonian Literary Museum.
Tatiana Vladykina is a famous Udmurt folklorist, Doctor of Philology, Professor, honoured scholar of the Udmurt Republic, foreign honorary member of the Finno-Ugric Society (Finland), laureate of the “Soul of Udmurtia” award of the Udmurt Republic in the field of traditional culture (2023), leading researcher of the Department of Philological Research of the Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature of the UFRC UD RAS. She graduated from the Udmurt State University in 1975, and in 1975–1978 she was a doctoral student at the University of Tartu.
She has been collecting, investigating and publishing Udmurt folklore since 1972; since 1978 she has been organising fieldwork to collect folklore and ethnographic materials. She is author and editor of the series Udmurt Folklore, Cultural Monuments of Folklore Heritage, Udmurt Ritual Primer. Her contribution to the studies of Udmurt folklore, mythology and traditional culture is priceless.
Tatiana Vladykina’s studies are important also for Finno-Ugric folkloristics.
The conference discusses topics related to fieldwork, traditional culture today, and mythology studies.
See also the conference homepage
The conference is organised through the platform Microsoft Teams and is available on KirmusTV.
The program of the conference is available here
The event is organised by the Department of Folkloristics of the ELM, in partnership with the Udmurt Research Institute and the Udmurt State University.
Contacts: Mare Kõiva, mare.koiva@folklore.ee
Nikolai Anisimov, nikolai.anisimov@folklore.ee
