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Academic seminar Folk Tales: Past and present at Tallinn University
The academic seminar dedicated to the 70th birthday of Pille Kippar, professor emeritus of the Tallinn University will be held at 12-16 on November 2, 2005 in lecture room K-238 at the Faculty of Philology, Tallinn University.
The seminar programme
12:00
Ülo Valk, Social functions of legends in the nineteenth century Estonia
Mare Kõiva, The white ship: symbol and narrative
Eda Kalmre, The Voitka Brothers in media discourse
Coffee break
14:00
Risto Järv, People in animal folk tales and animals in folk tales about people
Aivar Jürgenson, Sex and mushrooms
Marju Torp-Kõivupuu, Folk tale type “Eggs to worms” in the context of medicinal lore
Pille Kippar, On research into Estonian folk tale in the 20th century
16:15
Congratulating Pille Kippar in the green hall of the café of the Faculty of Philology.
