Estonia

Country article in printed Atlas

Must, A. (2010). Estonia. In L. Raphael & I. Porciani (Eds.), Atlas of European Historiography. The Making of a Profession 1800-2005 (pp. 80–81). Palgrave.

Chronology
1802 University of Tartu
1838 Gelehrte Estnische Gesellschaft, Õpetatud Eesti Selts (Learned Estonian Society) in Tartu
1842 Estländische Literarische Gesellschaft, Eesti Kirjanduse Selts (Society of Estonian Literati) in Tallinn
1835 Monumenta Livoniae Antiquae
1853 Liv-, Est- und kurländisches Urkundenbuch
1909 Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian Folk Museum) in Tartu
1912 Congress of Baltic historians in Tallinn
1919 National Estonian University in Tartu (Tartu Ülikool)
1920 Akadeemiline Ajalooselts (Academic Historical Society)
1921 Riigi Keskarhiiv (National Archives) in Tartu
1922 Ajalooline Ajakiri (Historical Journal) (till 1941)
1936 Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia (Estonian Academy of Sciences)
1944 Marta Schmiedehelm first Estonian woman to obtain a PhD in history
1946 National Archives and Institute of History transferred to Tallinn
1989 Historical Journal refounded (first as Kleio, since 1998 Ajalooline Ajakiri again)
1990 Chair in Estonian History (Eesti Ajaloo Õppetool) reinstated

 

Bibliography

(References are included up to 2009)

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