Opening of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in Narva
On March 1, Narva officially became the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2025!
On the opening day, a ceremonial procession took place from the House of Ingria to the Narva Town Hall, where the ceremony of transferring the title and symbol of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture to the city took place.
The next day, a service in the languages of different Finno-Ugric peoples was held in the Alexander Cathedral of Narva.
See more about the opening of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in Narva in our gallery.
The 13th Mikael Agricola Conference
11–12 April 2025
Following the Finnish Language Day, celebrated on 9 April in the memory of the first Finnish Lutheran bishop and Bible translator Mikael Agricola, the 13th international conference dedicated to this outstanding figure and the Finno-Ugric languages and cultures will be held in Narva.
The 13th Mikael Agricola Conference is organised by the Institute of the Estonian Language.
The events will be held in different languages: in addition to Estonian and Russian, English and Finnish will also be heard. Participation is free
PROGRAMME
Friday, 11.04.2025
10:30 A talk by writer Indrek Koff on the topic “Translation and translators”. The event is organized in cooperation with the Literary Club (Narva College, University of Tartu, Town Hall Square 2, room 100)
12:00 The conference will be opened by Urve Aja, Head of the Teacher Training Department (Narva College, University of Tartu, Town Hall Square 2, room 100)
12:10-14:15 Keynote speakers. Chair: Szilard Tibor Tóth.
Sándor Severényi (University of Szeged, Szeged): Reports from the battlefields of the "Ugric-Turkic War" (Zoom).
12:35 Mart Rannut (Narva College, University of Tartu, Narva / Estonian Bible Society, Tallinn): On the normalization and formalization of language rules.
13:00 Heinike Heinsoo (University of Tartu/Ivan Franko University of Lviv): Pragmatics of Labels
13:25 Ekaterina Suntsova (University of Szeged, Szeged): Teaching Udmurt language as a Foreign Language: Possibilities for Native Russian Speakers (Zoom)
13:50 Elvira Küün (Narva College, University of Tartu, Narva), Andrei Uliev (Tallinn Mustjõe Gymnasium): What Stress Reduction Methods Do Primary School Teachers Use?
14:15 Lunch Break.
15:00-18:00 Past and Future of Finnish Languages and Cultures. Moderators: Piret Norvik, Szilárd Tibor Tóth.
15:00 Enn Ernits (Tõrvandi): A Look at the Toponymy of Kraasna.
15:20 Piret Norvik (Language and Literature, Tallinn): Forgotten Words from Ida-Virumaa
15:40 Eva Saar (University of Tartu, Tartu): Common Features of the Ingrian and South Estonian Languages at Different Language Levels
16:00 Dmitry Filkin (Narva College, University of Tartu, Narva): On the Language Customs and Proficiency in Estonian of the Ingrian Finns of Narva.
16:20 Ekaterina Kuznetsova (NGO "Narva Ingeri Maija", Narva): On Some Aspects of the Revival of the Votian Culture
16:40 Dmitry Shchegolevs (University of Latvia, Riga): Formation and Assimilation of the Kreving Sub-Ethnic Group in Latvia (15th-19th Centuries).
17:00 Jaak Prozes (NGO Fenno-Ugria, Tallinn): Peculiarities of the Karelian national movement in the 20th century
17:20 Madis Arukask (University of Tartu, Tartu): On some binary oppositions in Votian mythology
17:40 Jaan Berenson (Estonian Bible Society, Tallinn): The Estonian Lord's Prayer in history
18:00 Opening ceremony of the book exhibition dedicated to the anniversary year of Jokai, introducing Finno-Ugric literary connections, and the exhibition of the Estonian Bible Society "The Lord's Prayer through history",
Ethno concert. Performers: Tõnu Worms, Votja Maaväči ensemble, Elena Sabinina (floor of Narva College, University of Tartu)
20:00 Performance by the Narva Ingrian Finns ensemble “Iloiset ystävät” (Hotel Inger, Pushkini 28)
Szilárd Tibor Tóth (Narva College, University of Tartu, Narva): “Past and Present” – an unknown short film about the Ingrian Finns of Narva in 2017.
Literary evening dedicated to the anniversary of the writer Mór Jókai. Performance by Merle Jäger. The evening will be hosted by writer Kerttu Rakke
Saturday, 12.04.2025
10:30-12:30 Mór Jókai section 200. Host Piret Norvik (University of Tartu, Narva College, room 005)
10:30 Anna Márton-Simon (University of Szeged, Szeged): Mór Jókai: the "godfather" of Hungarian literary modernism (Zoom)
10:55 Greta Csikos (University of Szeged, Szeged): "National classic" or "Great man"? Jókai Memory in the Context of the 1925 Centenary Celebrations (Zoom)
11:20 Szilárd Tibor Tóth (Narva College, University of Tartu, Narva): A Look at the Images of Mór Jókai: Eduard Vilde and Edvin Heidel
11:45 Closing of the Conference
13:00 Laying Flowers at the Memorial Plaque of Eduard Vilde (Malmi 6)
There are still many interesting events ahead!
See our program for the full list of the Finno-Ugric Cultural Capital events!
