Jüri Talvet#
| Membership Number: | 4248 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://talvet.edicypages.com |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 Chairing Professor of Comparative / World Literature at Tartu University (re-elected)
- 1997 Chairing Professor of Comparative / World Literature at Tartu University (re-elected)
- 1992 Chairing Professor of Comparative / World Literature at Tartu University
- 1974-1991 Lecturer and associate professor of comparative Western literature at Tartu University
- 1992/93- Founder and Coordinator of Spanish studies at Tartu University
Fields of Scholarship
- Intercultural studies
- Romanticism
- Baroque poetics
- 20th-century novel and poetry
- Spanish and Latin-American literature
- Comparative poetics of Western literature
- Estonian poetry
Honours and Awards
- 2015 the Order of the County of Alatskivi
- 2011 the diploma of World Culture Council (WCC)
- 2008 the Medal of the City of Tartu
- 2004/2005 the US Fulbright Research Scholarship ( New York Columbia University, 6 months)
- 2002 Dr. Werner Petersen Guest Professor’s Scholarship by Kiel University
- 2001 the Order of White Star of 4th Class of the Republic of Estonia
- 1997/98 the US Fulbright Research Scholarship (Stanford University, 4 months)
- 1997 the Juhan Liiv Prize of Poetry
- 1992 the Order of Isabel the Catholic for Hispanic activities by the Spanish Government
- 1986 the Juhan Smuul Annual Prize of Literature in the essay genre (for Teekond Hispaaniasse)
