Learned Estonian Society
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The Learned Estonian Society (Estonian: Eesti Õpetatud Selts ) is the oldest scientific society in Estonia. Your task is to explore the language, culture and literature of the Estonians, primarily the areas of philology, literature, folklore, ethnography, archeology, history, art history and numismatics.
History
The learned society was in Tartu (Estonian: Tartu) on 18 January 1838 by the University Professors Friedrich Georg von Bunge (Jura ), Alexander Friedrich von Hueck (anatomy ) and Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse ( history), the physician and writer Friedrich Robert Faehlmann and the lecturer of Estonian language, Dietrich Heinrich Jurgenson, was founded. Office of the company was the Imperial University of Dorpat, today's University of Tartu.
Of outstanding importance in the early years was the publication of the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg with German translation by the Company in the years 1857 to 1861.
From about 1860 the area of activity has shifted away towards the national education for the scientific study of the Estonian culture and language. In the second half of the 19th century, the company counted more than 300 members. Meanwhile joined alongside German Balts more and more Estonians. Social and academic conflicts meant that the scholars Estonian Society disbanded at the beginning of the First World War. The reestablishment took place in 1919 under the Estonian National University of Tartu.
During the Soviet rule in Estonia, the company was first of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic assumed in the late 1940s, to be resolved in June 1950 completely.
On 10 October 1988, the re- establishment took place. Today, scholars Estonian society has about 100 members and honorary members. From 1996 to 2008, Tiit Rosenberg, professor of Estonian history, director of the company; since 23 January 2008, it is the archaeologist Heiki Valk.