CIFU XIV in Tartu will take place on August 18–23, 2025

Since 1960 the International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies (Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum, CIFU) has been organized every five years. The last congress was originally scheduled for 2020, but took place two years later, in August 2022 in Vienna, due to the COVID pandemic. At the meeting of the International Committee it was decided that the next congress will take place in Tartu and will return to the original schedule. Thus, CIFU XIV in Tartu will take place on August 18–23, 2025. Tartu also hosted the congress 25 years ago in 2000.

The 1st Congress of the Free Nations League in Estonia

Uralic Centre is honoured to co-host the 1st Congress of the Free Nations League in Estonia! Let’s explore the reasons behind this historic initiative, writes writes Uralic Center on Facebook.

Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2025 Competition Continues

URALIC Centre, in cooperation with Sukukansojen Ystävät ry (Finland) and Finnish-Hungarian Society announced the start of the competition for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2025. Thematic focus of the year will be the renewal of Finno-Ugric cooperation and civic movement. Winner of the competition will be announced on June 29, 2024, in Kuhmo (Finland), writes URALIC.org.

Erzya Congress Calls for Pursuing Independence from Russia

Declaring that the Erzya nation cannot survive if it remains within the Russian Federation, a congress of the Erzya people meeting in the Estonian city of Otepaa calls for the pursuit of independence of a federative nation state, Erzyan Mastor, in the Middle Volga, one far larger than the Mordvinian Republic of which the Erzya are now a part.

Russian delegations, Putin could still attend the Finno-Ugric World Congres

Tõnu Seilenthal, a member of the Consultative Committee of Finno-Ugric Peoples, the coordinating body of the World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples, due to take place this summer in Tartu, Estonia, says in an interview with Estonian World that even if the Russian Federation creates an “iron curtain”, the results of the cooperation so far will still support the vitality and continuity of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia; Seilenthal does not yet rule out that representatives of the Russia’s Finno-Ugric community – and even president Vladimir Putin – will still attend the congress.

A visit to Estonia’s Mulgimaa region,

home to the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture 2021

The Estonian town of Abja-Paluoja, the capital of the historic Mulgimaa region, has become the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture for 2021. As I have family from the area, I decided to drive down and see what was happening.

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will be postponed

ANNOUNCEMENT

NGO Fenno-Ugria announces that due to the emergency situation caused by the COVID-19 virus, the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will be postponed.

FUFF-2020 Call for Films Now Open!

If you made a short film in a Finno-Ugric language or about a Finno-Ugric topic, the VII Finno-Ugric Film Festival will be happy to consider it for the competition or experimental programme!

XIV Finno-Ugric Writers’ Congress

The 14th Finno-Ugric Writers’ Congress will take place on 24-25 August 2017 in Tartu, at the Estonian National Museum.

The main topic of the congress is history and the way it is treated in Finno-Ugric literatures. In addition, current topics in these literatures will be discussed. The congress will include plenary sessions and working groups, to focus both on the main subject of the congress, and also on other questions considered important by the participants. The congress will end with a plenary session.

Finno-Ugric Day Concludes with Large Concert

On October 15, a gala concert in the conference hall of the Tartu Estonian National Museum brought the Estonia state holiday, Day of Kindred (Finno-Ugric) Peoples, to an end.

The concert was opened by the Liv ensemble from Latvia “Kāndla” (Gusli).