“The Legacy of Juri Lotman” will celebrate Tartu, Estonia as a 2024 European Capital of Culture, including luminaries of worldwide interest like Juri Lotman. The celebration will take us to memorable places in Tartu that are connected to the cultural heritage and legacy of this unique man and his city.
Juri Lotman (1922-1993) was an internationally renowned intellectual and scholar. Born to Ukrainian Jewish parents in Leningrad, he escaped the ongoing wave of antisemitism, culminating in the “Doctors’ Plot”, by finding refuge in Tartu, within the safety of the ancient walls of its university. Although Estonia was also occupied by the Soviet Union at the time, the environment was considerably more Western and Lotman didn’t experience hostility regarding his ethnic background.
“The Legacy of Juri Lotman” on May 14, 1.30 PM at the New York Public Library.
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