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Director
Director of Research
![Tõnno Jonuks. Foto: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/T%C3%B5nno_Jonuks.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=0aQjxc3c)
Director of Research (1,0)
Scandinavian sagas, ancient settlement
Financial workers
Administration Department
Helle Tuvi
Cleaner (1,0)
IT Department
Saamuel Vesik
Network Administrator (1,0)
Archival Library
![Merike Kiipus. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Merike_Kiipus_0.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=ucYI363R)
Head of Department (1,0)
General analytical retrospective bibliography of Estonian journalism
![Ave Pill. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Ave_Pill.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=DHBxZRew)
Head Librarian (1,0)
Periodicals in Estonian and foreign languages, old book
![Kristin Liba. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Kristin_Liba.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=l8fonvfI)
Senior Librarian (1,0)
Estonian and foreign language print
Bibliography Department
Kaie Oks
Senior Librarian (0,8)
Estonian and foreign language publications (baltica and memorial collections), articles
![Ülle Tamm. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2023-10/%C3%9Clle_Tamm.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=LZwMVdAg)
Ülle Tamm
Senior Bibliographer (1,0)
General analytical retrospective bibliography of Estonian journalism
Cultural History Archives
Head of Department (1,0)
Estonian literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, biography, manuscript collection
![Vilve Asmer. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Vilve_Asmer.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=TgcBhEJU)
Senior Archivist (1,0)
Manuscripts, photo and art collection
![Marju Mikkel. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Marju_Mikkel.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=5f2o8Y_-)
Digital Archivist (1,0)
Kreutzwald´s century, databases, digital archiving, digitization of manuscripts
EKLA cultural history sources and literature working group
![Marin Laak. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Marin_Laak.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=fsedQnEn)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Kalevipoeg, 20th century literature, diaspora, manuscripts; Kretzwald century; Methis
Senior Researcher (1,0)
History of Estonian literature, cultural history of the Soviet period, autobiography
![Triinu Ojamaa. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Triinu_Ojamaa.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=v8HwxHhB)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Estonian western diaspora culture, acculturation, autobiography
![Maarja Hollo. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Maarja_Hollo.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=VDRHq_99)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Exile literature, autobiographical writing, Bernard Kangro, collection of manuscripts
![Kanni Labi. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Kanni_Labi.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=GSRHmGn1)
Editor (1,0)
Methis, EKM publications
Editor (1,0)
Estonian 20th century theater history, databases (ELLEN), Kaarel Ird, publications
Estonian Folklore Archives
![Risto Järv. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Risto_J%C3%A4rv.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=H4D8A5zO)
Head of the Archives, Senior Researcher (1,0)
Fairy tale theory, modern storytelling tradition, folklore historiography
![Mari Sarv. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Mari%20Sarv.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=IZG5DqH_)
Senior Research Fellow, Leader of the Research Group (1,0)
Folklore poetics
![Janika Oras. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Janika_Oras.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=0OYVulHK)
Senior Research Fellow (1,0)
Older folk song and music, audio archives
![Anu Korb. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Anu%20Korb.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=pTLuUtYW)
Senior Research Fellow (0,5)
Oral tradition of Russian and Siberian Estonians, theory of folkloristic field work
![Taive Särg. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Taive_S%C3%A4rg.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=XrtJMs-r)
Senior Research Fellow (1,0)
Connection of music, language and group identity; history of Estonian ethnomusicology
![Ave Goršič. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Ave_Gor%C5%A1ic.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=iNXbM-mn)
Research Fellow(1,0)
History of collecting and researching folk medicine, history of folkloristics
![Andreas Kalkun](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2024-03/Andreas%20Kalkun.jpg?h=3c1096f1&itok=ZkE1Q-8K)
Senior Research Fellow (0,95)
Seto religious songs
Research Fellow (1,0)
Typology of Estonian folk songs, local song traditions, "Vana kannel"
![Mari-Ann Remmel](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2024-03/Mari-Ann%20Remmel.jpg?h=9a531dac&itok=Ya1hqE7F)
Research Fellow (0,8)
Place-lore
![Astrid Tuisk. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Astrid%20Tuisk.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=2a9UvYC-)
Research Fellow (1,0)
Modern children's lore, games, folklore of Siberian Estonians
![Helen Kõmmus. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Helen%20K%C3%B5mmus.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=nSopa57e)
Research Fellow (1,0)
Popular music, sacred folk music
![Lona Päll portree](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2023-10/Lona_P%C3%A4ll2.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=BjH-EpL8)
Junior Research Fellow (1,0)
Place-lore, nature in folklore, folklore in environmental communication.
![Kärri Toomeos-Orglaan](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/K%C3%A4rri_Toomeos-Orglaan.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=jDgR1iHP)
Junior Research Fellow (1,0)
Influence of print on oral tradition, fairy tale publications,
![Kadri Tamm. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Kadri%20Tamm.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=Gj7ugHCB)
Senior Archivist (1,0)
Manuscript collection, editing of publications
![Olga Ivaškevitš. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Olga_Ivaskevit%C5%A1.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=bcymD_QX)
Olga Ivaškevitš
Digital Archivist (1,0)
Databases
Project Manager (0,4)
Place-lore; holy and burial places
![Aado Lintrop. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Aado%20Lintrop.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=MAw_--1V)
Senior Research Fellow (0,5)
Siberian shamanism, religions of the eastern Finno-Ugric peoples
Sound studio
![Jaan Tamm. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Jaan%20Tamm.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=2CErUIhC)
Sound Engineer (1,0)
Preservation and digitization of audio recordings
![Tiit Konsand. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Tiit_Konsand.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=BvIUiU1N)
Tiit Konsand
Digitiser (1,0)
Audio archive
Department of Folkloristics
Head of Department, Lead Research Fellow, Head of the Centre of Excellence for Estonian Studies (CEES) (1,0)
Spells and mediums, folk religion, modern folklore and traditional healers
![Eda Kalmre. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Eda_Kalmre.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=mFRAPd2i)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Contemporary folklore, socio-political aspects of contemporary folk tales, oral history.
![Mare Kalda. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Mare_Kalda.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=GguOGcAh)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Treasure legends, digital folklore
![Liisi Laineste. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Liisi_Laineste2.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=V2KuSqPS)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Humor studies
![Reet Hiiemäe portreefoto](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2023-10/Reet_Hiiem%C3%A4e.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=HmClP7AR)
Senior Researcher (1,0)
Folk religion and stories, modern folklore
![Nikolay Kuznetsov. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Nikolay_Kuznetsov.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=oGkY5CNO)
Researcher (0,2)
Komi language and folklore
![Anastasiya Fiadotava. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Anastasiya_Fiadotava.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=JxL_TF94)
Researcher (1,0)
Humor studies
![Katre Kikas. Fotograaf: Alar Madisson](/sites/default/files/styles/employee_image/public/2022-10/Katre_Kikas.jpg?h=d8743b70&itok=C2QjxsDi)
Researcher (1,0)
Cultural studies
Researcher (1,0)
Ethnoastronomy, natural folklore
Researcher (1,0)
Udmurt folk religion, language and folklore
Maris Kuperjanov
Archivist-Referent (1,0)
Digitiser-Technical Editor (1,0)
Retirements
Emeritus
Relationship between man and nature in folk religion, formation and telling of folk tales
Emeritus
Typology of archaic folk tunes, traditional music in modern folklore