Dear All, I would like to bring to everybody's attention that in Tallinn University in Estonia a new research centre was recently started - titled TLU Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT) - http://www.tlu.ee/en/TU-Centre-of-Excellence-in-Media-Innovation-and-Digital... MEDITs research teams tend to focus on the following areas: - trans- and crossmediality - digitisation of audiovisual cultural heritage and its innovative reuse - audiovisual media regulation and policy changes in Europe - management of convergent media - media innovation systems (incl. ‘cross-innovations’ - cooperations with other sectors) - augmented and virtual reality; location based storytelling (we are about to have a dedicated lab) - digital humanities approach to audiovisual media - media semiotics (with a focus on media change) - innovative uses of media in education Related to these and closely associated topics we invite scholars to work with us in Tallinn - especially as there are many good opportunities that enable this: - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h... Deadline is September 15th, we invite expressions of interest by July 4th. - Mobilitas Plus programme - grants offered by Estonian Research Council. There are two programmes - for post-doctoral researchers ( http://www.etag.ee/en/funding/mobility-funding/23575-2/mobilitas-pluss-post-... <http://www.etag.ee/en/funding/mobility-funding/23575-2/>) and top-researchers ( http://www.etag.ee/en/funding/mobility-funding/23575-2/top-researcher-grant/). Deadline is August 31st, we invite expressions of interest by July 4th. - Our centre is also offering 1-3 months fellowships to work with us in Tallinn - as part of our three research groups (digital humanities group, audiovisual media group and digital media management group) or to work in our Creatiive Lab that mostly focuses on experiments with augmented and virtual reality in service of the memory sector. Interested scholars and artists can contact us regarding these fellowships on a running basis. Best of wishes, Indrek Ibrus --- Dr. Indrek Ibrus Associate Professor, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School, Tallinn University Head of MEDIT (Tallinn University Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture) Tel: +37256978885 Email: indrek.ibrus@tlu.ee