Loe lisaks: Professor Andres Kasekamp – Eesti Õppetooli uus juhataja Toronto Ülikoolis
Professor Kasekamp has authored 5 books and edited or co-edited 14. He has received or collaborated on over 30 research grants from various European agencies, and written 35 peer reviewed research papers and over 70 articles and notes. His first monograph The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia (2000) has been described as “ground-breaking.” His ongoing research on radical right movements make him the leading expert on the radical right, populism, and authoritarianism in the Baltic area and north-eastern Europe generally, and he is frequently consulted by international media about developments in the area. Reviewers have praised his History of the Baltic States (2010) as the best and most authoritative survey of the field published in the last several decades. It has been translated into nine languages, including Russian, Turkish, German, Japanese, and Spanish, and won two awards: the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies book prize (2012), and also an Estonian National Sciences Prize in the Humanities (2014).
The Chair of Estonian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto is named for its chief inspiration and benefactor, the architect Elmar Tampõld (1920-2013). Tampõld provided the inspiration, leadership, and resources to construct an academic base for Estonian studies in North America at Toronto. He was the architect and major developer of the Tartu College residence (opened 1970), and the main impetus behind using the resources of that College to found a program and Chair of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto. Tartu College and the Estonian Studies Chair support an archive, library, and resource centre at Tartu College that advances the academic work and collegial life of the Estonian community.
Nicholas Terpstra, FRSC, Professor & Chair, Department of History, University of Toronto
