Mart Kuldkepp (born September 19, 1983) is an Estonian Scandinavianist, historian and translator. He is Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. Between 2011 and 2015, he worked in various positions in the Tartu University Scandinavian languages department, including as head of department and programme director. Mart Kuldkepp's main research topics are Estonian and Scandinavian political and cultural contacts in the twentieth century, questions of Estonians' nordic identity, and Old Norse literature and culture. At the University of Tartu in 2014, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the subject "Estonia Gravitates towards Sweden: Nordic Identity and Activist Regionalism in World War I". He has also been engaged in a thorough investigation of

Aleksander Kesküla Aleksander Eduard Kesküla ( in Saadjärve Parish, Kreis Dorpat – 17 June 1963 in Madrid, Spain) was an Estonian politician and revolutionary. Kesküla studied politics and economics in the universities of Tartu, Berlin, Zürich, Leipzig and B ...

, and in 2015 received an Emerging Scholar Award from the

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

.Virge Tamme, 'Tartu ülikooli teadur pälvis maineka autasu', 17.06.2015, accessed 1 September 2015, http://www.ut.ee/et/uudised/tartu-ulikooli-teadur-palvis-maineka-autasu. Mart Kuldkepp belongs to the Estonian student society

Veljesto Veljesto (or EYS "Veljesto", EYS Veljesto) is an association of Estonian university students, founded 24 February 1920 at Tartu in Estonia. History The society was founded by students who left the Estonian Students' Society. Among its more famou ...

. He is also a member of the

Learned Estonian Society The Learned Estonian Society ( et, Õpetatud Eesti Selts, shortened ÕES; german: Gelehrte Estnische Gesellschaft, shortened GEG) is Estonia's oldest scholarly organisation, and was formed at the University of Tartu in 1838. Its charter was to stu ...

References

External links

Kuldkepp's website

Academia.edu page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuldkepp, Mart 1983 births Living people Academics of University College London Old Norse studies scholars Scandinavian studies scholars