Jakob von Uexküll Centre is an Estonia-based organisation for the work with the legacy of biologist, philosopher and semiotician

Jakob von Uexküll Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial ...

. The Centre owns the major archive of his works in the world. The Centre was established in 1993. It is situated in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

and attached to the

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society (, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of Estonia. The society is based in ...

. The Centre co-works with the Department of Semiotics of the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

. The Centre has an archive with a rich collection of Jakob von Uexküll's publications, correspondence, manuscripts, photos and other materials.Kull, Kalevi 2020
Uexküll studies after 2001
''Sign Systems Studies'' 48(2/4): 483–509. The Centre has organised some important conferences on

biosemiotics Biosemiotics (from the Ancient Greek, Greek βίος ''bios'', "life" and σημειωτικός ''sēmeiōtikos'', "observant of signs") is a field of semiotics (especially Neurosemiotics) and biology that studies the prelinguistic meaning-makin ...

and

ecosemiotics Ecosemiotics is a branch of semiotics in its intersection with human ecology, ecological anthropology and ecocriticism. It studies sign processes in culture, which relate to other living beings, communities, and landscapes. Ecosemiotics also dea ...

. It is also a co-organiser of the series of Jakob von Uexküll lectures. The Centre's Heads have been

Toomas Trapido Toomas Trapido (born 15 April 1972 in Tallinn) is an Estonian Estonian biologist, researcher, educator, and politician. He was a member of the XI Riigikogu. He is a member of the Estonian Greens The Estonian Greens (, EER) is a green polit ...

Timo Maran Timo Maran (born 13 April 1975) is an Estonian biosemiotician and poet. He has remarkably contributed to zoosemiotics and ecosemiotics. In 2012-2024, he was the head of the Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu. Membership in organizati ...

, Riin Magnus, and others.

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Centre's website
* Older Organizations established in 1993 Biology organizations Scientific organizations based in Estonia 1993 establishments in Estonia Tartu {{Estonia-stub

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