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Katre Pärn is a Junior Lecturer in Semiotics at the University of Tartu's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, within the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics. She holds a Master's Degree (2007) and is a doctoral candidate in Semiotics. Her research focuses on semiotics of culture and language, media theory, film semiotics, and applied semiotics.
Education: BA in Semiotics and Cultural Theory (2000–2007), University of Tartu; doctoral studies ongoing since 2007. Professional experience includes roles as Junior Research Fellow (2013–2020) and contractual lecturer (2008–2009).
Research interests: Semiotic modelling, film theory, media semiotics, cultural autocommunication, and interdisciplinary approaches to cultural theory. Her work bridges theoretical semiotics with applied cultural analysis, emphasizing methodologies like metaphorical modelling.
Recent publications (2015–2022) explore semiotic theory, cultural autocommunication, and interdisciplinary methods. Notable works include contributions to Sign Systems Studies, Acta Semiotica Estica, and edited volumes on cultural theory.
- Editor of Hortus Semioticus since 2009
- Member of European Network for Cinema and Media Studies
- President of Estonian Semiotics Association (2016–2022)
Recipient of the University of Tartu Decoration of Honor (2015) and film criticism award (2018). Creative work includes documentary film editing and co-translating Social Construction of Reality.