Sirje Kivimäe
Sirje Kivimäe | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 8, 1947 |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | Jüri Kivimäe |
Sirje Kivimäe (born April 8, 1947) is an Estonian historian.
Career
Kivimäe has worked as a history lecturer at the University of Tartu and as a teacher at Tallinn Secondary School No. 32. Her research focuses on Baltic Germans and women that are marginalized in Estonian society today. She founded the Baltic German Cultural Society in 1988,[1][2] and she serves as its chair.[3]
Awards and recognitions
- 1996: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st Class[1][4]
- 1998: Mother of the Year[3][5]
Family
Sirje Kivimäe's husband is the historian Jüri Kivimäe.[5]
Publications
- 1994: (editor) Liivimaa üldkasulik ja ökonoomiline sotsieteet 200. Akadeemilise Baltisaksa Kultuuri Seltsi konverentsi materjale, 25. september 1992 (Livonian Public Benefit and Economic Society 200th Academic Baltic German Cultural Society Conference Materials, September 25, 1992). Tartu: Livländische Gemeinnützige und Ökonomische Sozietät. 151 pages.
- 2006: Paul Johansen. Kaugete aegade sära (The Luster of Distant Times), = Eesti mõttelugu 65. Compiled, foreword, and afterword by Jüri Kivimäe. Translated by Jüri Kivimäe, Sirje Kivimäe, and Eerik-Niiles Kross. Tartu: Ilmamaa. 528 pages.
References
- ^ a b Kivi, Aita (December 18, 1996). "Kolm eestlast pälvis Saksamaa Teeneteristi". Sõnumileht. No. 296. p. 2. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ Taylor, Neil (2018). Estonia: A Modern History. London: Hurst & Company. p. 162.
- ^ a b Neiman, Kersti (May 10, 1998). "Aasta Ema sai auhinna". Õhtuleht. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "Kolm eestlast pälvis Saksa kõrge autasu". Eesti Päevaleht. No. 291. December 16, 1996. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Raudsik, Heliis (May 13, 2018). "Aasta ema 1998 Sirje Kivimäe: nautida tuleb oma last praegu, töö peab ootama. Seda pisikese kaheaastase aega ei saa kunagi tagasi". Delfi. Retrieved July 6, 2025.