French Ambassador gave a distinguished service order to Marek Tamm
The French Ambassador to Estonia, Michel Rainier, rewarded the historian Marek Tamm with the Chevalier's (Knight's) grade of the Order of Academic Palms for his services in promoting French culture in Estonia. The formal ceremony took place at the French Residence on 19 February.
The French Ambassador to Estonia, Michel Rainier, rewarded the historian Marek Tamm with the Chevalier's (Knight's) grade of the Order of Academic Palms for his services in promoting French culture in Estonia. The formal ceremony took place at the French Residence on 19 February.
The medievalist Marek Tamm has also studied in France, at the EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) in Paris. He works in the Tallinn University Institute of History as a senior research fellow, and as an associate professor at the Department of Cultural Theory. He is also the editor in the Vikerkaar magazine, and in the Varrak publishing house.
Many remarkable French intellectuals have visited Estonia thanks to Tamm, among others Jacques Ranci猫re, Marc-Olivier Padis, Marc Augier, Fran莽ois Hartog, etc.
The Ordre des Palmes acad茅miques (Order of Academic Palms) is an Order of Chivalry of France for academics and cultural and educational figures. Originally a decoration founded by Emperor Napol茅on to honour eminent members of the University of Paris. The scope of the award was widened later to include major contributions to French national education and culture made by anyone, including foreigners.
