Eva Piirimäe

Eva Piirimäe (née Mikelsaar; born 19 June 1974) is an Estonian political theorist and intellectual historian. She is a professor of political theory at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu, and serves as programme director for political science.

Visiting appointments and academic service Piirimäe was a Visiting Scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (September–November 2016). She was also Juris Padegs Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University (academic year 2016–17).

Awards and honours 2025: Baltic Assembly Prize in Science (for Herder and Enlightenment Politics). Winner (2023): István Hont Book Prize (announced 2024) (for Herder and Enlightenment Politics).