News:

Icelandic Online 5: updated and now accessible for mobile technology! This free distance learning course for intermediate to advance learners focusses on cultural literacy.

Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, published by Routledge, is finally out!

Education (Degrees):

1994: Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dissertation title: “The Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters: The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature”

1988: M.A. (cum laude), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Major: English Language and Literature

Minor: Old and Modern Icelandic Language and Literature (University of Amsterdam)

1983: Propadeutic degree in English language and literature, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Positions held:

2013 >: Adjunct lecturer in Icelandic as a Second Language, Dept of Icelandic and Culture Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

2011-2013: Independent researcher; Sessional at Háskóli Íslands; Content developer with Icelandic Online; Tutor with Icelandic Online Plus; Teacher of Icelandic as a Second Language at Mímir-Continuing Education; Translator.

1999 – 2011: Reader in Icelandic (until October 2007: Halldór Laxness Lecturer in Modern Icelandic Language and Literature), Dept of Scandinavian Studies, University College London.

1994 - 1999: Assistant Professor in Icelandic-Canadian Studies, Department of Icelandic, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada)

1991 - 1994: Research Assistant, English Dept, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (via NWO Dutch Research Council)