{"id":20,"date":"2019-06-23T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-05-26T12:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:35:39","slug":"profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/english\/profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Icelandic Online 5<\/strong>: updated and now accessible for mobile technology! This free distance learning course for intermediate to advance learners focusses on cultural literacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Icelandic: An Essential Grammar<\/strong>, published by Routledge, is finally out!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Education (Degrees):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1994<\/strong>: Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>Dissertation title: \u201cThe Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters: The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1988<\/strong>: M.A. (<em>cum laude<\/em>), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Major: English Language and Literature<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Minor: Old and Modern Icelandic Language and Literature (University of Amsterdam)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983<\/strong>: Propadeutic degree in English language and literature, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Positions held:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013 &gt;<\/strong>: Adjunct lecturer in Icelandic as a Second Language, Dept of Icelandic and Culture Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011-2013<\/strong>: Independent researcher; Sessional at H\u00e1sk\u00f3li \u00cdslands; Content developer with Icelandic Online; Tutor with Icelandic Online Plus; Teacher of Icelandic as a Second Language at M\u00edmir-Continuing Education; Translator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1999 \u2013 2011<\/strong>: Reader in Icelandic (until October 2007: Halld\u00f3r Laxness Lecturer in Modern Icelandic Language and Literature), Dept of Scandinavian Studies, University College London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1994 - 1999<\/strong>: Assistant Professor in Icelandic-Canadian Studies, Department of Icelandic, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991 - 1994<\/strong>: Research Assistant, English Dept, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (via NWO Dutch Research Council)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: \u201cThe Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters: The Contribution of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1512,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/dln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}