Education:

Certified translator – Icelandic-German, Ministry of Justice, Iceland (2010)

Dr. phil. – Scandinavian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (2010)

MA – Translation Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavik (2005)

B.Ph.Isl. – Icelandic as a second language, University of Iceland, Reykjavik (2003)

Tourist guide for German-speaking tourists in Iceland, Iceland Tourist Guide School, Kópavogur (2001)

M.A. – Cultural Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin (1998)

 

Professional Experience:

since 2017

Associate Professor – Translation Studies University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

2013-2017

Lecturer – Translation Studies University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

2011-2013

Adjunct Professor – Translation Studies University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

2008-2013

Freelance teacher in Icelandic culture and history for the university level course for Icelandic tourist guiding Institute for Continuing Education, University of Iceland

2005-2011

Part-time lecturer – Translation Studies and Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Various university level courses (BA, MA)

2005-2008

Part-time lecturer – Scandinavian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, Faculty of Philosophy IV, various university level courses (BA, MA)

since 2003

Freelance translator – Icelandic-German

since 2002

Freelance tourist guide in Iceland for German-speaking tourists

1998-2000

Scholarship of the Icelandic Ministry of Education to study Icelandic as a second language

1998

Student Assistant – Prof. Dr. Heinz-Elmar Tenorth, History of Education, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; Project work: analysis of letters from Walter Benjamin in the context of the German youth movement

1994-1998

Student Assistant – Prof. Dr. Irene Dölling, Professor of Women‘s Studies, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany; Project work: participation in research of the diaries of East German women, research on the life histories East German women, preparation and installation of courses in Sociology and Women's Studies, Gender Studies etc.

1992-1994

Student Assistant at a social science research institute in Berlin, Germany; Berliner Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Studien, Project work: the processing of data in qualitative research