Research projects<\/h2>\n
During the last decade I have conducted two independent research projects, which have resulted in the publication of two monographs. In 2014, I concluded an ecocritical\u00a0study of romantic and post-romantic Icelandic poetry with the publication of my book, The Nature of Poetry<\/em>, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize. I then embarked on a study of national discourse and hybridity in literature and the arts, which is the subject of my 2019 book, Iceland in the Aegean<\/em>. I have also worked with other researchers on four collective projects, which have been concluded during the last decade: 1)\u00a0Inventing Culture. Defining Sources of Theory and Inspiration and the Long-Term Results of Culture Creation by Icelandic Intellectuals 1857\u20131874<\/i><\/a>. 2)\u00a0The Variance of Nj\u00e1l's Saga<\/i><\/a>. 3) The influence of the reformation in Iceland<\/a><\/em>. 4) Cultural Saints of the European Nation States<\/a><\/em>. Presently I am working with five other researchers on a new history of Icelandic literature, which will be published soon.<\/p>\n B.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Iceland, 1984; M. Phil. in Scottish Literature, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1992; M.A. in Icelandic Literature, University of Iceland, 1993; Dr. Phil. in Icelandic Literature, University of Iceland, 2000.<\/p>\n Editor at the publishing house of Svart \u00e1 hv\u00edtu, 1987\u20131989; teacher at The Reykjav\u00edk Grammar School, 1985\u20131986 and 1993\u20132000; Adjunct (2001\u20132005), Lecturer (2005), Senior Lecturer (2005\u20132008) and Professor (from 2008) at the Department of Icelandic at The University of Iceland; Co-editor of\u00a0Sk\u00edrnir<\/i>, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 2000\u20132005; Head of the Department of Icelandic at the University of Iceland,\u00a02012\u20132013; Chair\u00a0of the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2014\u20132016;\u00a0Chairman of The Institute of Literary Research at The University of Iceland, 2006\u20132008 and 2017\u20132020; member of the postgraduate committee of the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2019\u20132021.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to my homepage. I am Professor of Icelandic literature at\u00a0the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, School of Humanities, University of Iceland (address: \u00c1rnagar\u00f0ur, Su\u00f0urgata, 101 Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland). Visiting hours are by appointment (tel.: +354 525 4419, email: … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/sye\/files\/2013\/03\/L1070985-200x300.jpg\")
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Professional work<\/h2>\n