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Conference and workshop presentations in English:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

- 2025. \u201cDiscipline or abuse? Coercion and violence in rural labour relations in pre-modern Iceland\u201d. Paper presented in the session Labour Conflict and Coercion in European Rural Households (16th<\/sup>-19th<\/sup> centuries) at the 7th<\/sup> Biennial Conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO),9-12 September 2025, Coimbra, Portugal.<\/p>\n

- 2025. \u201cMaking claims: How servants negotiated paternalist labour relations in 19th<\/sup> century Iceland\u201d. Paper presented in the session Patriarchy, Paternalism and Early Modern Hierarchies at the European Social Science History Conference 26-29 Mars 2025, Leiden, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

- 2024. \u201c\u2018We all deserve to live\u2019: Peasant Mentalities and Vagrant Survival Tactics in Early Modern Iceland\u201d. Paper presented at the seminar Mobility and Poverty in Europe between the Early Modern Period and the 19th<\/sup> Century. Networks, Infrastructures, Control in Bressanone, Italy, 15 November 2024.<\/p>\n

-2023. \"Strategies of Exit: Absconding from Service in Nineteenth-century Iceland\". Paper presented in the session Disputed Endings: How Labour Relations were Terminated in Pre-Industrial Europe at the European Social Science History Conference, Gothenburg 12 April 2023.<\/p>\n

- 2023. \u201cNLHN Roundtable: Past, Present and Future of Nordic Labour History Journals\u201d. Online roundtable discussion of the Nordic Labour History Network, 24 October 2023.<\/p>\n

- 2023. \u201cRoundtable: Coercive Archives \u2013 Labour Coercion in the Courtroom and Its Afterlives.\u201d Roundtable discussion at the WORCK Conference 3: Historicising Coercive Social Processes, Prague, Czech Republic, 5-7 september 2023.<\/p>\n

-\u00a0 2022. \u201c(In)sincere apologies: Negotiating master-servant relations in arbitration courts in nineteenth-century Iceland\u201d, paper presentation at the seminar Coercive Archives: Labour Coercion in the Courtroom and Its Afterlives, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-11 September 2022.<\/p>\n

-2022. \"Paperless and masterless: Passports, permits and labour (im)mobility in law and practice in Iceland ca. 1780-1860\". Paper presented in the session Illicit movement and documents of control: studying practices of mobility and labour coercion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries at the Nordic Labour History Conference, Copenhagen 26-30 January 2022.<\/p>\n

- 2021. \"Responding to coercion: Servants, peasants and everyday resistance in nineteenth century Iceland\". Paper presented in the session Servants laws, compulsion and resistance in the Nordic countries 1500-1900 at the European Social Science Conference 2021. Online conference with limited access. 24 March 2021.<\/p>\n

- 2021. (with Claudia Bernardi) \"Intersections of labour im\/mobility\". Presentation at the 2nd WORCK Meeting. Online conference with limited access. 24 February 2021.<\/p>\n

- 2019. \u201cContested Boundaries: Compulsory Service and Casual Labour in Rural Iceland in the Early 19th Century\u201d. Paper presented in the session Ambiguous boundaries: Varieties of Unfree Labour in the Nordic countries in the early modern period at the 3rd European Labour History Network Conference, Amsterdam 18-21 September 2019.<\/p>\n

- 2019. \u201cAcculturation on Their Own Terms: The Social Networks of Political Radicals Among Icelandic Immigrants in Canada, 1890\u20121910\u201d. Presentation at the conference Migration: 9th Partnership Conference of the University of Iceland and the University of Manitoba. University of Iceland, 29 August 2019.<\/p>\n

- 2018. \u201cIcelanders and the labour movement in Winnipeg, ca. 1890\u20121900\u201d. NACS XII \u2013 Nordic Association of Canadian Studies Conference, Akureyri 8\u201210 August 2018.<\/p>\n

- 2018. \u201cThe survival tactics of vagrants and daylabourers in 19th century rural Iceland\u201d. Paper presented in the session Nomadic livelihoods: Norms, and practices of labour, peddling and mobility in pre-industrial Nordic societies at the European Social Science History Conference 2018, Belfast 4\u20137 April 2018.<\/p>\n

- 2017. \u201cSocial transformation from below? The impact of illicit labour practices on social change in 19th century Iceland\u201d. 29th Congress of Nordic Historians, 15-18 August 2017. Aalborg University, Denmark.<\/p>\n

- 2016. \u201cNormative illegalities: State officials and \u2018the labour problem\u2019 in 19th century Iceland\u201d. Paper presented at XIV Nordic Labour History Conference, University of Iceland, 28-30. November 2016.<\/p>\n

- 2015. \u201cExistence as resistance? Analysing the intersections of illegality, deviance, normativity and social change\u201d. Paper presented at the Resistance and Social Change workshop, Karlstad University, Sweden, December 14th 2015.<\/p>\n

- 2013. \u201cLazy and disobedient. The everyday resistance of bonded servants in 19th century Iceland\u201d. Towards a Global History of Domestic Workers and Caregivers. 49th Linz Conference of the International Conference of Labour and Social History, Linz Austria 12 - 15 September 2013.<\/p>\n

- 2012. \u00a0\u201cThe limits of social control: Hegemony and everyday resistance in nineteenth century Iceland\u201d, Riot, Revolt, Revolution. CAPPE 7th annual international interdisciplinary conference. University of Brighton.\u00a0 5th \u2013 7th September 2012.<\/p>\n

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Presentations in Icelandic:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cS\u00e1ttanefndir, selvei\u00f0ar og sitthva\u00f0 fleira. Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0iranns\u00f3knir vi\u00f0 Ranns\u00f3knasetur H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1 Nor\u00f0urlandi vestra\u201d [Arbitration courts, seal hunting and other topics of research at the University of Iceland Research Centre Northwest]. Presentation at the yearly open meeting of the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres, 13 March 2025.<\/p>\n

Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, \u201cHr\u00f3i h\u00f6ttur \u00cdslands? Uppreisnarseggurinn \u00cdsleifur seki J\u00f3hannesson (1787-1829)\u201d [Iceland's Robin Hood? The rebel \u00cdsleifur seki J\u00f3hannesson (1787-1829)]. Presentation the the Icelandic National Archives Open House, 7 February 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelvei\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00e1 18. og 19. \u00f6ld\u201d [Seal hunting in Iceland in the 18th and 19th centuries]. Presentation at the seminar Vei\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 \u00cdsland \u00e1 sautj\u00e1ndu, \u00e1tj\u00e1ndu og n\u00edtj\u00e1ndu \u00f6ld, Icelandic National Library, 8 February 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201eSami\u00f0 um kaup og kj\u00f6r: S\u00e1ttafundir sem vettvangur vinnudeilna\u201c [Negotiating wages: Arbitration court sessions as a site of labour disputes]. Presentation at the annual Humanities Conference, University of Iceland, 8 March 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cS\u00e1ttami\u00f0lun \u00e1 19. og 20. \u00f6ld \u2013 S\u00f6gulegt ford\u00e6mi fyrir samt\u00edmann?\u201d [Arbitration Courts in Iceland in the 19th and 20th centuries - a historical precedent for modern times?].Presentation at the yearly open meeting of the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres, 14 March 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201eS\u00e1ttanefndir og st\u00f6rf \u00feeirra \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, 1798-1936\u201c [The activities of arbitration courts in Iceland, 1798 to 1936]. Presentation at the seminar Gagnagrunnur s\u00e1ttanefndab\u00f3ka: Opnunarh\u00f3f og m\u00e1l\u00feing, University of Iceland Research Centre Northwest, 29 June 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cN\u00fdjir straumar \u00ed vinnus\u00f6gu\u201d [New directions in labour history]. Presentation at the Seminar on Social and Economic History, University of Iceland, 17 January 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cSj\u00e1lfs\u00feurftarhlunnindi e\u00f0a marka\u00f0svara? Selvei\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00ed s\u00f6gulegu samhengi\u201d [For subsistence or for the market? Seal hunting in Iceland in historical context]. Presentation at the session Hvalvei\u00f0ar, selvei\u00f0ar og d\u00fdravernd at \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0arspegillinn: The annual social science conference, University of Iceland, 2-3 n\u00f3vember 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cLausamennskubanni\u00f0 1783: Tilur\u00f0, tilgangur, t\u00falkun\u201d [The prohibition of masterless labour in 1783: Origin, purpose and interpretation], presentation in the session Utan vistarbands: Vinnandi f\u00f3lk \u00e1 18. og 19. \u00f6ld at the 5th Icelandic History Conference, University of Iceland, 19.-21. May 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasla\u00f0 vi\u00f0 b\u00faskap: H\u00fasmennska og heimilishald \u00ed gamla sveitasamf\u00e9laginu\u201d [Farming struggles: Lodgers and their households in pre-industrial Iceland], presentation at the seminar \u00c1hrif bygg\u00f0as\u00f6guritunar at the University of H\u00f3lar, Iceland, 30 September 2022.<\/p>\n

\"Selvei\u00f0ar og \u00fer\u00f3un \u00feeirra vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a fr\u00e1 18. \u00f6ld til 20. aldar\" [The development of seal hunting in H\u00fanafl\u00f3i bay in from the 18th to the 20th century]. Presentation at the yearly open meeting of the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres. Online meeting with open access. 18 March 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelvei\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a: S\u00f6gulegt yfirlit\u201d [Sealhunting in H\u00fanafl\u00f3i: An historical overview]. Presentation at the seminar Seals and Society in H\u00fanafl\u00f3i, Past and Present at the University of Iceland Centre for Research in Northwest Iceland, Skagastr\u00f6nd 13 April 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Me\u00f0 k\u00e6rleiksmeiningar vinm\u00e6lum\u2018: S\u00e1ttanefndir og lausn deilum\u00e1la \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld\u201d [Through friendly suggestions: Arbitration committees and dispute resolution in 19th century Iceland]. Lecture at the Icelandic Association of Historians Lunch Lectures series at the National Museum of Iceland 26 March 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cDropinn holar steininn. \u00c1hrif \u00f3l\u00f6glegrar lausamennsku \u00e1 leysingu vistarbandsins\u201d. [The impact of illicit day labour on the abolition of compulsory service]. Presentation at the Humanities Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjav\u00edk 8 March 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u00dej\u00f3nusta skjalasafna vi\u00f0 fr\u00e6\u00f0imenn\u201d. Presentation at the Annual meeting of the Icelandic Association of Regional Archives, Sau\u00f0\u00e1rkr\u00f3kur 5 October 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfdalal\u00edf. \u00c1t\u00f6k og deilur \u00ed h\u00fanvetnskri sveit \u00e1 \u00f6ndver\u00f0ri 19. \u00d6ld\u201d. [Struggles and conflict in rural H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdsla in the early 1800s]. Presentation at the Humanities Conference, University of Iceland, 10 March 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrotth\u00e6tt fr\u00e1 upphafi. Bygg\u00f0arsaga Bor\u00f0eyrar \u00ed Hr\u00fatafir\u00f0i\u201d [Fragile from the start. The history of Bor\u00f0eyri in Hr\u00fatafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur]. Lecture at the Icelandic Association of Historians\u2018 Lunch Lectures series at the National Museum of Iceland 6. February 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cHr\u00f3i h\u00f6ttur \u00cdslands?\u00a0 \u00cdsleifur seki J\u00f3hannesson og gl\u00e6paaldan \u00ed Langadal \u00e1 \u00f6ndver\u00f0ri 19. \u00d6ld\u201d [Iceland\u2018s Robin Hood? \u00cdsleifur the guilty J\u00f3hannesson and the crime wave in Langadalur in the early 19th century]. Lecture at the Iceland Association of Historians\u2018 Lunch Lectures series at the National Museum of Iceland 21. March 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cAtbeini, undirs\u00e1tar, and\u00f3f\u201d [Agency, subalternity, resistance]. Lecture at the Icelandic Association of Historians\u2018 Lunch Lectures series at the National Museum of Iceland 13. December 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cSi\u00f0spillandi l\u00f6gbrot: P\u00e1ll Briem og leysing vistarbands\u201d [Demoralizing illegalities: P\u00e1ll Briem and the end of compulsory service in Iceland]. Presentation at the P\u00e1ll Briem Memorial Conference at the National Museum of Iceland 19 October 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cB\u00e6ndur og vinnuhj\u00fa \u00ed Mi\u00f0fir\u00f0i \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld\u201d [Peasants and their servants in Midfjordur in the 19th century]. Lecture at the Reykir Folk Museum 28 February 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cHugmyndaheimur r\u00f3tt\u00e6kra \u00cdslendinga \u00ed Vesturheimi 1890-1910\u201d [The ideas and ideologies of radical Icelanders in N-America 1890-1910]. Lecture at a meeting of the Icelandic National League, Reykjavik 14 January 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cA\u00f0 halda fri\u00f0inn: Um st\u00f6rf s\u00e1ttanefnda \u00ed H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdslu \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld\u201d [Keeping the peace: On councils of conciliation in H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdsla in the 19th century]. Presentation at a day of lectures at the University of Iceland Research Centre in North-west Iceland 19 September 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cAf lyst til a\u00f0 stela en ekki fyrir \u00fe\u00f6rf: Atbeini undirs\u00e1ta og hversdagslegt and\u00f3f \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3fna\u00f0arm\u00e1li \u00far H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdslu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1835\u201d [For a longing to steal but not out of necessity: Subaltern agency and everyday resistance in a case of theft in H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdsla in 1835]. Presentation at the Humanities Conference, University of Iceland 15 March 2015<\/p>\n

\u201cSt\u00edlf\u00e6rt og sett \u00ed samhengi: Um sni\u00f0m\u00e1t vitnisbur\u00f0a \u00ed r\u00e9ttarheimildum\u201d [Stylized and contextualized: On witness testimony in judicial sources]. Presentation at the conference Common people in historical sources \u2013 historical sources on common people at the University of Iceland Research Centre in North-west Iceland 11 October 2014<\/p>\n

\u201cStoli\u00f0 fr\u00e1 s\u00fdslumanni: \u00dej\u00f3fna\u00f0arm\u00e1li\u00f0 \u00ed Hvammi 1835\u201d [Stealing from the county magistrate: A criminal case from 1835]. Lecture at the Reykir Folk Museum 23 February 2014<\/p>\n

\u201cSundurlausir \u00feankar um karll\u00e6gni, sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i og vald\u201d [Random thoughts on androcentricity, history and power]. Presentation at the conference Does gender matter? A gendered conference held by the Cultural Society and Sagnir, the journal of history students at the University of Iceland 12 April 2013<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201e\u00dea\u00f0 gefur enginn m\u00e9r kredit.\u201c Sigf\u00fas B. Benedictsson og vestur-\u00edslensk sagnritunarsaga.\u201d [\u201eNobody gives me any credit\u201c: Sigf\u00fas B. Benedictsson and the historiography of Icelandic immigration in N-America] Presentation at the 4th Icelandic History Conference, University of Iceland in 7-10 June 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cVerkal\u00fd\u00f0ur og stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1l \u00e1 Hvammstanga \u00e1 fyrri hluta 20. aldar.\u201d [Workers and politics in Hvammstangi in the early 20th century] Presentation at the 4th Icelandic History Conference, University of Iceland in 7-10 June 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cHva\u00f0 er and\u00f3fssaga? Huglei\u00f0ingar um and\u00f3f sem greiningart\u00e6ki \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i\u201d [What is resistance history? Thoughts on the concept of resistance as an analytical tool for historians]. Presentation at the 4th Icelandic History Conference, University of Iceland in 7-10 June 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cEignarhald og au\u00f0s\u00f6fnun vi\u00f0 Brei\u00f0afj\u00f6r\u00f0, 1550-1700.\u201d [Ownership and wealth in Brei\u00f0afj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, 1550-1700] Presentation at the History of Brei\u00f0afj\u00f6r\u00f0ur seminar, University of Iceland 13 October 2011<\/p>\n

\u201cVestur-\u00edslenskir r\u00f3tt\u00e6klingar: \u00e1hrif r\u00f3tt\u00e6kra hugmyndastefna me\u00f0al \u00cdslendinga \u00ed Vesturheimi og tengsl \u00feeirra vi\u00f0 grasr\u00f3tarhreyfingar ca. 1880-1920.\u201d [Icelandic immigrant radicals: The influence of radical ideologies among Icelanders in North-America and their relationship with grassroots movements ca. 1880-1920] Presentation at the Graduate students\u2018 day at the University of Iceland 29 October 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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