{"id":21,"date":"2016-03-18T23:25:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:57:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am professor of history at the Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Archaeology where I teach ancient, medieval, and early modern history. Until 2016, I was jointly assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, where I taught - and still teach - early legal history. I was Chair of Department of History (<em>n\u00e1msbrautarforma\u00f0ur<\/em>) 2017-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/files\/2016\/03\/VP-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"VP\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/files\/2016\/03\/VP-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/files\/2016\/03\/VP-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/files\/2016\/03\/VP-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FIELD OF SCHOLARLY SPECIALIZATION<\/p>\n<p>Medieval Europe, with emphasis on high and late medieval Northern Europe, especially Iceland. Culture and power. Law and legal culture. Historiography.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FIELD OF TEACHING<\/p>\n<p>Europe and Western civilization from antiquity to the French Revolution. Early Icelandic and Scandinavian history. Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Early legal history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT<\/p>\n<p>Room 419, \u00c1rnagar\u00f0ur at Su\u00f0urgata \/ University of Iceland, IS-101 Reykjav\u00edk \/ Office: (354) 525-5899 \/ Email: vp [at] hi.is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I am professor of history at the Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Archaeology where I teach ancient, medieval, and early modern history. Until 2016, I was jointly assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, where I taught - and still teach - early legal history. I was Chair of Department of History (n\u00e1msbrautarforma\u00f0ur) 2017-19. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1417,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/vp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}