PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ICELANDIC. THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE THE COURSE IN ENGLISH SHOULD REGISTER IN THE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE MOM102G. 

MOM101G is intended for students of foreign languages OTHER than English. BA-students in English and those who do not speak Icelandic should register in MOM102G.

The course is an introductory course in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures. Its aims and purpose include an introduction of basic concepts and terminology in the field, exploration of critical thinking to increase reading comprehension of academic texts, implementation of practical learning practices and academic procedures to facilitate successful academic studies, discussion on plagiarism and academic integrity, evaluation of academic standards, etc. Students receive practical training in critical evaluation of academic texts, basic argumentation analysis, identification of rhetorical patterns and text structure in various text types, review of acceptable references, and an introduction to analytical reading. Furthermore, students will gain insight into the importance of academic literacy to enhance understanding and writing of academic papers, presentation of research findings, etc.

The course is taught in English and is intended for students in:

1. The English BA program.
2.  Students of foreign languages (other than English)

 *Those students that need ECT credits as a result of changes in the MOM courses, as MOM102G used to be a 5-credit course, need to add an individual assignment (MOM001G, 1 ECT) within the MOM102G course.

• This individual assignment is only intended for students who finished MOM202G (before the school year 2024-2025) and are now enrolled in MOM102G, and have thus only gained 9 credits in the two mandatory MOM courses.
• Students who intend to increase their credits with a 6 ECT course, within their departments, are free to do so – and do thus not take this additional individual assignment (in MOM102G).

To sign up for the individual project you must talk to the teacher of MOM102G.

This course is a beginner’s course in Latin. No prior knowledge of Latin is assumed at the outset. It introduces the basics of Latin grammar and syntax. Chosen passages will be read in Latin, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of 24 lectures on particular aspects of the Latin language and assigned readings.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

This course is a beginner’s course in Ancient Greek. It introduces the basics of grammar and syntax of the Attic dialect. No prior knowledge of Greek is assumed at the outset. Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek will be prioritized and chosen passages will be read in Greek, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of both lectures on particular aspects of the Greek language and assigned readings. It is essential that students read the assigned materials before each lecture.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

The course is a continuation of LAT101G Latin I. Students will read a selection of Latin texts by various authors.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is a continuation of KLM102G Ancient Greek I. The first part of the course resumes coverage of grammar and syntax of Ancient Greek (Attic) where Ancient Greek I left off. During the second half of the course, students will read a selection of Ancient Greek texts by different authors from various periods.

Students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The course includes a close reading of selected passages from the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Luke in Greek, with support from commentaries and other exegetical tools. The literary form of these writings will be studied, as well as their historical context and primary themes in terms of theology and ethics. The history of interpretation will be discussed,  and so will current scholarly debates. 

This course surveys the history of the Middle East from ancient times to the medieval period. Topics include the emergence of Egypt and Sumerians and other peoples of the so-called 'cradle of civilization'. Special emphasis will be on the emergence of Islam in the seventh century, and ascent of the Islamic empire in the following centuries. Among the subjects discussed are the prophet Muhammad and his successors, the creation of the Quran, the Caliphates of the Ummayyads and the Abassids and the 'golden age' of Islam. Teaching language is Icelandic but reading materials are mostly in English.

Literary Methods & Concepts This is the introductory course and forms the basis for other courses in Comparative Literature. The aim is to acquaint the students with the main literary concepts and methodological foundations and to give them some experience in analysing texts. In addition to lectures there are small group discussion periods in connection with required essays. This course is to be taken during the first term.

Overview and introduction to the aims and methods of archaeology. What is archaeology? The history of the discipline is discussed, its ideological base and its relationship with other disciplines. How are material remains used to shed light on social structure, the environment, economy and trade, religion and ideology, development and change?

The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with a basis on which to read and interpret the texts of the New Testament independently. The main elements of the grammatical structure of ancient Greek will be studied and text examples from the New Testament and other early Christian texts will be read for that purpose. Special emphasis will be put on the knowledge and use of ancient Greek within the fields of theology and religious studies.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course will introduce concepts and methods in Historical Linguistics, i.e., the field of Linguistics that studies language change. The various kinds of language change will be discussed, their causes and characteristics. We will study examples of language changes from different periods, from Germanic and other Indo-European languages, in particular, but also from other language families. The development of ideas about the nature of language change will be discussed along the way.

The course gives an introduction to linguistics and methods of linguistic analyses. The goal is to acquaint students with the nature of human languages and the main features of Icelandic grammar. 

Methodology and Theory of Art History (LIS101G) is an introductory methods course. The concept of art will be discussed and students will be introduced to the historical foundation and development of art history, the theoretical grounds of art history as an independent subject, and its relation to other academic subjects. Key concepts, methodologies of art historical research and analysis, and some of the major theories that have shaped the practice of art history will be introduced. Students receive training in visual analysis and are introduced to some of the most important methodologies of art historical analysis, including formalism, iconography, and Marxist analysis. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking and student's ability to analyse texts and images in a critical manner. 

This course introduces students to some of the basic skills that they will use in the study of history. The special character of history and its relationship with other fields of study will be discussed. The students will be introduced to the sources and methods used in historical research and the writing and presenting of historical work. - Students must register for the course in the beginning of their history study (first or second semester, depending on whether they start in January or September).

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The aim of this survey course is to sample the literary history of the last four millennia by reading a number of world masterpieces from Africa, Asia and Europe. All texts will be read in Icelandic translations. 

The major aspects of the history of linguistics traced from the antiquity through the middle ages till the beginning of the 19th Century. The Old Icelandic grammatical treatises. The major aspects of the history of linguistics in the 19th and 20th century. Emphasis is placed on the theories and discoveries that have been most influential in the development of ideas and methods in linguistics.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ICELANDIC. THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE THE COURSE IN ENGLISH SHOULD REGISTER IN THE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE MOM102G. 

MOM101G is intended for students of foreign languages OTHER than English. BA-students in English and those who do not speak Icelandic should register in MOM102G.

The course is an introductory course in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures. Its aims and purpose include an introduction of basic concepts and terminology in the field, exploration of critical thinking to increase reading comprehension of academic texts, implementation of practical learning practices and academic procedures to facilitate successful academic studies, discussion on plagiarism and academic integrity, evaluation of academic standards, etc. Students receive practical training in critical evaluation of academic texts, basic argumentation analysis, identification of rhetorical patterns and text structure in various text types, review of acceptable references, and an introduction to analytical reading. Furthermore, students will gain insight into the importance of academic literacy to enhance understanding and writing of academic papers, presentation of research findings, etc.

The course is taught in English and is intended for students in:

1. The English BA program.
2.  Students of foreign languages (other than English)

 *Those students that need ECT credits as a result of changes in the MOM courses, as MOM102G used to be a 5-credit course, need to add an individual assignment (MOM001G, 1 ECT) within the MOM102G course.

• This individual assignment is only intended for students who finished MOM202G (before the school year 2024-2025) and are now enrolled in MOM102G, and have thus only gained 9 credits in the two mandatory MOM courses.
• Students who intend to increase their credits with a 6 ECT course, within their departments, are free to do so – and do thus not take this additional individual assignment (in MOM102G).

To sign up for the individual project you must talk to the teacher of MOM102G.

This course is a beginner’s course in Latin. No prior knowledge of Latin is assumed at the outset. It introduces the basics of Latin grammar and syntax. Chosen passages will be read in Latin, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of 24 lectures on particular aspects of the Latin language and assigned readings.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

This course is a beginner’s course in Ancient Greek. It introduces the basics of grammar and syntax of the Attic dialect. No prior knowledge of Greek is assumed at the outset. Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek will be prioritized and chosen passages will be read in Greek, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of both lectures on particular aspects of the Greek language and assigned readings. It is essential that students read the assigned materials before each lecture.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

The course is a continuation of LAT101G Latin I. Students will read a selection of Latin texts by various authors.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is a continuation of KLM102G Ancient Greek I. The first part of the course resumes coverage of grammar and syntax of Ancient Greek (Attic) where Ancient Greek I left off. During the second half of the course, students will read a selection of Ancient Greek texts by different authors from various periods.

Students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The course includes a close reading of selected passages from the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Luke in Greek, with support from commentaries and other exegetical tools. The literary form of these writings will be studied, as well as their historical context and primary themes in terms of theology and ethics. The history of interpretation will be discussed,  and so will current scholarly debates. 

This course surveys the history of the Middle East from ancient times to the medieval period. Topics include the emergence of Egypt and Sumerians and other peoples of the so-called 'cradle of civilization'. Special emphasis will be on the emergence of Islam in the seventh century, and ascent of the Islamic empire in the following centuries. Among the subjects discussed are the prophet Muhammad and his successors, the creation of the Quran, the Caliphates of the Ummayyads and the Abassids and the 'golden age' of Islam. Teaching language is Icelandic but reading materials are mostly in English.

Literary Methods & Concepts This is the introductory course and forms the basis for other courses in Comparative Literature. The aim is to acquaint the students with the main literary concepts and methodological foundations and to give them some experience in analysing texts. In addition to lectures there are small group discussion periods in connection with required essays. This course is to be taken during the first term.

Overview and introduction to the aims and methods of archaeology. What is archaeology? The history of the discipline is discussed, its ideological base and its relationship with other disciplines. How are material remains used to shed light on social structure, the environment, economy and trade, religion and ideology, development and change?

The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with a basis on which to read and interpret the texts of the New Testament independently. The main elements of the grammatical structure of ancient Greek will be studied and text examples from the New Testament and other early Christian texts will be read for that purpose. Special emphasis will be put on the knowledge and use of ancient Greek within the fields of theology and religious studies.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course will introduce concepts and methods in Historical Linguistics, i.e., the field of Linguistics that studies language change. The various kinds of language change will be discussed, their causes and characteristics. We will study examples of language changes from different periods, from Germanic and other Indo-European languages, in particular, but also from other language families. The development of ideas about the nature of language change will be discussed along the way.

The course gives an introduction to linguistics and methods of linguistic analyses. The goal is to acquaint students with the nature of human languages and the main features of Icelandic grammar. 

Methodology and Theory of Art History (LIS101G) is an introductory methods course. The concept of art will be discussed and students will be introduced to the historical foundation and development of art history, the theoretical grounds of art history as an independent subject, and its relation to other academic subjects. Key concepts, methodologies of art historical research and analysis, and some of the major theories that have shaped the practice of art history will be introduced. Students receive training in visual analysis and are introduced to some of the most important methodologies of art historical analysis, including formalism, iconography, and Marxist analysis. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking and student's ability to analyse texts and images in a critical manner. 

This course introduces students to some of the basic skills that they will use in the study of history. The special character of history and its relationship with other fields of study will be discussed. The students will be introduced to the sources and methods used in historical research and the writing and presenting of historical work. - Students must register for the course in the beginning of their history study (first or second semester, depending on whether they start in January or September).

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The aim of this survey course is to sample the literary history of the last four millennia by reading a number of world masterpieces from Africa, Asia and Europe. All texts will be read in Icelandic translations. 

The major aspects of the history of linguistics traced from the antiquity through the middle ages till the beginning of the 19th Century. The Old Icelandic grammatical treatises. The major aspects of the history of linguistics in the 19th and 20th century. Emphasis is placed on the theories and discoveries that have been most influential in the development of ideas and methods in linguistics.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ICELANDIC. THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE THE COURSE IN ENGLISH SHOULD REGISTER IN THE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE MOM102G. 

MOM101G is intended for students of foreign languages OTHER than English. BA-students in English and those who do not speak Icelandic should register in MOM102G.

The course is an introductory course in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures. Its aims and purpose include an introduction of basic concepts and terminology in the field, exploration of critical thinking to increase reading comprehension of academic texts, implementation of practical learning practices and academic procedures to facilitate successful academic studies, discussion on plagiarism and academic integrity, evaluation of academic standards, etc. Students receive practical training in critical evaluation of academic texts, basic argumentation analysis, identification of rhetorical patterns and text structure in various text types, review of acceptable references, and an introduction to analytical reading. Furthermore, students will gain insight into the importance of academic literacy to enhance understanding and writing of academic papers, presentation of research findings, etc.

The course is taught in English and is intended for students in:

1. The English BA program.
2.  Students of foreign languages (other than English)

 *Those students that need ECT credits as a result of changes in the MOM courses, as MOM102G used to be a 5-credit course, need to add an individual assignment (MOM001G, 1 ECT) within the MOM102G course.

• This individual assignment is only intended for students who finished MOM202G (before the school year 2024-2025) and are now enrolled in MOM102G, and have thus only gained 9 credits in the two mandatory MOM courses.
• Students who intend to increase their credits with a 6 ECT course, within their departments, are free to do so – and do thus not take this additional individual assignment (in MOM102G).

To sign up for the individual project you must talk to the teacher of MOM102G.

This course is a beginner’s course in Latin. No prior knowledge of Latin is assumed at the outset. It introduces the basics of Latin grammar and syntax. Chosen passages will be read in Latin, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of 24 lectures on particular aspects of the Latin language and assigned readings.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

This course is a beginner’s course in Ancient Greek. It introduces the basics of grammar and syntax of the Attic dialect. No prior knowledge of Greek is assumed at the outset. Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek will be prioritized and chosen passages will be read in Greek, translated and thoroughly analysed. Teaching consists of both lectures on particular aspects of the Greek language and assigned readings. It is essential that students read the assigned materials before each lecture.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

In a world increasingly awash in fake news, AI-generated deep fakes and denialism of scientific and historical facts, our ability to interpret politics, culture and society with critical discernment is more important than ever. 

Focusing on culture and linguistics, this course aims to give you the analytical tools you need as a student and citizen to critically interpret texts, visual culture and language. 

You will train your hermeneutical skills on short narratives, photographs and various characteristics of language, with help from selected readings in literary theory, cultural studies, visual culture(s) and linguistics. 

The emphasis in the class will be on critical thinking and group discussion,  allowing you to share your analytical discoveries with your fellow students and build interpretative communities.

Modules:

1. Deciphering texts
2. Understanding visual cultures
3. Figuring out language

The course is a continuation of LAT101G Latin I. Students will read a selection of Latin texts by various authors.

This course is taught in Icelandic but students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is a continuation of KLM102G Ancient Greek I. The first part of the course resumes coverage of grammar and syntax of Ancient Greek (Attic) where Ancient Greek I left off. During the second half of the course, students will read a selection of Ancient Greek texts by different authors from various periods.

Students can get permission of the instructor to complete assignments and exams in English.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

The course is an introduction to Classical Studies. It will deal with the history of the discipline as well as its subject matter and methods: Students will be introduced to classical philology and the various branches of Classical Studies, such as the history, literature, and philosophy of classical antiquity. The course will, moreover, address issues concerning the use of sources, methodology, and conventions in Classics. Students will be introduced to major resources. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

This course studies select philosophical texts. This time we will read the Laws Plato. The Laws are Plato’s longest dialogue as well as his last. It discusses political philosophy albeit in a different spirit from that of Plato’s older dialogue the Republic. In this course we will shed light on the political philosophy contained in the Laws and seek to place it in a wider Platonic context.

Knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required, but students of Classics may choose to work on a supervised independent study project (5 ECTS or 10 ECTS) centered on an original text in connection to the course. The supervised independent study projects which are available to students with reading knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin are intended to strengthen their proficiency in Ancient Greek and/or Latin and train them in the reading of original texts.

Epískur kveðskapur er meðal glæsilegustu minnisvarða klassískrar fornaldar. Í þessu námskeiði kynnast nemendur epískum kveðskap Rómverja í þýðingu. Tekin verða fyrir verk tveggja höfunda: Eneasarkviða Virgils og Þebukviða Statiusar.

Adultery and murder, cannibalism and incest, fate, responsibility, man and divinity: the subject matter of this course is Greek and Roman mythology and religion. We shall acquaint ourselves with the variety classical myths by reading from primary sources in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not assumed. We will discuss the nature of classical myths, their purpose, and connection to Greek and Roman religion, philosophy, literature and arts, historiography and politics. Modern interpretative frameworks will also be considered.

Obstinance, pride and treachery can have disastrous consequences, nevermind matricide, patricide and incest. Sometimes it almost seems like fate is in charge and fate can be very ironic. All of this is quite familiar from Greek tragedy.

This course introduces the student to Greek tragedy as a genre. Students will read a number of Greek tragedies in (Icelandic) translation and will become familiar with both the form and content of Greek tragedies. Various aspects of the genre will be discussed, including interactions of mortals and immortals in Greek tragedy, fate and responsibility, gender issues, Greek self-identity and respresentation of the foreign.

Knowledge of Ancient Greek is not required, but students who are able to read Greek will be asked to submit a translation assignment.

This course introduces Homer’s epics in translation and in the original Homeric Greek. Their historical background will be discussed as well as the contents of the epics, the metre and poetics.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The course includes a close reading of selected passages from the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Luke in Greek, with support from commentaries and other exegetical tools. The literary form of these writings will be studied, as well as their historical context and primary themes in terms of theology and ethics. The history of interpretation will be discussed,  and so will current scholarly debates. 

This course surveys the history of the Middle East from ancient times to the medieval period. Topics include the emergence of Egypt and Sumerians and other peoples of the so-called 'cradle of civilization'. Special emphasis will be on the emergence of Islam in the seventh century, and ascent of the Islamic empire in the following centuries. Among the subjects discussed are the prophet Muhammad and his successors, the creation of the Quran, the Caliphates of the Ummayyads and the Abassids and the 'golden age' of Islam. Teaching language is Icelandic but reading materials are mostly in English.

Literary Methods & Concepts This is the introductory course and forms the basis for other courses in Comparative Literature. The aim is to acquaint the students with the main literary concepts and methodological foundations and to give them some experience in analysing texts. In addition to lectures there are small group discussion periods in connection with required essays. This course is to be taken during the first term.

Overview and introduction to the aims and methods of archaeology. What is archaeology? The history of the discipline is discussed, its ideological base and its relationship with other disciplines. How are material remains used to shed light on social structure, the environment, economy and trade, religion and ideology, development and change?

The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with a basis on which to read and interpret the texts of the New Testament independently. The main elements of the grammatical structure of ancient Greek will be studied and text examples from the New Testament and other early Christian texts will be read for that purpose. Special emphasis will be put on the knowledge and use of ancient Greek within the fields of theology and religious studies.

A survey of ancient philosophy, based upon a close reading of primary texts from the works of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle, and their Hellenistic successors. The primary aim is to offer an overview of the development of ancient philosophy. A secondary aim is to offer an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy, and deepen the students' competence in reading philosophical works from the ancient world. At the completion of the course, the students should be acquainted with the main periods and individual thinkers of ancient philosophy, their views and arguments. They should be able to give an account of these views, support it with references to the primary sources, and compare the views of different philosophers. Further, they should have gained an insight into the importance of the history of philosophy for philosophy and the historical origins of classical philosophical problems.

This course will introduce concepts and methods in Historical Linguistics, i.e., the field of Linguistics that studies language change. The various kinds of language change will be discussed, their causes and characteristics. We will study examples of language changes from different periods, from Germanic and other Indo-European languages, in particular, but also from other language families. The development of ideas about the nature of language change will be discussed along the way.

The course gives an introduction to linguistics and methods of linguistic analyses. The goal is to acquaint students with the nature of human languages and the main features of Icelandic grammar. 

Methodology and Theory of Art History (LIS101G) is an introductory methods course. The concept of art will be discussed and students will be introduced to the historical foundation and development of art history, the theoretical grounds of art history as an independent subject, and its relation to other academic subjects. Key concepts, methodologies of art historical research and analysis, and some of the major theories that have shaped the practice of art history will be introduced. Students receive training in visual analysis and are introduced to some of the most important methodologies of art historical analysis, including formalism, iconography, and Marxist analysis. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking and student's ability to analyse texts and images in a critical manner. 

This course introduces students to some of the basic skills that they will use in the study of history. The special character of history and its relationship with other fields of study will be discussed. The students will be introduced to the sources and methods used in historical research and the writing and presenting of historical work. - Students must register for the course in the beginning of their history study (first or second semester, depending on whether they start in January or September).

Introductory course on the history of Rome. Taught in Icelandic; please see full course description in Icelandic.

The course introduces students to Roman social history. The period from 201 BCE to 180 CE will be emphasized. The main points of Roman history will be briefly discussed, as well as Roman institutions, the Roman social fabric,family life and gender roles, slavery, education, culture, religion, entertainment and daily life. In addition to secondary reading material, some ancient sources will be read in translation (English or Icelandic). No knowledge of Latin is assumed or required.

Comedy was a popular genre of literature in atntiquity, both in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. They are, moreover, important sources of knowledge about antiquity, for both use of language and various aspects og culture and society. We will discuss features of ancient comedy and read select comedies in translation and to some extent in the original languages.

Students may work on supervised independent studies (5 or 10 ECTS) based on the text in the original language in connection to the course.

This course studies select texts of M. Tullius Cicero in the original language. Furthermore, we will discuss the historical, political, and philosophical context to which Cicero belongs.

This course focuses on Neo-Latin texts, i.e. from the time of the Renaissance onwards. During antiquity Latin was a living language of a certain linguistic community, but as it eventually developed into the Romance languages it ceased to exist as a native language. It nevertheless endured as a second language and as such was both spoken and written for centuries. In fact, a majority of existing Latin texts postdates antiquity. In this course we will read select texts from the 15th to the 18th century.

This course focuses on Ancient Greek texts from the first and second centuries. The period includes diverse writers and genres, e.g. Plutarch, Lucian of Samosata, Pausanias, Appian, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, and the authors of the Ancient Greek novel, as well as New Testament Greek and other religious texts.

This course introduces students to Greek lyric poetry in a wide sense. Readings will include iambic as well as elegiac poetry of the archaic period. Authors to be read include Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Tyrtaeus, Simonides, Pindar, and Bacchylides among others.

Texts will be read in translation, Icelandic and English. Students who can read Greek will complete assignments based on texts in the original language.

In this course we will read selections from medieval literature broadly conceived (from the end og the 4th century to the beginning of the 16th century): poetry and historiography, philosophy and theology. Texts will be analysed grammatically and discussed materially as needed.

The course will be taught in Icelandic, but students whose native language is not Icelandic may complete assignments and exams in English.

This course will focus on several select themes in the history of ideas in antiquity, including love and friendship, freedom and servitude, happiness, the divine, justice and society, death and the afterlife. Ideas of both Greeks and Romans from the archaic to the classical period will be discussed. Texts will include ancient literature in translation. Knowledge of the classical languages is not required.

Ancient inscriptions often show ancient civilization in a different light from the texts that are preserved in manuscripts and can be important sources on anything from linguistic development to social history. In this course we shall look at Latin inscriptions and other old Latin texts, i.e. predating the classical period. Most inscriptions will be from the 7th to the 2nd centuries BCE but younger inscriptions will be examined as well. We shall, moreover, read some old Latin literature, e.g. Plautus and Terence. Texts will be interpreted and contextualized.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Supervised independent study is intended for students for whom no other suitable course is available. Study projects are tailored to the needs of individual students. Students ought to enroll only after consultation with faculty. For further information, please contact the faculty.

Final thesis in classical languages.

The aim of this survey course is to sample the literary history of the last four millennia by reading a number of world masterpieces from Africa, Asia and Europe. All texts will be read in Icelandic translations. 

The major aspects of the history of linguistics traced from the antiquity through the middle ages till the beginning of the 19th Century. The Old Icelandic grammatical treatises. The major aspects of the history of linguistics in the 19th and 20th century. Emphasis is placed on the theories and discoveries that have been most influential in the development of ideas and methods in linguistics.

This course provides an overview of three principal moral theories: Aristotle's virtue ethics as presented in his Nichomachean Ethics, Kant's deontoloical ethics as presented in his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and John Stuart Mill's rule ethics as presented in his Utilitarianism.