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Skúli Ragnar Skúlason

Project Manager

School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Work

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2017 Meistarapróf
2015 BA
1991 Diplómapróf London School of Speechformation and dramatic Arts Speechformation/drama
1985 Diplómapróf
1984

Courses 2026 - 2027

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Kolbrún Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir

Professor Professor

School of Education
Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies

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Saga - S-608

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2012 Doktorspróf Phd. in Education
2001 MA MA Education
1996 BA-heimspeki BA BA Philosophy

Courses 2025 - 2026

TÓS202F - Interdisciplinary Collaboration within Leisure- and School Systems

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Doctoral Defense in Medical Sciences - Ragnheiður I. Bjarnadóttir

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What Makes Us Musical? Genes, babies, and AI

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Opening Symposium of the Icelandic Language Biobank

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Gísli Magnússon

Professor

School of Humanities
Faculty of Languages and Cultures

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Veröld - Hús Vigdísar - VHV-340

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Courses 2026 - 2027

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David Ben Haim

Professor

University of Iceland at Hólar
Department of Aquaculture and Fish Biology

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Courses 2026 - 2027

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Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir

Associate Professor of Icelandic Literature

School of Humanities
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

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Edda - E-366

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Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir’s research focuses on emotions, the body, and sensibilities in Old Norse literature; the interaction of prose and poetry in the Íslendingasögur; skaldic poetry; and Old Norse medical and scientific texts. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on these subjects and is co-editor of The Prosimetrum of the Íslendingasögur: Aesthetic and Narrative Effects (De Gruyter, 2024), Saga Emotions (Manchester University Press, 2025), and New Studies on Emotion in Old Norse Literature (Brepols, 2026). She is Co-Investigator, together with Gareth Lloyd Evans (University of Oxford), on the AHRC-funded Old Norse Emotions Network, an international research collaboration exploring the study of emotions in Old Norse literature and culture. She also leads the University of Iceland Research Fund project Old Norse Medical Texts (2026–2028), which investigates vernacular medicine, scientific knowledge, and the transmission of medical learning in medieval Iceland and the wider Nordic world.

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2024 Postgraduate diploma University of Iceland Teaching Studies for Higher Education
2020 Ph.D. University of Cambridge Old Norse Literature
2015 MA University of Iceland Comparative Literature
2000 BA University of Iceland Social Anthropology

Courses 2026 - 2027

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Beth Rebecca Cortese (She/Her)

Associate Professor Associate Professor/ Dósent in English Literature

School of Humanities
Faculty of Languages and Cultures

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Veröld - Hús Vigdísar -

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My research focuses primarily on playwrights from the Restoration (1660-1689) and eighteenth-century. I have also worked on inheritance and gender in eighteenth-century fiction. I am particularly interested in women writers, such as Aphra Behn, Margaret Cavendish, and Frances Burney. My research often focuses on gender and performance. I write creatively, mainly poetry and children's stories. I have supervised BA and MA creative writing projects (including short story collections and novels). My book Women's Wit on the Early Modern Stage will soon be published with University of Delaware Press (October 2026). I am currently researching asides in Restoration drama using key word analysis and editing a new edition of William Wycherley's comedy The Country Wife (1675) with Bloomsbury.

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Education

2018 English Literature PhD on Women's Wit in plays from 1660-1720
2014 Master's English Literature MA Literary Studies
2013 BA English Literature and Creative Writing English Literature with Creative Writing

Courses 2026 - 2027

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Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir (She/Her)

Associate Professor Icelandic contemporary literature

School of Humanities
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

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Edda - E-353

Courses 2026 - 2027

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