Research centre Þingeyjarsveit

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Aðalsteinsdóttir, Auður, publications

Creative Responses to Environmental Crises

At the Research Center of the University of Iceland in Þingeyjarsveit, academics study the manifestations of environmental threats in literature and art and creative responses to such threats.

Hamfarir í bókmenntum og listum

Hamfarir í bókmenntum og listum is a study of responses to environmental threats in contemporary Icelandic literature and art. This is the first publication in the Huldurit series, which is published by the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit and the Hulda Research Centre for Environmental Humanities. The series focuses on research in the field of environmental humanities.

Creative Responses to Environmental Crises in Nordic Art and Literature

The anthology Creative Responses to Environmental Crises and Aesthetics in Nordic Art and Literature gives a broad perspective on artistic responses to climate change and other environmental crises in the Nordic countries. Showcasing examples of environmental literature, visual art and entertainment from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the chapters reflect the complex interplay of the local, regional and global in environmental art and activism. Authored by established and notable scholars in the field of Nordic ecocriticism, the volume highlights the complex and vital role art, literature, and other creative activities assume in times of crisis.

In connection with the publication of the anthology, a symposium and the art exhibition Creative Responses will be held in Specta gallery, Copenhagen, in May-June 2025 and in Mývatnssveit in August-September 2025.

Blue humanities

The University of Iceland's Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit studies the ocean in Icelandic literature and art and blue humanities in an Icelandic context.

EXTREMES is a collaborative project by the University of Iceland's Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, and the University of Copenhagen. This project aims to develop and disseminate a transformative interdisciplinary approach to studying extreme marine environments in the Arctic region (including cold seeps and hydrothermal vents). Not only are such extreme marine environments sources of interest to current oil and gas industries, but they are also places of potential exposure to future practices of deep sea mining. Through interdisciplinary cooperation, the project will develop new ways to sense, understand and imagine the significance of these extreme marine environments in the Arctic region.

Creative Responses, Specta gallery, Copenhagen, May-June 2025 and Akureyri Art Museum November 2025 - February 2026.

Huldurit is a joint project by the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit and the Hulda Research for Environmental Humanities. The series publishes research on the interplay between culture and nature.

The series is edited by Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir, Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir and Viðar Hreinsson.

Huldurit I: Hamfarir í bókmenntum og listum (2023)

Author: Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir

Earth's nature and climate are already transforming due to catastrophic global warming, the decline of biological diversity, and other related environmental threats that will have tragic consequences for all life on Earth. The book discusses how increased awareness of these environmental crises and the interdependence of all elements in our ecosystem, human and non-human, is manifested in contemporary literature and art.

The centre is also involved in the planning and teaching of an environmental humanities courseat the University of Iceland, to be launched in 2025.