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Jón Karl Helgason

Professor Icelandic as a second language
School of Humanities
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
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Jón Karl Helgason is a professor in Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland, teaching in the Departments of Icelandic and Icelandic as a Second Language. His primary research areas are the reception of the Icelandic sagas, Icelandic 20th-century cultural history, cultural saints of Europe and metaficton.

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Education
  • 1995 Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Comparative Literature
  • 1987 BA University of Iceland Comparative Literature
Courses 2024 - 2025