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Ólafur Rastrick - Professor
–
School of Social Sciences
Ólafur Rastrick
Íslenska
Professor
European ethnology
Location
Oddi / O-116
Phone
5254485
8941461
Email
rastrick [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
https://uni.hi.is/rastrick/
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By appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-8638
Research portal – Ólafur Rastrick
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
ÞJÓ450G - The turf-house community
FMÞ102F - Theories in Social and human Sciences
ÞJÓ506M - Cultural Heritage
Education
2012
,
PhD
,
University of Iceland
,
History
1998
,
MA
,
Monash University
,
Anthropology
1993
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
History
Professional Experience
2022 -
,
Professor of ethnology,
University of Iceland
2017 -
2022,
Associate professor of ethnology,
University of Iceland
2014 -
2017,
Lecturer / assistant professor of ethnology,
University of Iceland
2013 -
2014,
Adjunct lecturer in ethnology/folklore,
University of Iceland
Published works
2022
The Reception of Jazz in Iceland in the 1920s and 1930s: Transnational Anxieties, Nation-Building, and Race
2021
Minnisstæðir staðir og staðsettar minningar
Saga
Physical Impairment and the Spatial Dimensions of Everyday Life in Rural Households in Pre-industrial Iceland
Understanding Disability Throughout History
'Not Music but Sonic Porn': Identity Politics, Social Reform, and the Negative Reception of Jazz
Cultural History
‘Not Music but Sonic Porn’: Identity Politics, Social Reform, and the Negative Reception of Jazz
Cultural History
2020
Af erlendu vogreki: Íslensk þjóðmenning, útlend ómenning og viðtaka „óæskilegra“ menningaráhrifa.
Íslenska þjóðfélagið
Let the Pasts Begin: Memory, History and Heritage. Inge Seiding, Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud and Kirsten Thisted with contributions from Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Anne Mette Jørgensen, Malan Marnersdóttir, Bergur Rønne Moberg, Ólafur Rastrick and Rosannguaq Rossen
Denmark and the New North Atlantic : Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire
National (Gender) Trouble: Race, Bodies, and Sexualities. Elisabeth Oxfeldt with contributions from Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud, Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Malan Marnersdóttir, Andreas Otte, Birgit Kleist Pedersen, Ólafur Rastrick, Inge Seiding and Kirsten Thisted
Denmark and The New North Atlantic Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire. vol. 2. Eds Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud and Kirsten Thisted, Aahus University Press, pp. 13-96
Emotional Landscapes: Narratives of Purity and Authenticity. Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud and Kirsten Thisted with contributions from Sumarliði Ísleifsson, Malan Marnersdóttir, Andreas Otte, Elisabeth Oxfeldt and Ólafur Rastrick
Denmark and the New North Atlantic: Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire . red. / Ann Sophie Nielsen Gremaud ; Kirsten
2019
Cleansing the Domestic Evil – On the Degenerate Art Exhibition in Reykjavík, 1942
A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950
2017
Enjoying the outdoor pool in a cold climate
Geothermal Energy
Enjoying the outdoor pool in a cold climate
Geothermal Energy
2016
Movable Topographies - Negotiating the Built Cultural Heritage of 'Old' Reykjavik
Heritage, Democracy and the Public: Nordic Approaches
2015
Menningararfur á Íslandi: Gagnrýni og greining (eds. Ólafur Rastrick and Valdimar Tr. Hafstein)
University of Iceland Press
2013
Johann Anderson (höfundur). Gunnar Þór Bjarnason og Már Jónsson (umsjón m/útgáfu): Frásagnir af Íslandi ásamt óhróðri Göries Peerse og Dithmars Blefkens um land og þjóð
The narratives of Iceland along with the unmarried Gories Peerse and Dithmars Blefkens about country and nation
Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Háborgin: Menning, fagurfræði og pólitík í upphafi tuttugustu aldar
Univeristy of Iceland Press
2012
Bretar að heiman
Saga
Postulínshundar og glötuð meistaraverk
Ritið: Tímarit Hugvísindastofnunar
2010
Physical appearance and the moral conduct of the female subject in inter-war Iceland
Constructing cultural identity, representing social power
Introduction
What about cultural policy? Interdisciplinary perspectives on culture and politics
What about cultural policy? Interdisciplinary perspectives on culture and politics
International Journal of Cultural Policy
Constructing cultural identity, representing social power
2004
Af (ó)pólitískri sagnfræði
Saga
2000
Hús með sál - þjóðarsál
Ný saga
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