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A conference on Changing regional identities and intercultural communication will be held at the University of Iceland 26-28 November 2020, as part of the network Nordic Intercultural [...]

On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Queen Margrethe on 16 April and the 90th birthday of former Icelandic President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir on April 15 this year, the Carlsberg Foundation [...]

Faroese linguist, teacher and publisher, Jonhard Mikkelsen, today received the first international prize in the name of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. He received the prize for his unique contribution [...]

Photograph: Ari Magg Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, turns 90 on 15 April, and this year, in June, there are 40 years since her historical election as the first woman [...]

This is a call for papers for the twelveth volume (2020) of Milli mála. The journal welcomes academic articles in the fields of language, literature, linguistics, translation studies, and [...]

A new novel, Bákn, by Gregory Alan Phipps, assistant professor of English Literature at the University of Iceland, has just been released through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.    [...]

All events scheduled by the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages and the Vigdís International Centre for the next days, will be cancelled until further notice due to COVID-19. [...]

Icelandic Online Kids, a new online language course under development within the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of foreign Languages,  recently received a generous grant from the Ministry of [...]

No classes will be taught in Veröld – House of Vigdís on 14 February due to dangerous weather conditions, that have been forcasted by the Icelandic Met Office. The office in Veröld will be [...]

Polish Days will be held in Veröld – House of Vigdís 17-21 February. The events are organized by the Language Centre of the University of Iceland, The Vigdís Institute and International Centre in [...]