Representatives of Canadian and French Commissions for UNESCO visit the Vigdís International Centre
A group of three representatives of the Canadian and French Commissions for UNESCO visited the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding (VIC) today. In the [...]
Vigdís International Centre presented at UNESCO event in New York
Sofia Zahova, researcher and member of the board of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding, presented the Centre’s Institutional Plan for the [...]
Perspectives on Language and Context
Perspectives on Language and Context is a Festschrift written in honor of Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir to celebrate her academic achievements as a professor of Second Language Studies at the University [...]
The International Mother Language Day UNESCO Webinar
The International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic diversity and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The [...]
Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud new Chair of Vigdís International Centre
Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud has been appointed as the new Chair of the governing body of Vigdís International Centre, replacing Ásdís Rósa Magnúsdóttir, who was Chairperson from May 2018 until end [...]
RANNÍS awards a project grant to RomIs: A history and ethnography of Roma in Iceland led by Sofiya Zahova
Today, RANNÍS awarded a grant to the project RomIs: A history and ethnography of Roma in Iceland, led by Sofiya Zahova. The 3-year RomIs project has two overarching goals: to provide the first [...]