Refugees from the Middle East and their Languages in Iceland
With the aim of opening a platform for hearing the voices and experiences of refugees in Iceland with regard to languages and language rights, The Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism [...]
International Mother Language Day
School children from Hólabrekkuskóli visited Veröld – House of Vigdís on the International Mother Language Day, 21 February. The day started with a brief introduction to the Living [...]
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Do you know what is commemorated globally on the 27th of January? Do you know what Shoah means? Have you ever heard the words Porrajmos or Samudaripen? On the 27th of January, the world marks the [...]
Call for papers: EUROCALL 2023 – CALL for languages
The focus of the 2023 EUROCALL conference is on inclusiveness of all languages, which is reflected in the main conference theme “CALL for all languages”. We particularly welcome papers that focus [...]
“Promotion of Indigenous languages on cyberspace” at UNESCO
Technology has to support pedagogy, stated Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir during her contribution to the discussion “Promotion of Indigenous languages on cyberspace” organised today at UNESCO Headquarters [...]
Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data: short papers from EUROCALL 2022
The 2022 EUROCALL conference was held in Reykjavik on 16-19 August 2022 as a fully online event hosted by the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, the Vigdís International [...]
NIC ráðstefnan 2022 haldin í Veröld – húsi Vigdísar
The 27th Nordic Intercultural Communication 2022 (NIC) conference was held in Veröld – House of Vigdís 24-26th November 2022. The conference is the main activity supported by the Nordic Network [...]