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Today, the Nowruz festival begins in many countries of the world. The word Nowruz means “new day” and during the festival the renewal of nature and arrival of spring are celebrated [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

  Í dag, 6. febrúar, er Alþjóðadagur Sama haldinn hátíðlegur um allt Sápmi eða Samaland. Á síðasta ári stóð Vigdísarstofnun fyrir málþingi um menningarsköpun og framtíð tungumála út frá [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

To celebrate UNESCO’s World Day of Romani Language, distinguished guests with decades of experience in support of Romani language, culture, and human rights, were invited by the Vigdís [...]