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 [...]
Vigdís Centre Participating in UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day Event in Paris
The Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding was proud to present its work and activities at the Icelandic stand during the celebration of International [...]
Lively seminar with women leaders
Women leaders, including two women of indigenous and minority backgrounds with long-term experience in community and organisational leadership, came together in a conversation on inspiring [...]
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 [...]
NIC Conference postponed to 2022
The Nordic Intercultural Communication conference, previously scheduled for November 2021, has been postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19. The NIC conference will take place at the University of [...]
Katti Frederiksen wins the 2021 Vigdís Prize
The Greenlandic linguist, poet and activist Katti Frederiksen, Greenland’s current Minister of Education, Culture and Church, was awarded the 2021 international prize for culture, named [...]
PhD Defence in Second Language Acquisition
Ebba Þóra Hvannberg, Oddný Sverrisdóttir, Branislav Bédi, Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Hrafn Loftsson and Guðmundur Hálfdánarson. Branislav Bédi with his PhD supervisor, Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir. On [...]
Successful workshop on the culture of Roma people
Roma people and researchers of the Roma culture assembled in Veröld – House of Vigdís today, for an international workshop, held in the Romani and English languages. The workshop is the [...]
Polish Days in the Language Centre
Anna Rabczuk from the University of Warsaw will be visiting the Language Centre of the University of Iceland, in Veröld – House of Vigdís in February. On this occasion, we invite you to a [...]
Palgrave Macmillan publishes a new book by Gregory Alan Phipps
A new book, Narratives of African American Women’s Literary Pragmatism and Creative Democracy, by Gregory Alan Phipps, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of [...]