Exhibition Dedicated to the Life and Impact of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Photo/Getty Images An exhibition dedicated to the life and impact of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former president of Iceland and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Languages, [...]
Call for nominations: the International Vigdís Prize
The International Vigdís Prize recognizes individuals, organisations or institutions that have pursued groundbreaking work supporting languages and cultures, for example with projects promoting [...]
Icelandic Online for Children Launched on the First Day of Reykjavík Children’s Culture Festival
New educational website for children activities Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Culture and Business Affairs opened the new language learning website Icelandic Online Börn in Veröld – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Discussion on Indigenous Languages at the Arctic Circle Assembly
Indigenous languages of the Arctic were discussed yesterday at a seminar organized by Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the Arctic Circle Assembly [...]
Juergen Boos winner of the International Vigdís Prize 2022
Mr. Juergen Boos, the President and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair, is the 2022 winner of the international Vigdís Prize, an award conferred for outstanding contributions to world languages and [...]
Exhibition on the life and work of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Art and clothes, letters and documents, gifts from foreign heads of state. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, has donated all these items and more to the University of Iceland [...]
Online seminar: “𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬”
The 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 aims to raise awareness of the importance of professional translation as it brings nations together, facilitates dialogue, understanding and cooperation, [...]
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 [...]
Call for papers: Twelfth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies
Call for papers: Twelfth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies “The Middle East in Myth and Reality” Reykjavik, Iceland, 22–24 September 2022 The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern [...]
Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture 2021
The 2021 edition of Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture is out and can be accessed at millimala.hi.is/en. The journal has been published by the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign [...]
Open Call: Generation Asia – 2022 Nordic NIAS Council Conference
The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland are inviting scholars to submit panel proposals for [...]
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 [...]
Elif Shafak receives Halldór Laxness International Literary Award in Veröld – House of Vigdís
Turkish-British novelist and women’s rights activist, Elif Shafak, recieved the Halldór Laxness International Literary Award today. The prize is awarded to an internationally-recognised [...]
Call for papers: NIC Conference 2021
A conference on Changing regional identities and intercultural communication will be held at the University of Iceland 25-27 November 2021, as part of the network Nordic Intercultural [...]
Vigdís launches a new Icelandic-French online dictionary
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former President of Iceland, launched Lexía, a new Icelandic-French online dictionary, at a formal ceremony in Veröld today in front of a large audience which included [...]
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 [...]
Launch of the project “Educated Roma women, empowered Roma communities!”
Photos: Sofiya Zahova and Roma school children The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages is a partner in the newly launched project “Educated Roma women, empowered Roma [...]
Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture 2020
The 2020 edition of Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture is out and can be accessed at millimala.hi.is/en. The journal has been published by the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign [...]
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 [...]
Annual meeting of the Board of the Vigdís International Centre
The annual meeting of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding was held on 16 October 2020. Due to the unusual circumstances created by the Covid-19 [...]
Call for papers: NIC Conference 2020
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 [...]
Carlsberg Foundation pays tribute to Queen Margrethe and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir on their birthdays
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 [...]
Jonhard Mikkelsen first recipient of the Vigdís International Prize
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 [...]
A Celebration on the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service for Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
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 [...]
Call for papers for Milli mála 2020
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 [...]
Icelandic Online Kids receives a grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
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 [...]
Everything cancelled in Veröld – House of Vigdís 14 February 2020
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 [...]
Call for papers: Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture
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 [...]
Languages Open up Worlds – Words for Vigdís published
The Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding has recently published the book Languages Open up Worlds – Words for Vigdís. The book is a translation of [...]
International Culture Awards and Jubilee
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, will turn 90 on 15 April 2020 and in June the same year forty years will have passed since her historic win in the presidential elections in [...]
Women and Leadership discussed in Veröld
Women leaders will convene in Veröld – House of Vigdís on Tuesday evening, 19 November, at 20:00 to discuss women, leadership and the sustainability of languages and cultures. Katrín [...]
Icelandic Online awarded by the Icelandic Language Council
The Icelandic Language Council has awarded the Survival course of Icelandic Online, for contributing to the enhancement of the Icelandic language. The course was one of three projects that [...]
Ian McEwan receives literary award in Veröld – House of Vigdís
World renowned author Ian McEwan became the first recipient of the new Halldór Laxness International Literary Award today. The 15,000 euro prize is awarded to an internationally-recognised [...]
UNESCO International Literacy Day Conference
Photos © UNESCO Ásdís R. Magnúsdóttir, Chair of the Governing Board of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding, represented the Centre at the [...]
Annual meeting of the Board of the Vigdís International Centre
The annual meeting of the Vigdís international Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding for the year 2018 was held on 6 September 2019. The board of the Centre met in Veröld – [...]
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies was held in Veröld – House of Vigdís at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, 15-17 August, [...]
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 [...]
Roma in the Centre Initiative
Roma family in Seyðisfjörður, 1912. Photo by Björn Björnsson. Source: National Musum of Iceland Sofiya Zahova, postdoctoral researcher. Roma in the Centre is an [...]
Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir new president of the Association of Language Teachers in Iceland
Dr Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir is the new president of STÍL – the Association of Language Teachers in Iceland. Hólmfríður completed her doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin [...]
Visit from the Chancellor of Tokai University
Representatives from Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan, paid a visit to the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of foreign languages today, in Veröld – House of Vigdís. Collaboration between [...]
Milli mála 2018
The newest edition of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institure for foreign languages’ online magazine, Milli mála, has been released and can be accessed here. Milli mála – Journal of Language and [...]
Hva med språkfellesskapet? Er nordisk språkfellesskap på vei ut?
Seminar om hvordan det står til med det nordiske språkfelleskapet – ikke minst på universitetene i Norden. En ny utredning om undervisning av Nordens språk ved universiteter og høyskoler i Norden [...]
Latin American Movie Days in Veröld – House of Vigdís 7 – 29 March
To celebrate the United Nations’ Year of Indigenous Langues 2019, Latin American Movie Days have a special focus on the indigenous people and languages of Latin America.
The International Mother Language Day celebrated in Veröld
The International Mother Language Day was celebrated in Veröld – House of Vigdís today, 21 February. A big thank you goes to the school children from 3rd and 4th grade of Melaskóli that [...]
Italian movies in Veröld – House of Vigdís, 7-28 February
Italian movies will be screened in the main auditorium of Veröld – House of Vigdís, 7-28 February. All are welcome and admission is free.
Bilingual publication of Pablo Neruda’s poetry
A bilingual publication of Pablo Neruda’s poetry, Hafið starfar í þögn minni: Þýðingar á ljóðum, has just been released by Háskólaútgáfan publishers. The editor of the book is Hólmfríður [...]
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 [...]
Call for papers: Milli mála – Journal of Language and Culture
This is a call for papers for the eleventh volume (2019) of Milli mála. The journal welcomes academic articles in the fields of language, literature, linguistics, translation studies, and [...]
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 [...]
New exhibition in Veröld – House of Vigdís: First Encounter. Greenlanders in Ísafjörður in 1925.
Greenlanders had hardly ever been seen in Iceland, but in 1925 just under 90 of them came on a visit to Ísafjörður. This exhibition reveals how this visit had its roots in a quarrel between [...]
Ársskýrsla Alþjóðlegrar miðstöðvar tungumála og menningar
The annual report of VIMIUC – Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding has been published and can be downloaded here.
Studying ancient collective Icelandic and Danish roots
Grantees with Margareth II Queen of Denmark, representatives from the national museums in Iceland and Denmark, and the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, rector of the [...]
ISO working group meeting in Veröld – House of Vigdís
In this first week of November, working groups of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) dedicated to the coding of languages met in Iceland for the first time. Language codes are [...]
In Other Wor(l)ds – Nordic Dimensions of Multilingualism
In Other Wor(l)ds is the final seminar of the project Multilingualism and Diversity as a Resource in the Cultural Field, part of Norden 2020. The topics of the seminar are: “How can we [...]
Veröld – House of Vigdís nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Andrúm studio has been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, for their design of Veröld – House of Vigdís. Veröld [...]
The Danish New Wave – Seminar
The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages and The Nordic House, invite you to a Seminar on the innovation of the Danish New Wave of Cinema. The seminar is a part of a programme [...]
A sad day for culture, science, history – and language diversity
A statement from Sebastian Drude, the Managing Director of The Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding Yesterday evening, the world lost one of its major [...]
Successful conference on endangered languages
Some of the world’s leading experts and scholars on endangered languages, language documentation and language revitalization came together at the FEL Conference XXII – Endangered Languages [...]
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