News and articles
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26. April 2024
New Geophysics Terminology Collection
The Geophysics Terminology Collection is now online at the Icelandic Term Bank. An accessible bilingual terminology collection for geophysics is an essential resource for students, instructors and professionals in the field.
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20. February 2024
Short Papers from EUROCALL 2023
This volume includes 55 selected short papers delivered at the EUROCALL 2023 Conference.
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16. February 2024
Watermark scanning
Paper from the seventeenth century that was used in Iceland is being investigated as part of a fundamental research project.
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31. January 2024
Snorri Sturluson Fellows
The call for Snorri Sturluson Fellowships for 2024 was announced last July with a deadline of 1 December. The fellows for this year have been announced.
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15. January 2024
New Look for the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
The institute has moved almost entirely into the newly built Edda. It seemed an opportune time for a general redesign of the visual aspects that have come to distinguish the institute.
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6. October 2023
Translation Work Complete for Icelandic-Finnish Dictionary
A significant milestone has been reached in the ISLEX dictionary now that all the Icelandic words in Finnish have been translated.
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6. October 2023
Árni Magnússon Institute Certified as CLARIN B-centre
B-centres (Service Providing Centres) form the backbone of CLARIN, offering the scientific community access to resources and services as well as sharing knowledge.
Upcoming events
All events
Use and Reuse of Paper in the Pre-industrial World
27.–28. August
University College Cork
College Road
T12 K8AF
Ireland
A conference on the use and reuse of paper in the pre-industrial world will be held at the University College Cork in Ireland August 27.-28. The conference is jointly organised by University College Cork, Ireland, and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland.
A registration form and further information can be found here.
NORKURS Meeting in Reykjavík
18.–21. September
Edda
Arngrímsgata 5
Reykjavík 107
Iceland
This year, the annual NORDKURS Meeting will be organised by The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík during 18-21 September 2024. Discussed will be, i.a., the arrangement of summer language university courses for Nordic students and a decision will be taken about the form of arrangement of next year’s summer courses.
Further information about the NORDKURS Association and its activities can be found on the following homepage.
Application deadline for Icelandic Government Scholarships
1. December
The Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs awards annually a number of scholarships for BA-studies in Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland. The scholarship program is administrated by the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.
Application deadline is December 1st each year.
For further information, please visit this website.
Application deadline for the Snorri Sturluson Fellowships
1. December
Annually, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships. The Snorri Sturluson Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not to university students) in the field of humanities, from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society.
There is a special application form to be used when applying for the Fellowships. Applicants should submit a brief but thorough account of the purpose of their stay in Iceland, specifying period of stay, as well as details of education and publications.
Application deadline is 1st December each year. Application form is available here.
For further information, please contact Branislav Bédi via e-mail: branislav.bedi@arnastofnun.is.