by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | Oct 22, 2025 | Events, News
EDDA Research Center hosts an open lecture with Nadia Urbinati, Professor at Columbia University, and Cristina Lafont, Professor at Northwestern University, discussing their book The Lottocratic Mentality. The event will take place in Auðarsalur, Veröld – House of...
by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | Aug 29, 2025 | Events, News
Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, discussed the historiography of the origins of the First World War at the University of Iceland on August 27, 2025. The seminar was sponsored by the EDDA Research Center and the Institute...
by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | Dec 6, 2024 | Academic Forum, News, Public Forum
Iceland’s Arctic Policies and Shifting Geopolitics: Embellished Promise has been published by Palgrave Macmillian. The book is written by EDDA researcher Valur Ingimundarson. The Arctic has gained increasing importance in international discussions due to climate...
by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | Jun 22, 2024 | Conferences, Events, News
The EDDA Research Center, in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Memory and Literature, University of Iceland, hosted the IABA (International Auto/Biography) World Conference titled Fragmented Lives. The conference took place on June 12–15 2024, at the...
by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | May 28, 2024 | Conferences, Events, News
The 2024 ReNEW Conference on the state of the Nordics and their place in the world concluded today in twenty panels, and Nordic political, social, cultural, and economic developments are placed in wide-ranging national, comparative, and transnational contexts. From...
by Svanhildur Anja Ástþórsdóttir | May 27, 2024 | Conferences, Events, News
The ReNEW Early Career Paper Prize Competition was held for the fourth time this year, and we had outstanding early career papers on research about the Nordic region. From left: Mads Mordhorst, Copenhagen Business School (subst. for Caroline de la Porte), Sóllilja...
