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Women and religion in the Nordic countries

In a new special issue of Women’s Writing, Nordic women’s writing before 1750 is examined through the lens of religious faith.

Application deadline for International Summer School in Icelandic

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Iceland, organizes every year an International Summer Course in Modern Icelandic and Icelandic Culture. The course is to be held in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. Classes take place at the University Campus at Suðurgata.

Grey, concrete car park. A man pushes a stack of yellow and black boxes from the back of a black van. Two stacks of boxes are already on the floor and two policemen watch the proceedings.

All manuscripts transferred to Edda

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies has now completed the transfer of all the manuscripts in its care to its new secure storage facility in Edda.

Conference on Historical Paper and Watermarks in Digital Collections

From June 19th to 21st 2025, The 8th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections was held at Edda in Reykjavik.

Hópur fólks stillir sér upp fyrir mynd í stofu, í bakgrunn er málverk og íslenskur fáni.

The annual meeting of teachers of Icelandic at foreign universities

Teachers of Icelandic at universities abroad gathered in Reykjavik from June 11 – 14 for their annual meeting.

International Summer School in Modern Icelandic Language & Culture

Date: June 30 – July 24, 2026 Each year, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Iceland, organises the International Summer School in Modern Icelandic Language and Culture.

Application deadline for Summer School in Manuscript Studies

The Summer School in Manuscript Studies 2026 will be held June 15-25 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Application deadline for Icelandic Government Scholarships

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 for the Snorri Sturluson Fellowships

Annually, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships.

Dating Historical Paper

Currently, researchers are using FTIR spectroscopy (Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy) to determine the age of seventeenth-century paper.