Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Old Norse-Icelandic literature. University of Iceland 2017.
Cand. Mag. in Nordic languages and literature. Aarhus University 2012.
B.A. in Icelandic. University of Iceland 2010.
Beginner’s course in Polish. University of Silesia in Katowice, 2016.
International summer course in manuscript studies II. The Arnamagnæan Institute in Iceland 2016.
International summer course in manuscript studies I. The Arnamagnæan Institute in Iceland 2015.
Summer school in Viking and Medieval studies at Aarhus University 2009 and 2010.
I have also studied toward a diploma in university pedagogy at the University of Iceland School of Education.
Research
Visiting scholar at the Arnamagnæan Collection, University of Copenhagen 2018
Visiting scholar at Harvard University 2016
Visiting lecturer at the University of Silesia in Katowice 2016
Visiting scholar at the Arnamagnæan Collection, University of Copenhagen 2014
Grants
Rannís: Fund for independent scholars 2017-2019 (18 months).
The Arnamagnæan Commission: Grant for manuscript studies in Copenhagen 2018 (4 months).
Hagþenkir: the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland 2017 (3 months).
The University of Iceland Research Fund: Grant for Ph.D. studies 2014-2017 (3 years).
The Arnamagnæan Commission: Grant for manuscript studies in Copenhagen 2014 (3 months).
Teaching experience
Teacher of Icelandic grammar and Old Norse and Modern Icelandic literature at Breiðholt Community College 2018-
Guest lecturer at University College London in October 2017.
Guest lecturer at the University of Colorado, Boulder in October 2016.
Guest lecturer at the University of Silesia in Katowice, spring term 2016.
External lecturer at the University of Iceland since 2013.
Editorial work
2017 to present day: Work on an edition of the manuscript AM 194 8vo at the Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen.
2015-2017: Co-translator of The Saga of Thidrik of Bern into English, with Edward Haymes.
2014: Linguistic advisor for Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader by Jesse Byock.
2013: Textual work for The Icelandic Literary Society.
2012: Linguistic advisor for Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas by Jesse Byock, Viking Language Series.
2010: Editor of Meistarar og lærisveinar by Þórbergur Þórðarson, from the author’s manuscript.
Other work
2017: Project manager and curator of Kvikan: Culture and Resource Center, which includes The Icelandic Saltfish Museum, The Guðbergur Bergsson Center and an exhibition of Icelandic geology.
Administration, boards and committees
Fulltrúi doktorsnema í Doktorsnámsnefnd Hugvísindasviðs Háskóla Íslands frá janúar 2016.
Formaður Félags doktorsnema og nýdoktora á Hugvísindasviði Háskóla Íslands frá desember 2015.
Fulltrúi doktorsnema í stjórn Hugvísindastofnunar veturinn 2015-2016.
Deildarráðsfulltrúi í Íslensku- og menningardeild Háskóla Íslands 2014-2016.
Deildarfulltrúi í Íslensku- og menningardeild Háskóla Íslands veturinn 2014-2015.
Starfandi formaður Félags doktorsnema á Hugvísindasviði Háskóla Íslands frá nóvember 2015.
Ritari í stjórn Félags doktorsnema á Hugvísindasviði Háskóla Íslands veturinn 2014-2015.
Sat í sannleiksnefnd um Lagarfljótsorminn sumarið 2014 sem skipuð var af sveitarstjórn Fljótsdalshéraðs.
Meðstjórnandi í Félagi íslenskra fræða 2013-2014.
Professional affiliation
Member of the ReykjavíkAcademy since 2008, The Retrospective Methods Network since 2010 and The Old Norse Folklorist Network since 2011.
Member of MEARCSTAPA (Monsters: the experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application) since 2013.
Member of Hagþenkir since 2015.