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CV
Education
2000-2001 MA in Comparative Literature from The
University of Iceland.
1992-1996 Postgraduate studies at Trinity College
Dublin
1988-1991 BA in Comparative Literature from The
University of IcelandWhile literary theory is central
to my research into late twentieth century horror
fiction, the research is interdisciplinary in that
it involves cultural studies and studies of popular
culture.
Work experience
I am now a part time tutor at The Iceland Academy
of the Arts, teaching courses in visual culture,
cultural studies and popular culture.
I have been a part time tutor at The University
of Iceland since 1996, and have run programs/seminars
for foreign students on Icelandic Literature and
Culture (in English), taught courses on Popular
Culture and Cultural Studies, Feminist theory, Jane
Austen, Horror fiction, Visual Culture, The Hero,
Film Adaptations (in English) and The Cyborg (in
English). I have also held courses at The Municipal
Center of Adult Education and Institute for Continuing
Education at the University of Iceland.
I am on the editorial board of the webmagazine Kistan,
at www.kistan.is.
I was a film critic on the newspaper DV 1997-1999,
a media critic on the culture program “Mósaík”
for TV (RUV), 1998-1999, and reviewed literature
and film for the culture program “Víðsjá”
on radio (RUV) from 1997-2001. In 2000 and 2001
I reviewed literature on the TV news program “Kastljósið”
(RÚV).
I was on the editorial board of the interdisciplinary
reader Flögð og fögur skinn (ed. Jón
Proppé), published by art.is, Reykjavík,
1998.
1999-2001 I was on the editorial board of the academic
series ‘Atvik’, published by Bjartur and
ReykjavíkurAkademían.
I was on the selection committee for the Icelandic
Film Fund from 1998-2000.
I am a freelance academic,
and a member of the ReykjavíkurAkademía
(association of freelance academics), and also a
member of the Icelandic Writers Association. I have
published poetry and prose published in a variety
of Icelandic magazines, some of which have been
published in Danish in the poetry magazine Hvedekorn.
I have also presented my work on TW and radio, and
have two independently published books of poetry
and prose.
I have given papers on various occasions,
for conferences, courses and seminars.
I gave several papers on gothic literature at Trinity
College Dublin and at the University of Edinburgh,
1993-1996. I have also given papers on vampyres
and horror at the Nordic Summer-University, 1995
(in English), on horror films and visual culture
for Institute for feminist research, autumn 1996
and spring 2000, on Icelandic literature at the
summercourse for teachers of Icelandic, 1996 and
1999, on vampyres for students of Reykjavík
grammar school, winter 1998 and Félag íslenskra
fræða, winter 1999, and various papers
on Fantasy and Icelandic literature for the staff
of the Reykjavík Public Libraries, winter
1998 and 1999. I gave a paper on horror films at
the Conference for the Center for Research in the
Humanities at The University of Iceland, autumn
1999, and on City culture at the Open University,
also at The University of Iceland, spring 2000.
I gave a talk (in English) on Icelandic films for
a conference held by The International Students
Office, participated in a seminar on ‘islands
in poetry’ in Son in Norway (in English) and
gave a paper on Björk’s music videos on
a conference dedicated to her, all in 2000. In 2001
I had a talk on horror and theater at Borgarleikhúsið
or the City Theater, and gave a paper on Sjón’s
novel Augu þín sáu mig at a
conference on novels in The University Of Iceland.
In 2002 I participated in a seminar on utopias at
The University of Iceland, with a paper on cyperpunk
novel Spares, by Michael Marshall Smith. I also
participated in a seminar on women and work, 19.
júní 2002, hosted by Institute for
Continuing Education at the University of Iceland.
Publications
“Augu lesandans: Um Ég man ekki eitthvað
um skýin eftir Sjón”, Tímarit
Máls og menningar 2-92.
“Fugl á grein: Sjón og erótík”,
Tímarit Máls og menningar 1-93.
“Appelsínur, kræklingar og kynjablóm
- Oranges, Mussels and Monstrous Flowers”,
Nordisk Lyrik - Nordic Poetry, Klima - Climate,
København, Transit Production 1994.
“Eating Men: Cannibalism and Sex”, Element,
Dublin 1995.
“Að hringa sig í miðju tímans.
Viðtal við Steinunni Sigurðardóttur”,
Tímarit Máls og menningar, 2-96.
“Mod andre tider” (On Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir)
in Nordisk kvindelitteraturhistorie, vol. 4, København,
Transit Production 1997
“Selvportretter i tiden” (On Steinunn
Sigurðardóttir) in Nordisk kvindelitteraturhistorie,
vol. 4, København, Rosinante/Munksgaard 1997.
“Með sinar í strengi og plægð
orð í húð: Líkamshryllingur
í orði og á borði”, Flögð
og fögur skinn, ed. Jón Proppé,
Reykjavík, art.is 1998.
“Stungið í augu”, Flögð
og fögur skinn, ed. Jón Proppé,
Reykjavík, art.is 1998.
“Bogdage og Dagbøger: Islandsk litteratur
i 1998” í Nordisk Tidskrift, 75/3, Stockholm
1999.
“Sæborgir og sílíkonur:
eða femínismi og póstmódernismi”
in Kynlegir kvistir: Tíndir til heiðurs
Dagnýju Kristjánsdóttur fimmtugri,
ed. Soffía Auður Birgisdóttir,
Reykjavík, Uglur og ormar 1999.
“Við skulum vaka um dimmar nætur
og horfa til himna: Marsbúar og sæborgir
og önnur ó-menni”, Heimur kvikmyndanna,
ed. Guðni Elísson, , Reykjavík.
art.is and Forlagið 1999.
“’Hvar hafa dagar lífs þíns...?’:
Af tíðaröndum”, Heimur kvikmyndanna,
ed. Guðni Elísson, , Reykjavík,
art.is and Forlagið 1999.
“Af-skræmingar, af-myndanir og aðrar
formlegar árásir: Hrollvekjan í
daglegu lífi og starfi”, in Heimur kvikmyndanna,
ed. Guðni Elísson, Reykjavík,
art.is and Forlagið 1999.
“Þegar ég uppgötvaði
að ég er sæborg”, in Tengt
við tímann: tíu sneiðmyndir
frá aldalokum, ed. Kristján B. Jónasson,
‘Atvik’ 1, Reykjavík, Bjartur and
ReykjavíkurAkademían 2000.
“Að vera sýndarvera”, in a
program for the @ exhibition, in The National Gallery
of Iceland and Akureyri Gallery spring 2000. The
article is on the art.is website.
“Af úlfakreppu ljóðsins”,
in The Word Music/Orðið tónlist,
eds. Davíð Ólafsson and Úlfhildur
Dagsdóttir, Reykjavík, Smekkleysa
2000.
“Intet nyt fra nordfronten. Bogåret i
Island 1999” in Nordisk Tidskrift, 76/3, Stockholm
2000.
“Unsynlige kvinder og usynlige forandringer
i det islandske litteraturlandskap året 2000”,
in Nordisk Tidskrift, 76/3, Stockholm 2001.
“Myndanir og myndbreytingar. Um myndbönd
Bjarkar”, Skírnir, autumn 2001.
“Augu þín sáu mig eftir
Sjón” in Heimur skáldsögunnar,
ed. Ástráður Eysteinsson, Reykjavík,
Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla
Íslands, 2001.
“Varahlutir fyrir útópíur:
eða af varúlfum og píum”,
in Ritið, Journal of the Centre in Humanist
Reserch, 1/2002.
Shorter articles, essays and interviews
in newspapers and magazines, such as Lesbók
Morgunblaðsins, Börn og Menning, DV, 19.
júní, Bleikt og blátt og Vera.
Articles on various authors on the literature website,
www.literature.is, hosted by Borgarbókasafn
Reykjavíkur, and film reviews, articles and
book reviews in the webzine www.kistan.is. Articles
in a theater-program for Leikfélag Akureyrar
for the staging of Dracula, and in art exhibition
catalogues for Anna Líndal, Gunnar Karlsson,
Margrét Sveinsdóttir, Steinunn Helgadóttir
and Þorri Hringsson.
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