Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson, historian, writer, editor, b. 1955.

 

ReykjavíkurAkademían
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E-mail: sumarlid@akademia.is
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Education:

BA in history, University of Iceland 1984.
Cand.mag in history, University of Iceland 1986.
Further studies in history in the Universities of Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark 1987–1990.

Board member:

In the Board of Union of Icelandic History Students 1983–1985.
In the Board of Union of Icelandic Historians 1986–1987.
In the Board of The Academy of Reykjavík 1999–2002, vice-chairman 2001–2002.
In the Committee of Icelandic Historians for Foreign Relations, 1996–2000.
In the Committee of Hagþenkir, Union of Non-Fiction Writers, for grant allocation for documentaries 2000–2004.
In the Board of the Dagsbrún Library, The ReykjavíkAcademy, 2004–

Books, articles and documentaries (selected)

Eldur í afli. Málmiðnaður á Íslandi á 19. og fyrri hluta 20. aldar. Safn til iðnsögu Íslendinga. – Einnig heimildamynd um sama efni. Rv. 1987 (History of the Metal Industry in Iceland in the 19th and early 20th Century, 200 p.; also a documentary).

Frá steðja til stafns. Málmiðnaður á Íslandi á síðari hluta 20. aldar. Safn til iðnsögu Íslendinga. Rv. 1994 (History of the Metal Industry in Iceland in the late 20th century, 300 p.).

“Íslandsbanki og erlent fjármagn á Íslandi í upphafi 20. aldar”. Fjármálatíðindi 1.–3. tbl. 1992 (The Bank of Iceland and Foreign Capital in Iceland in the early 20th Century, 90 p.).

“Aðalsmaður í Íslandsferð. Íslandsleiðangur Stanleys 1789”. (Lord Stanley´s Travel to Iceland in 1789. A documentary).

“Hver athöfn var þörf”. Heimildamynd um Guðmund Hannesson læknaprófessor og skipulagsfrömuð. Handrit og umsjón. Sjónvarpið 1994 (a documentary on doctor and professor Guðmundur Hannesson).

Images of Iceland through the Centuries, Iceland Review 1.–4. 1995.

“við hlið hennar bliknuðu hinar dásamlegustu hallir Babýlonar og Forn-Grikkja”. Um Jules Verne, teiknarann Riou og Ísland. Ný Saga 7. árg. 1995 (On Jules Verne´s book, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the Illustrator Riou and Iceland).

Í straumsamband. Saga Rafmagnsveitu Reykjavíkur. 75 ára afmælisrit. Reykjavík 1996 (History of Reykjavik Energy in 75 Years, 250 p.).

Ísland framandi land. Reykjavík 1996. (Images of Iceland through the Ages, 250 p.)

“Verður Ísland líka útópía á 21. öldinni?”, Lesbók Morgunblaðsins 4. desember 1999 (Will Iceland also be a Utopia in the 21st Century?)

Suðurganga Nikulásar (Pilgrimage from Iceland in the Middle Ages, Icelandic TV 1999. A documentary).

“Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina and Iceland”. Journal of the International Map Collectors' Society, december 2000.

Saga hugverkaréttinda í íslensku atvinnulífi á 19. og 20. öld. Rv. 2001 (History of Intellectual Pproperty Rights in Iceland, 200 p.).

“Fyrirmyndasamfélagið Ísland”. Ritið, tímarit Hugvísindastofnunar, 1. tbl. 2002 (The Ideal Society Iceland).

Saga Stjórnarráðs Íslands 1964–2004, I.-III. bindi. Rv. 2004 (History of the Government Offices of Iceland, editor and one of six authors, 1500 p.).

“Íslandsbanki og erlent fjármagn í upphafi 20. aldar” (Foreign Capital in Iceland in early 20th Century). Rætur Íslandsbanka. 100 ára fjármálasaga. Rv. 2004, 55–93.

„Hafa ímyndir áhrif“. Kistan, vefrit. 10.03.2006.

„Pro-vincere“. On Provincialism. Socialurin. Torshavn 27. október 2006.


“Barabarians of the North become the Hellenians of the North”. Northbound. Aarhus University Press 2007. In press.

“Foreign Visual Art and Changing Attitudes to the Icelandic Landscape in the 19th and early 20th Centuries”. The Discovery of Nineteenth Century Scandinavia. Norvik Press London 2007. In press.

Research in progress

2006–2009. The Image History of Iceland in the 20th Century.

2005–2007. The History of The State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland.

2004–2007. Pilgrimage from Iceland in the Middle Ages.

2004–2007. History of Icelandic Foreign Trade. Editor.

2006–2011. History of the Icelandic Trade Unions. Editor and co-author.

Lectures (selected)

April 2000. “Pílagrímaferðir Íslendinga á miðöldum” (Pilgrimages from Iceland in the Middle Ages), Icelandic History Union Congress.

September 2000. “Carta Marina, Olaus Magnus and Iceland”. The International Map Collectors´Society, International Congress in Iceland.

November 2001. “The Construction of the Image of an Island in the Far North”. North and South as a Figure of Thougth in Europe, University of Helsinki.

Februar 2002. “Óþjóð á enda heims. Ísland sem and-útópía á liðnum öldum”. (Iceland as Dystopia through the Centuries) Union of Icelandic Historians.

June 2002. “Europa og Island i 1700-tallet og begyndelsen af 1800-tallet. Fra dystopi til utopi”. Norden och Europa 1700-1830, The Icelandic 18th Century Union.

September 2002. “Iceland between Utopia and Dystopia in the 18th to 20th Century”. Sagas and Societies.

May 2003. “Island mellem dystopi og utopi 1680-1840”. The Construction of the North 1700-1830, Greifswald Germany.

June 2004. “The Evolution of the Image of Iceland 1770–1830”. The Centre for Nordic Research, University College, London.

August 2004. “The Evolution of the Image of Iceland 1750–1850”. International Association for Scandinavian Studies, Vienna.

October 2004. “Íslandsbanki og erlent fjármagn á Íslandi í upphafi 20. aldar”. Hugvísindaþing Háskóla Íslands. (Foreign Capital in Iceland in early 20th Century).

November 2005. “Research on the Images of the North”. The Icelandic Research Fund.

November 2005. “Halldór Laxness and Images of Iceland”. The Icelandic National Theater

February 2006. “Do Images Have Impact”? International Conference on the Images of the North. Histories – Identities – Ideas. The ReykjavíkAcademy.

Marz 2006. “Images of Iceland in the 20th Century”. The Icelandic Association of Historians.

June 2006. “Carta Marina and Icelandic Images”. Icelandic Culture House.

September 2006. “Icelandic Images”. Images and Identities, University of Wales Bangor.

September 2006. Iceland as Hellas of the North. The Greek-Icelandic Society.

October 2006. Pro-vincere. On the Province and Provincialism. University of the Faroe Islands.

November 2006. Icelanders, Old-Greece and the Golden Age. University of Iceland. Faculty of Humanities.

November 2006. Eating their Own Shoes. The Society Food and Culture, Reykjavík.

February 2007. Icelandic Food and foreign Tourists in Iceland in 19th and early 20th Centyry. The Academy of Akureyri.

Marz 2007. On the Project Icland and Images of the North. The Academy of Reykjavík.

March 2007. Icelandic Images through the Ages. University of Rouen, France.

Collaboratives:

2001–2006. The Construction of the North 1700–1830, Dystopia and Utopia. A collaborative of scholars from the Nordic countries, Germany and USA. Grant from NOS-H, Nordiska samarbetsnämnen för humanistisk forskning.

2005–2007. The Icelandic Foreign Trade. A collaborative of scholars from Historical Institute, University of Iceland. Editor and co-ordinator.

Stipendias

1998. DAAD, German research grant
The Icelandic Documentary Fund, several grants.
The Union of Non-Fiction Writers, several grants.

1999–2002. The Icelandic Research Fund.

2004–2006. The Icelandic Christianity Research Fund

2005–2006. The Fund for Non-Fiction Writers.

2006–2007. The Cultural Fund of Western Iceland.

2007-2010. The Icelandic Research Fund. Grant of Excellence.