Category Archives: Events

Friday 25th October 2013 will see the 14th annual conference on the social sciences, held at the University of Iceland. The conference is called “Thjodarspegillinn”, The Mirror of the Nation, and it is an opportunity for researchers in the social … Continue reading →

An international conference in memory of Professor Arni Vilhjalmsson, who passed away 5 March 2013, will be held in the ceremonies hall of the University of Iceland Monday 14 October, 17–19, jointly organised by the School of Social Sciences at … Continue reading →

Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Kesteven, leader of the Conservative Party in 1975–1990 and Prime Minister in 1979–1990, passed away on 8 April 2013. She is one of the most successful and respected British politicians of all times and the only one … Continue reading →

An international conference on the Icelandic bank collapse, five years on, will take place in Reykjavik Monday 7 October 2013, 17–19, in meeting room N-132 in Askja, the Natural Sciences House of the University of Iceland. Dr. Eamonn Butler analyses … Continue reading →

David Oddsson, Editor of Morgunbladid, was Governor of Iceland’s Central Bank during the collapse of the Icelandic banks on 7 October 2008, and before that Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in 1991–2005. Tuesday evening 7 October 2008 Governor Oddsson appeared … Continue reading →

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, a member of the RNH Academic Council, gives a paper on the Icelandic bank collapse and lessons which European nations may draw from it, at the “Freedom Summit” of the European Young Conservatives at Churchill College, … Continue reading →