The EUROCALL 2022 Conference was held online on 16-19 August 2022.
The annual meeting of the Vigdís Institute of Foreign Languages and the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding for the year 2021 were held in Veröld – House of Vigdís on 29 April 2022.
A group of three representatives of the Canadian and French Commissions for UNESCO visited the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding (VIC) today.
The Vigdís Centre’s plan for IDIL 2022-2032 was presented at the event “From global to local: Making the International Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages,“ organised by UNESCO in New York in April as a side event of the 21st session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Perspectives on Language and Context is a Festschrift written in honor of Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir to celebrate her academic achievements.
There was a large gathering of people today in Veröld – House of Vigdís for the 70th birthday celebration of Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Iceland.
The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day is Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities. Today UNESCO has organized an international webinar under the same theme.
The Vigdís International Centre now has a new board.
RANNÍS has awarded a project grant to RomIs: A history and ethnography of Roma in Iceland led by Sofiya Zahova.
Elif Shafak received the Halldór Laxness International Literary Award in Veröld - House of Vigdís today.
New Icelandic-French online dictionary was launched today
Katti Frederiksen wins the 2021 Vigdís Prize