U of M Icelandic Studies

University of Manitoba and University of Iceland Partnership Conference October 2026.

THEME: Resilience

The University of Manitoba and the University of Iceland invite proposals for a joint international conference exploring Resilience as a concept, practice, and lived experience across disciplines, communities, and regions. The conference will bring together scholars, practitioners, and community voices to examine how resilience is understood, enacted, challenged, and sustained in Nordic, Arctic, Indigenous, and global contexts.

The conference will take place over two days of academic panels in Winnipeg, followed by a third day dedicated to a cultural outing, designed to foster informal exchange and deepen place‑based understanding.

Deadline: June 1, 2026
Proposal Acceptance: July 15, 2026
Send to [email protected]

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Sumardagurinn Fyrsti! It feels like summer! See you soon!

See you later today!

🆕 Micro Diploma in Mythology and Folktale

✅12 credit hours
✅Earn a micro-credential
✅Apply to your degree
✅Explore how ancient stories continue to influence modern culture.

Explore UM | University of Manitoba - Micro-Diploma in Mythology and Folktale Undertake an historical and cross-cultural study of mythology and folktale. Earn the diploma by taking 12 credit hours of courses from the departments of classics, religion, German and Slavic studies and Icelandic language and literature. Add the micro-diploma to your University of Manitoba degree.

🇮🇸Application deadline is Feb 15 2026!

🇮🇸Scholalrship Application deadline: Feb 1 2026.
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https://www.arnastofnun.is/en/international-summer-school-modern-icelandic-language-culturee

International Summer School in Modern Icelandic Language & Culture Learn Icelandic at a summer school in Reykjavík.

The SNORRI program summer 2026! 🇮🇸

www.snorri.is

Tonight is the first evening of the Jólasveinar (Icelandic Yule Lads). The Yule Lads are the sons of Grýla, the ogress, and Leppalúði.

They come down from the mountains where they live to visit the children of Iceland. Children leave shoes on their windowsills, from now until Christmas in anticipation of the Yule Lads visit. If a child has been good the Yule Lads leave a small gift 🎁 in the shoes, and if they have been naughty they receive a rotting potato!🥔

Eve of December 11: Stekkjarstaur (Sheep-Cote Clod): Harasses sheep, but is impaired by his stiff peg-legs 🐑

Image from Yule Lads Iceland by Brian Pilkington

We were honoured to join Mayor Scott Gillingham for a celebration in honour of 150 years of Icelanders in Canada. 🇮🇸 🇨🇦

Learn the Language
Live the Legend
Unlock the Magic!

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