Viking Humor: Comedy in the Myths and Tales of Medieval Iceland,” with Dr. Andrew McGillivary, will explore a selection of myths and tales rooted in the Viking Age. We will focus our attention on several poems from The Poetic Edda and a selection of short tales from the Icelandic sagas. This 55-Plus course is being offered at the University of Winnipeg on six Tuesday afternoons from April 8 to May 13, 1:30-3:30 p.m. The cost is $99...

Anyone and everyone who enjoys crime and detective novels should have been at the University of Victoria on Sunday, March 16, for the third and final Beck Lecture by Dr. Torfi Tulinius – “The Stranger: Who Is the Criminal in Arnaldur Indriðason’s Stories?” Not only would they have been treated with a history of crime writing in Iceland, but a deep look at the particular writing of Arnaldur Indriðason, the author of 28 novels, 14 of which belong to the so called Inspector Erlendur Series...

My personal Snorri story is a bit unusual from the rest of the Snorri participants, in the fact that I was born and raised in Iceland. After moving to the US at the young age of 10, many subsequent summers were spent traveling back “home” with Mom (Alda) to visit Amma and Afi and the rest of the family. Mom made sure we all kept speaking Icelandic, so transitioning on family visits was quite easy. However, we did not attend school in the Icelandic school system. Instead, we attended the NATO school on base. Although I do read Icelandic, I am a more proficient speaker of the language...