On Tuesday, October 19, three recent publications will be presented, drawn to a greater or lesser extent from the manuscript collection of the National Library of Iceland – University Library.

Már Jónsson, professor of history at the University of Iceland, will talk about his two-volume work, Magic and Blasphemy in the 17th Century, which contains judgments related to witchcraft cases in Iceland that have been preserved in manuscripts and documents.

Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir, a visiting scholar at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, talks about the book A Poet Goes Free, which in its introduction states that the book "releases four 19th-century female poets from the manuscript archive of the National Library so that they can renew their mission to the outside world." 

Davíð Ólafsson, assistant professor at the School of Humanities, University of Iceland, talks about his book, From Day to Day, which deals with diary writing in Iceland from 1720-1920, and also includes a detailed list of diaries preserved in the National Library's manuscript collection.

The moderator will be Bragi Þorgrímur Ólafsson, director of the manuscript collection at the National Library of Iceland - University Library.

The event will take place in the National Library's lecture hall between 12-1 pm.

Welcome everyone!