On Tuesday, December 14, 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.

Historian Marín Árnadóttir talks about the collection of articles , Aspects of Peculiar People, which is the 28th volume in the series A Sample Book of Icelandic Folk Culture . It discusses people who lived on the margins of Icelandic society in various ways in the past.

Historian Erla Dóris Halldórsdóttir discusses her book Measles, in which she traces the history of measles in Iceland, the people who had to deal with the disease and its consequences.

Literary scholar Haukur Ingvarsson discusses the book Representative of the Best in American Culture, which examines the influence of American author and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner on cultural and political life in Iceland in the mid-twentieth century. 

The moderator will be Bragi Þorgrímur Ólafsson, director of the manuscript collection.

The event will take place in the National Library's lecture hall from 12-1 p.m. The books will be available there at introductory prices.

Welcome everyone!