At the Humanities Conference on Saturday, staff from the Manuscript Museum and the Women's History Museum will talk about the sources used in connection with the project "R1918." The project, which is being carried out in collaboration with the Icelandic Arts Festival and RÚV, mainly consists of readings of sources such as diaries and letters from the year 1918 that are preserved at the National Library (Manuscript Museum and Women's History Museum) where life in Reykjavík in 1918 is described. These readings are broadcast on Rás 1 every day at 12:03 and are scheduled until June. See their website here: http://www.ruv.is/thaettir/r1918

Historian Erla Dóris Halldórsdóttir will be the moderator, and in addition to Lbs-Hbs staff, historian Gunnar Þór Bjarnason will give an introductory speech.

Reykjavík in 1918: a personal source perspective

– Gunnar Þór Bjarnason: 1918 in the light of history

– Guðrún Laufey Guðmundsdóttir: “We were cooking porridge…” Daily life of the Grafarholt family in 1918

– Rakel Adolphsdóttir: “Dýrleif had such a strong desire to sail that I couldn’t stop her from doing so.” Dýrleif Árnadóttir, a new student at the turning point of 1918

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– Halldóra Kristinsdóttir: “Others can neither benefit nor enjoy reading it.” Diary of Hannes Thorsteinsson 1918

– Gunnar Marel Hinriksson: “… this insignificant letter that I ask you to forgive.” About the documents behind the voices in R1918

– Bragi Þorgrímur Ólafsson: Emergency aid in Reykjavík during the Spanish Flu of 1918

The seminar will take place on Saturday (March 10) between 13:00-16:30 in the University's main building, room 052.

See the seminar program on the Humanities Congress website: http://hugvisindathing.hi.is/malstofur/reykjavik-arid-1918-sjonarhorn-personulegra-heimilda/