A symposium in connection with an exhibition on outsiders at the National and University Library of Iceland 14 September 2013 at 13-16.
All lectures will be in Icelandic.
Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir National Librarian addresses the symposium.
Jón Gnarr Mayor of Reykjavík gives a speech about a recent report on the issues of outsiders in Reykjavík.
- Ólafur J. Engilbertsson: Tableaux of two persons outside the Outsiders? exhibition.
- Yngvi Leifsson: Vagrants in Iceland around 1800.
- Már Jónsson: Disparate reasons of vagrancy: Two men named Jón in West-Iceland 1871-1873.
Coffee-break.
- Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir: The story of Guðrún Ketilsdóttir.
- Harpa Björnsdóttir: Sólon Íslandus.
- Þórarinn Eldjárn: Around "Gvendur dúllari”. On Guðmundur Árnason, his life and his art.
- Halldór Baldursson: Familiarising oneself with 19th century atmosphere. About the drawings in the Outsiders? exhibition.
- Sigríður Hjördís Jörundsdóttir og Halldóra Kristinsdóttir: Outsiders?