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The Day Iceland Stood Still-INLUS Webinar
Icelandic Women Strike! Country Shuts Down! Emmy award-winning filmmaker Pamela Hogan will take us behind the scenes of her latest documentary, THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL. A collaboration with acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, this is the story of one day that changed everything! When 90% of the women of Iceland walked off their…
Read MoreLiving and Working in the Westfjords-INLUS Webinar
What is it like to live and work in the Westfjords of Iceland in winter? During 2024-2025, Dr. Aaron Kennedy served as a Fulbright Scholar in Iceland under the National Science Foundation Arctic Research Grant. Working with the Icelandic Meteorological Office, he lived in the remote Westfjords region of Iceland and deployed weather instrumentation…
Read MoreWestern Icelandic Settlements-Minnesota and Alberta-Webinar
This is a Joint Webinar of the INLNA and the INLUS on Tuesday, June 24th at 8 pm EDT / 7 pm CDT / 6 pm MDT / 5 pm PDT An intriguing series of webinars exploring Icelandic settlement history launched in 2025, which explores the origins of Icelandic communities in North America. Kathryn Rothman…
Read MoreConnect Newsletter Summer 2025 Releases
New Icelandic Club! The Summer 2025 edition of the Connect is now available on the INLUS.org website. A lot of Icelandic activity has been happening across North America recently. We have a new club forming in the heartland of the U.S. Read about this new beginning and tell your friends in the area to check…
Read MoreIceland Travel 2025 Update – INLUS Webinar
It’s Time to finalize those travel plans to Iceland! Höskuldur Sæmundsson will bring us up to date on the happenings at Hey Iceland Travel. We will then “travel” to the east to the Blábjörg Resort in Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður eystri and meet owner Áudur Vala and manager Dagrún Sóla. Whether you are looking…
Read More2025 INLUS Photo Contest Winners
A Summer in Iceland Through Your Eyes We’re pleased to share the results of the first-ever INLUS Photo Contest, which invited our community to submit photos capturing Summer Scenes in Iceland. Over the course of the contest, we received nearly 100 submissions—far more than we expected for our first run. The variety and quality…
Read MoreIceland Search and Rescue -INLUS Webinar
Life in Iceland is complicated by natural forces… Volcanic eruptions can endanger entire towns, like Grindavík in 2024. Extreme floods can destroy bridges and roads to rural areas. Windstorms and snowstorms can make travel impossible. How does Iceland cope with all these potential disasters? The concept of an Iceland search and rescue group was formed…
Read MorePick The Winning Photos
It’s Time to Vote: Help Us Choose the Winning Photo We’re thrilled to announce that voting is now open for the first-ever INLUS Photo Contest! We received almost 100 submissions celebrating the theme of Summer Scenes in Iceland—and we’ve been absolutely blown away by the talent, heart, and perspective shared by our community. These images…
Read MoreIntersecting Worlds-Author’s Corner With Jenna Grace Sciuto
Intersecting Worlds – Iceland and the U.S. South Professor of English, Jenna Grace Sciuto PhD, is the author of Intersecting Worlds which explores colonialist themes in Icelandic and U.S. Southern literature. Examining the work of twentieth-century Icelandic novelists, including Halldór Laxness, Svava Jakobsdóttir, Guðbergur Bergsson, and Fríða Áslaug Sigurðardóttir and U.S. Southern writers, like William Faulkner, Gayl…
Read MorePhotographing The Horse Réttir -INLUS Webinar
Gathering the Icelandic horse herd before winter sets in… Photographer Nancy Johnson and artist Gail Murton share their photos and adventures photographing the 2024 Réttir in Skagafjörður in Northern Iceland. The area around Skagafjörður is horse country and the annual horse round-up draws people from around the world. Photographer Nancy Johnson and friend, artist Gail…
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