An ode to Beethoven’s Fate Symphony.

Sam’s annual Eurovision song breakdown!

Cody Skahan discusses radical politics, art and activism.

Kjartan and Eiríkur discuss the past, present and future of science fiction.

Elís Þór discusses the chatbot ChatGPT and the future of Icelandic as well as artificial intelligence.

Dino Ðula investigates lupines, forestry in Iceland and the importance of planting trees to combat climate change.

Huldukonur is a project dedicated to collecting source literature, managed by Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir, Íris Ellenberger and Hafdís Erla Hafsteinsdóttir. The project consists of Icelandic sources which mention or suggest queerness regarding women and other people seen as women at the time, in the years 1700 - 1960. The project aims to make these sources accessible to researchers, students and the public and to encourage more research in the field of queer history. The Student Paper sat down with Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir to discuss Huldukonur and the status of queer history studies.

Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir is the author of two books for Icelandic language learners: Árstíðir – Sögur á einföldu máli (2020) og Dagatal – Sögur á einföldu máli (2022) which will be out next week. Dagatal is an independent sequel of Árstíðir which has been well received and taught at various education levels in Iceland and abroad. The books consist of 91–101 short and accessible stories about customs and traditions in Iceland. The stories are written especially for readers with Icelandic as a second language (they are on difficulty level A2 to B2 according to the European Framework for Language). They therefore support both linguistic- and cultural literacy.

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Árstíðir is available as paperback, e-book and audiobook where twelve individuals with various backgrounds read the stories to show the variations of Icelandic.

Sam Cone gives us her opinion on the Eurovision entries this year.

Anna María Björnsdóttir writes about the values of often under-appreciated genres of literature.

Sam Cone writes about Eurovision with the insights of Gísli Marteinn Baldursson

Francesca Stoppani interviewed a member of the band Volcanova about stoner rock.

Birta Björnsdóttir Kjerúlf took a trip to the Museum of Design and Applied Art to take a look at the exhibition “To the pools”

The Student Paper’s editorial team recommends some books for summer vacation.

Anna María Björnsdóttir and Snædís Björnsdóttir spoke with Guðmund Felixson about life and comedy.

Snædís Björnsdóttir met with students and a teacher of the course Á þrykk (On print) and discussed the book which they will publish this spring.

Árni Pétur Árnason writes about bands that all consist of young people.

Birta Björnsdóttir Kjerúlf has some tips for those that want to start reading again.

Can doctors apply literary studies in their work? Guðrún Steinþórsdóttir, a new PhD in literature, has over the past few semesters taught medical students to use literature in their interactions with patients. Her doctoral thesis, The reality of the mind is a fairytale: the selected stories by Vigdís Grímsdóttur, their characteristics and reception came out in book form published by Hið íslenska bókmenntafélagið before Christmas. The Student Paper sat down with Guðrún to discuss the dissertation, teaching at the Faculty of Medicine and the relationship between these two disciplines - literature and medicine, which at first sight, perhaps, seems unlikely.

The editorial team recommends four books that all touch on the subject of health.

Arnheiður Björnsdóttir talks to PhD student Eva Hrönn Árelíusd. Jörgensen about medical anthropology.

Árni Pétur Árnason made a visit to Reykjavík’s newest swimming pool along with his little sister.