Ástráður Eysteinsson - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- Ph.D in Comparative Literature, University of Iowa, 1987
- Doctoral studies in German, English, and Scandinavian Studies, University of Cologne, Germany, 1980-1982.
- M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Warwick, 1980 (awarded 1981)
- B.A. in German and English, University of Iceland, 1979
Academic positions:
- Current position (since 2008): Dean, School of Humanities, University of Iceland
- From 1994 Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Iceland
- 1997-1998 Visiting Professor in Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
- 1997 (Spring) Visiting Professor in Comparative Literature (Translation Studies), University of Iowa
- 1989-1994 Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Iceland
- 1988-1989 Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Iceland
- 1987-1988 Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, University of Iceland
- 1982-1986 Teaching Assistant/Instructor, University of Iowa
- 1994-1996, 1998-2000 and 2005-2006 Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and General Linguistics, University of Iceland
- 1990-1992 Director of the Institute for Literary Research, University of Iceland
- 1998-2001 Chair of the University of Iceland Centre for Research in the Humanities
- 2000-2001 Associate Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Iceland
Other academic and cultural services:
- Member of the University of Iceland Science and Research Committee 1991-1996; chair 1994-1996
- Chair of the Board of the University of Iceland Art Museum 2003-2007
- Chair of the Board of University of Iceland Press from 2007
- Member of several judiciary committees for new positions and promotions (frequently as chairman). Member of several permanent or temporary committees both within and outside the University of Iceland. Also member of literary award committees, including the one for the Icelandic Literary Prize for 1989, and the Halldór Laxness Prize award committee (1995-1997).
