Historians in Conversation, episode 35 - Prof. Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir
Historians in Conversation”, episode 34: Michael MascuchThe podcast "Historians in Conversation" is produced by Michael Green, prof. of the University of Lodz in Poland.How do historians build their career, what motivates them and how they deal with professional and personal challenges? What shapes their professional path? Prof. Michael Green from the Faculty of Philosophy and History welcomes you to his podcast, where he will be inviting interesting guests to explore their stories. Episode 35: Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir is professor of Women's and Gender History at the University of Iceland. Her research focuses on personal narratives in Iceland. The conversation focuses on how the environment shapes the scholar – from family to physical surroundings, and how one pursues an academic career, when the decision has been made already at a later stage in life. Erla Hulda depicts her fascinating journey from rural Iceland to the university professorship, while critically but lovingly assessing the realities of her academic life.Her English language publications include:“The stroke of my pen: On transferring the past into the present”, Coresource, 4 (2026): 129-142.Beyond the Centre: women in nineteenth-century Iceland and the grand narratives of European women’s and gender history, Women's History Review, 27, 2 (2018): 154-175.
Historians in Conversation”, episode 34: Michael Mascuch
The podcast "Historians in Conversation" is produced by Michael Green, prof. of the University of Lodz in Poland.
How do historians build their career, what motivates them and how they deal with professional and personal challenges? What shapes their professional path? Prof. Michael Green from the Faculty of Philosophy and History welcomes you to his podcast, where he will be inviting interesting guests to explore their stories.
Episode 35: Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir is professor of Women's and Gender History at the University of Iceland. Her research focuses on personal narratives in Iceland. The conversation focuses on how the environment shapes the scholar – from family to physical surroundings, and how one pursues an academic career, when the decision has been made already at a later stage in life. Erla Hulda depicts her fascinating journey from rural Iceland to the university professorship, while critically but lovingly assessing the realities of her academic life.
Her English language publications include:
“The stroke of my pen: On transferring the past into the present”, Coresource, 4 (2026): 129-142.
Beyond the Centre: women in nineteenth-century Iceland and the grand narratives of European women’s and gender history, Women's History Review, 27, 2 (2018): 154-175.