Ástráður Eysteinsson#
| Membership Number: | 3410 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ICELAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://uni.hi.is/astra/english |
Present and Previous Positions
- Current position (since 1994): Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Iceland.
- 2019- Affiliate Professor in Icelandic Literature, University of Washington, Seattle.
- 2016-2017 Visiting Professor in Icelandic Studies, University of Victoria.
- 2008-2015 Dean, School of Humanities, 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.
- 1989-1993 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.
Fields of Scholarship
- Modern Literary and Critical Theory
- Translation Studies
- Modern literature (British, Irish, American, German, Icelandic)
- Theories of Modernism, Realism, Postmodernism, and the Avant-Garde
- Cultural Studies; Island Studies; Place Studies
Honours and Awards
- Vísindafélag Íslands (Societas Scientiarum Islandica), elected member 1994.
- Hvatningarverðlaun Rannsóknarráðs Íslands (The Icelandic Centre for Research achievement award for scholars under 40), 1996.
- The Modernist Studies Association Book Prize (together with Vivian Liska), 2008.
- Member of Academia Europaea (2012).
