Þór Whitehead

Education

Academic career

• Research lecturer, University of Iceland, 1978–1981
• Professor of history, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, 1981-
• Director, Institute of History, University of Iceland, 1983–1985
• Fulbright Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, United States, 1986
• Humboldt Fellow, Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt der Bundeswehr, Freiburg, Germany, 1986–1988
• Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Iceland, 1989–1991
• Visiting Research Professor, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, Montpellier, France, 1992–1993
• Chairman, Department of History, 1994–1995
• Humboldt Fellow, Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt der Bundeswehr, Freiburg, Germany, 1996–1997
• Visiting Research Professor, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, Montpellier, France, 2002–2003, 2005–2006,
• Chairman, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Iceland 2006–2007

  Publications

• The Icelandic Literary Prize, 1995.
• The Icelandic Booksellers Prize, 2002.