Author Archives: HHG

Disadvantages of Further EU Integration, Monday 12 November: 12–13

Mats Persson, director of London think tank Open Europe, will give a talk at a meeting held by RNH, The Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland and the European Watch, Monday 12 November 12–13 in room 201 … Continue reading

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Hannes H. Gissurarson: “Mao was a Monster”

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson read a paper on “Mao: The Story Which Has Been Told” at a meeting organised by the Confucius Institute at the University of Iceland 2 November 2012. He gave an account of the controversy in Iceland … Continue reading

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The Controversy on Mao’s Legacy, Friday 2 November: 12–13

The next event on the RNH calendar is a lecture which Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson is giving on the invitation of the Northern Light Confucius Institute at the University of Iceland Friday 2 November 2012 in Room 207 in the … Continue reading

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Rasmussen on Ayn Rand, Friday 26 October: 5–6 pm

The next RNH event is a celebration of the publication of Ayn Rand’s influential and powerful novel, Atlas Shrugged, called “Undirstadan” in Icelandic. The book is published by Almenna bokafelagid, AB, and translated by Elin Gudmundsdottir, a professional translator. The … Continue reading

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“Money Smell” in Iceland, Friday 26 October: 3–4.45 pm

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gives a lecture Friday 26 October 2012 on “What Political Economy Can Tell Us About Money Smell”. The lecture is a part of a programme, The Nation in a Mirror, organised by the School of Social … Continue reading

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The Media Bias Against the US, Monday 15 October: 12–13

The next event planned by RNH is a talk by Norwegian journalist Jan Arild Snoen Monday 15 October on the European Media Bias Against the US, in meeting room O-201 in Oddi, the Social Science House, at the University of … Continue reading

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