The Centre facilitates international research on the literary and cultural history of Icelandic immigrants to North America. The emphasis is on collaborative projects, including publishing; an international summer program in Iceland; the University of Iceland’s international Guttormur J. Guttormsson Lecture Series, and events in celebration of New Iceland’s 150th Anniversary in 2025 and Stephan G. Stephansson Centennial in 2027. The Centre also emphasizes collaboration with descendants of Icelandic immigrants to North America, including the transatlantic fundraising for the Univeristy of Iceland’s Stephan G. Stephansson Endowment Fund, and in the creation of a research library in Veröld – House of Vigdís. For more information, contact Dr. Birna Bjarnadóttir: birna@hi.is