Þór Whitehead

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Þór Whitehead (Thor Whitehead) (born 19 August 1943) is an Icelandic historian. He is currently a professor at the University of Iceland.

Thor has written extensively on the history of

Jewish refugees during the war, and the racist policies of banning black soldiers from the American-garrisoned Naval Air Station Keflavik
.

Education

Thor received a

Oxford University
.

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

  • Whitehead, Þór (1979). Kommúnistahreyfingin á Íslandi 1921-1934 [The Communist Movement in Iceland, 1921–1934] (in Icelandic).
  • Whitehead, Þór (1980–1999). Ísland í sídari heimsstyrjöld [Iceland in the Second World War] (in Icelandic). Vol. I–IV. The Icelandic Literary Prize, 1995.
  • Whitehead, Þór (1988). Íslandsaevintýri Himmlers 1935-1937 [Himmler's Iceland Adventure 1935-1937] (in Icelandic).
  • Whitehead, Þór (1998). The Ally Who Came in from the Cold. A Survey of Icelandic Foreign Policy 1946-1956.
  • Whitehead, Þór (2002). Ísland í hers höndum [Iceland and the Allied Military Presence. Pictures from a War 1939-1945] (in Icelandic). The Icelandic Booksellers Prize, 2002.

Sources

  • Who is Who in the World 2009.

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