List of Publications

Dr. Steindór J. Erlingsson

Peer reviewed papers:
Institutions and Innovation: Experimental Zoology and the Creation of the British Journal of Experimental Biology and the Society for Experimental Biology, The British Journal for the History of Science; DOI:10.1017/S0007087411000847.
"From Hopelessness to Hope: A Scholar's Meditation on a Patient, Psychotropic Drugs and Recovery" (Frá vonleysi til vonar: Hugleiðingar fræðimanns um sjúkling, geðlyf og bata), Geðvernd: Rit Geðverndarfélags Íslands, 40: 24-29, 2011.
"Is Psychiatry Confronting an Intellectual Crisis? On Science and Special Interests" (Glímir geðlæknisfræði við hugmyndafræðilega kreppu? Um vísindi og hagsmuni), Journal of Icelandic Social Workers, 5(1): 5-14, 2011.
The costs of being a restless intellect: Julian Huxley’s popular and scientific career in the 1920s. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 40: 101-108, 2009.
The Plymouth Laboratory and the Institutionalisation of Experimental Zoology in Britain in the 1920s. Journal of the History of Biology; 42: 151-183, 2009.

"The Rise of Experimental Zoology in Britain in the 1920s" (Uppgangur tilraunalíffræði í Bretlandi á þriðja áratug 20. aldar). Náttúrufræðingurinn, 77(3-4): 81-92, 2009.

"Confronting Positivism: On the Tension that Existed Between the British Biologist Lancelot Hogben and Julian Huxley" (Ráðist að rótum pósitívismans: Hugleiðing um togstreituna milli bresku líffræðinganna Julians Huxley og Lancelots Hogben). Skírnir, 180(1): 129-150, 2007.
"'It can be very illuminating to converse with an intelligent heathen': The interaction of religion and science thorough the ages" („Það getur verið gaman að ræða við gáfaðan heiðingja“: Samskipti trúarbragða og raunvísinda í tímans rás). Glíman 3: 117-137, 2006.
"Races, Ideology and Power" (Kynþættir, hugmyndafræði og vald). Vísindavefur.is/Málstofan, 14. júní, 2005

From Haeckelian Monist to Anti-Haeckelian Vitalist: The Transformation of the Icelandic Naturalist Thorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855-1921). The Journal of the History of Biology. 35: 443-470, 2002.
"The Conceptual World of Thorvaldur Thoroddsen 1872-1910" (Hugmyndaheimur Thorvalds Thoroddsens 1872-1910). Skírnir,175: 354-88, 2001.
Introduction of Mendelism in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 13: 61-78, 2000.

Papers in preparation
"“Enfant terrible”: Lancelot Hogben’s life and work in the 1920s" (in preparation).

Book
Our Genes: Biotechnology and Icelandic Society (Genin okkar: Líftæknin og íslenskt samfélag). Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2002. An AP story featuring me and the book was published in numerous countires.

Book chapters
SJE og Marion Thomas, "'Genetic park' ou la transformation d’une île en laboratoire: l’Islande", in Médecine et Sciences humaines: Nouveau manuel pour les études médicales (Christian Bonah, Claudie Haxaire, Jean-MarcMouillie, Anne-Laurence Penchaud og Laurent Visier editors), Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2011, 2nd edition [1st edition, 2007], pp. 663-669.
"The Colonisation of the Theory of Evolution in Iceland, 1872-1910" (Landnám þróunarkenningarinnar á Íslandi, 1872-1910), (peer reviewed). In Darwins's Heritage: Evolution, Nature and Culture (Arfleifð Darwins: Þróunarfræði, náttura og menning), Arnar Pálsson, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Hafdís H. Ægisdóttir, Snæbjörn Pálsson og Steindór J. Erlingsson editors. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2010, pp. 73-95.
”The Art of Dealing With Mental Disorder” (Listin að kljást við geðröskun), in Crazy Recovery Stories (Geðveikar batasögur; Herdís Benediktsdóttir, editor and publisher). Reykjavík, 2009, bls. 77-82.

"The Plymouth laboratory of the Marine Biological Association and the rise of experimental zoology in Britain", in Who Needs Scientific Instruments (Bart Grob og Hans Hooijmaijers, eds.), Leiden: Museum Boerhaave, pp. 169-174, 2006.

"Historical background of Björg C. Þorláksson's evolutionary ideology" (Sögulegur bakgrunnur lífþróunarhugmynda Bjargar C. Þorláksson). In Björg: Verk Bjargar C. Þorláksson, Sigríður. D. Kristmundsdóttir (ed.). JPV útgáfa, 2002, pp. 96-101.

"Introduction". In Um uppruna dýrategunda og jurta (On the Origin of Animal species and Plants), by Thorvaldur Thoroddsen; edited by Steindór J. Erlingsson. Reykjavik: The Icelandic Literary Society, 1998, pp. 9-91.

Theses

The rise of experimental zoology in Britain in the 1920s: Hogben, Huxley, Crew, and the Society for Experimental Biology. PhD-thesis, University of Manchester, 2005.
Ideas on evolution and genetics in Iceland, 1870-1940. MSc Thesis. University of Iceland 1998.

Popular articles
Big Pharma Beaten. Healthy Skepticism International News, November, 2009. Discussion: Neuroskeptic, Telepolis.
"The Christian Apocalyptic Problem" ("Heimsendavandi kristni"). Lesbókin June 21, 2008.*
"Science and the Cold War: The Birth of the Univerty of Iceland's Science Institute" (Raunvísindi og kalda stríðið: Upphaf Raunvísindastofnunar Háskólans). Lesbókin, November 18, 2006.
"Is there any sense in Intelligent Design: A scribble on the tension between the religion and the biological sciences in the United States" (Er eitthvað vit í vithönnunartilgátunni? Ádrepa um togstreituna milli trúar og lífvísinda í Bandaríkjunum). Glíman 3: 141-150, 2006.
The Early History of the SEB and the BJEB. Society For Experimental Biology Bulletin, March, 2006.
"Intelligent Design Theory and Biological Education in the United States" (Vitshönnunartilgátan og lífvísindakennsla í Bandaríkjunum). Lesbókin, 5. nóvember, 2005.

"What lies behind the religious sense? Thoughts on the natural roots of religion" (Hvað liggur að baki trúarvitundinni? Hugleiðing um náttúrulegar rætur trúarinnar). Kirkjuritið 71(2): 17-27, 2005
"The marriage of Darwin and Marx" (Hjónaband Darwins og Marx). Lesbókin, August 27, 2005.
"About 'On Postmodernism'" (Um "Af póstmódernisma). Kistan.is/Kviksaga, March 22, 2005.
"Have we settled the Marxian question?" (Er uppgjörinu við marxismann ekki lokið). Lesbókin, February 12, 2005.
"Does religious longing have its roots in increased gene expression?" (Á trúarþörfin rætur í aukinni próteinframleiðslu?). Lesbókin, December 11, 2004.
"Does God exist: A scribble on science and religion" (Er Guð til?: Ádrepa um raunvísindi og trúarbrögð). Lesbókin, July 3, 2004.
"Some Thoughts on God, Depression and Worldview" (Þungir þankar um Guð, þunglyndi og hugmyndafræði). Gangleri, 78(1): 14-19, 2004.
"Some Thoughts on God, Depression and Worldview" (Þungir þankar um Guð, þunglyndi og hugmyndafræði). Lesbókin, December 6, 2003.
The genomics dream in Iceland (and elsewhere) versus cystic fibrosis. GeneWatch, 15 (4): 12-13, 2002.
"What do Thorvaldur Thoroddsen and professor Kristján Kristjánsson have in common?" (Eiga Þorvaldur Thoroddsen og Kristján Kristjánsson eitthvað sameiginlegt?). Lesbókin, November 6, 1999.
*The weekly cultural section of Iceland's leading daily newspaper

Reviews:
"'The Scientific Revolution' dissected" ('Vísindabyltingin' krufin til mergjar). Hugur 17: 215-219, 2005.
"Perfect Popular Science: A Scribble on Líf af lífi (Fullkomin alþýðufræðsla: Hrifla um Líf af lífi). Kistan.is, 1. nóvember, 2005 (kistugrein nr. 4142).

Newspaper Articles:
Since 2000 I have written dozens of articles in Icelandic newspapers, which cover politics, biotechnology, popular science and religious criticism.

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