Education
Whitehead received a Bachelor degree from the University of Iceland, an Master of Arts from the University of Georgia and his Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University.
historian university professor
Whitehead received a Bachelor degree from the University of Iceland, an Master of Arts from the University of Georgia and his Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University.
He is currently a professor at the University of Iceland. Whitehead has written extensively on the history of Iceland during World World War II and the Cold War. His best known work is the multi-volume series "Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld" ("Iceland in the Second World War").
He has also written about other episodes in Icelandic history, such as the Icelandic government"s rejection of Jewish refugees during the war, and the racist policies of banning black soldiers from the American-garrisoned Naval Air Station Keflavik.
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, District of Columbia, 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.