Irene Rima Makaryk

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Irene (Irena) Rima Makaryk is a Canadian English-language academic, author, and distinguished professor at the University of Ottawa.

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Education

Makaryk earned a bachelor of arts degree (1974), a master of arts degree (1975), and a PhD (1980), all from the University of Toronto. [1]

Career

Makaryk joined the University of Ottawa in 1981 and was given the rank of distinguished professor in 2018; she teaches English at the faculty of arts. [1] [2] She is also the vice-dean of the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies. [2]

Her research focusses on theatrical modernism, Shakespeare, Ukrainian Shakespeare, the arts in times of war, Soviet theatre, Les Kurbas, cultural history, and Arctic diaries. [1] [3] [4]

Makaryk appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Ideas (radio show) on November 3rd 2021. [5]

Selected publications

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The University of Ottawa is proud to present it's 2018-2019 Distinguished University Professors". Ottawa Citizen. 9 Oct 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  3. "2018-2019 uOttawa Distinguished University Professors". Gazette. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  4. "IDEAS schedule for November 2021". CBC. 29 Oct 2021.
  5. "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - Shakespeare in Translation". CBC. 3 Nov 2021.
  6. Kerr, Rosalind (2002-01-01). "Diana Brydon and Irina R. Makaryk, eds. Shakespeare in Canada: A World Elsewhere". Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada. 23 (1–2): 161–164. doi:10.3138/tric.23.1_2.161. ISSN   1913-9101.
  7. Rewa, Natalie (2020). "April in Paris: Theatricality, Modernism, and Politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo by Irene R. Makaryk (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 89 (3): 621–622. doi:10.3138/utq.89.3.hr.61. ISSN   1712-5278. S2CID   234032655.
  8. Chiriac, Alexandra (2021-01-01). "Review of Irena R. Makaryk, 'April in Paris: Theatricality, Modernism, and Politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo' (University of Toronto Press 2018)". ARTMargins Online.
  9. Voloshyna, Iryna. "INTERVIEW: Virlana Tkacz on "GAZ," Koliadnyky and Mars". The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  10. Blacker, Uilleam (2019). "Review of MODERNISM IN KYIV: JUBILANT EXPERIMENTATION". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. 36 (1/2): 220–224. ISSN   0363-5570. JSTOR   48585271.