Irene Rima Makaryk Explained

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

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.

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.

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

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

Selected publications

• Irena Makaryk and Diana Brydon (editors), Shakespeare in Canada: A World Elsewhere, University of Toronto Press, 2002 ^[6]
• Irena Makaryk, April in Paris: Theatricality, Modernism, and Politics at the 1925 Art Deco Expo. University of Toronto Press, 2018^{[7] [8]}
• Irena Makaryk, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms, University of Toronto Press, 1993
• Irena R. Makaryk, About the Harrowing of Hell: A Seventeenth-Century Ukrainian Play in Its European Context, Dovehouse Editions 1989
• Irena Makaryk and Virlana Tkacz, Modernism in Kyiv: Jubilant Experimentation, University of Toronto Press, 2010^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irene (Irena) Rima Makaryk . 2022-04-13 . uniweb.uottawa.ca . en.
2. Web site: 9 Oct 2019 . The University of Ottawa is proud to present it's 2018-2019 Distinguished University Professors . 2022-04-13 . Ottawa Citizen.
3. Web site: 2018-2019 uOttawa Distinguished University Professors . 2022-04-13 . Gazette . en.
4. News: 29 Oct 2021 . IDEAS schedule for November 2021 . CBC .
5. News: 3 Nov 2021 . Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - Shakespeare in Translation . CBC .
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 . 10.3138/tric.23.1_2.161 . en . 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 . 10.3138/utq.89.3.hr.61 . 234032655 . 1712-5278.
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. Web site: Voloshyna . Iryna . INTERVIEW: Virlana Tkacz on "GAZ," Koliadnyky and Mars . 2022-04-13 . The Ukrainian Weekly . en-US.
10. Blacker . Uilleam . 2019 . Review of MODERNISM IN KYIV: JUBILANT EXPERIMENTATION . Harvard Ukrainian Studies . 36 . 1/2 . 220–224 . 48585271 . 0363-5570.