Professor Aritha Van Herk
Positions
Professor
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 220-5481
Location
Office: SS1132
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Preferred method of communication
E-mail.
Background
Educational Background
B.A. English Lang & Or Literature, University of Alberta, 1976
M.A. English Lang & Or Literature, University of Alberta, 1978
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Projects
Awards
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, Athabasca University, . 2018
- Member, Order of Canada, Office of the Governor General of Canada. 2018
- Elected as Fellow of the Glenbow Museum, Glenbow Museum and Archives. 2017
- She Who Dares, YWCA, Calgary. . 2017
- Killam Award for Mentorship and Supervision, The Killam Trust. 2016
- Lecture of a Lifetime, University of Calgary. 2016
- One of 25 Most Influential Artists in Alberta, Alberta Foundation for the Arts.. 2016
- Great Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 2015
- Finalist in Profile, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2014
- Honorary Degree, University of Manitoba, 2013
- Lt. Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award, 2013
- Lorne Pierce Medal, 2012
- Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
- Alberta Order of Excellence, 2011
- Aritha van Herk Award, 2011
- Calgary Awards, 2011
- Calgary Public Library Champion Award, 2011
- Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2011
- Great Ideas Award, Newspapers Canada, 2011
- University of Calgary Students Union Teaching Excellence Award, 2011
- Mavericks ONE BOOK/ONE CITY Selection, 2010
- Order of the University of Calgary, 2008
- Alberta Tourism Award, 2007
- City of Calgary White Hat of the Year Award, 2007
- Excellence in Research and Teaching, 2004
- Board of Governors' Award of Excellence, Alberta College of Art and Design, 2002
- Grant MacEwan Author's Award, 2002
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1997
Publications
- “New Versions of Roguery.” . With Vanja Polić. . Text Matters, Volume 9, Number 9. 9-21. (2019)
- “Lola Montez, c’est moi; or, Francesca Replayed.” In Resurfacing: Women Writing in 1970s Canada. . Aritha van Herk. Studies in Canadian Literature, 44.2.. 197-210. (2019)
- “The Radical Volte-Face of Place,” Special Issue on Place and Placelessness in Postcolonial Short Fiction. . Aritha van Herk. Commonwealth Essays and Studies 42.2 . 1-12. (2020)
- “Metaphorical Murder.” . Aritha van Herk. American Review of Canadian Studies. vol. 50, no 4 . 403-417. (2020)
- “Trembling Strength: Migrating Vulnerabilities in S. Bala, Y. Ladha, and D. Chong." . Aritha van Herk. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 56.3. 345-358. (2021)
- “’Speck’s Idea,’ by Mavis Gallant.” . Aritha van Herk. Central European Journal of Canadian Studies. Vol. 17. 37-40. (2022)
- “The North Within.” . Aritha Van Herk. Masaryk University Press. 53-64. (2018)
- “Tripping on the Threshold: Groping in the Dark.” . Aritha Van Herk. Peter Lang. 35-44. (2017)
- “At Home or Nowhere.” . Aritha Van Herk. transcript Verlag. 31-38. (2017)
- “Invisible Restlessness in the Yearning City: The Classified and Consumed; or Joyfully Resonant.”. Aritha Van Herk. Vernon Press. 121-139. (2018)
- “Across the ‘Ocean of the Page’: Nischik and Kroetsch Gaining Ground.”. Aritha Van Herk. Camden House. 211-222. (2018)
- “Teaching, or Not Teaching, Creative Writing.”. Aritha Van Herk. Dundurn. 201-209. (2018)
- “Afterword,” Post-Glacial: The Poetry of Robert Kroetsch. Selected and with an Introduction by David Eso. . Aritha van Herk, Dave Eso. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 77-85. (2019)
- “Lies and Reparation: Palliative or Poison” in Glocal Narratives of Resistance. . Ed. Ana Maria Fraile-Marcos. Routledge, . 192-203. (2020)
- “Driving Toward Digression.” Robert Kroetsch: Essayist, Novelist, Poet. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. David Staines. University of Ottawa Press . 233-244. (2020)
- “Re-Discovering Margaret Laurence.” Afterword, Recognition and Revelation: Short Nonfiction Writings by Margaret Laurence. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. Nora Stovel. McGill-Queen's. 291-295. (2020)
- “The Ferocious Persistence of Place.” Space Place and Hybridity in the National Imagination. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. Christine Vandamme & Andre Dodeman. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 145-156. (2021)
- Reprint: “Ghost Narratives: A Haunting.” Bronwen Wallace: Essays on Her Works.. Aritha van Herk, Ed. Wanda Campbell. Guernica Editions. 158-173. (2022)
- “Procrastination.” A to Z of Creative Writing Methods: Knowing, Doing, Practicing and Creating. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. Rendle-Short et.al. Bloomsbury Academic. 138-140. (2022)
- “Etching on Glass: Carol Shields’s Revision.” Relating Carol Shields’s Essays and Fiction: Crossing Borders. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. Nora Stovel. Palgrave R Macmillan. 237-245. (2023)
- “Encounters of Writer/Explorers: Surprise and Ambush.” Exploring Canada: Exploits and Encounters. . Aritha van Herk, Ed. Gerd Bjørhovde & Janne Korkka. Peter Lang Publishing. 23-37. (2022)
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