Tinka
Poet, Writer, Theologian
Tinka Harvard is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University in New York City with a Master's in Divinity.
She is an author and theologian from Brooklyn, New York, with a gift for interweaving insightful ideas for inspired living with theology, philosophy, and the arts. She shares internationally, lovely concepts and tools, that help to usher in more peace, joy, and well-being in our everyday lives.
Tinka served as Chaplain intern for her field education at Pratt Institute Campus Ministry, New York City.
She has earned a second master’s degree, Master of Arts, in 2023 from Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
As a PhD student, a Doctoral Researcher in the Doctoral Programme in Theology at the Faculty of Arts, Psychology, and Theology at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, her research project of centring the silenced and unseen voices of women is a praxis of social imaginaries –a Theo-artistic Intervention for Transdisciplinary Research. The research is transdisciplinary, welcoming dialogue and encounters between different epistemological practices and cosmologies.
Nordic Summer University (NSU Winter Session 2026), Berlin, Germany. NSU Studies In Remoteness: Sensoria of Absence, Distance, and Neglect. Presenter—When the Ice Holds: Politico-Material Ecologies of Ice, Remoteness, and Relation.
As an invited international guest speaker 2023, she has presented at Australian Women’s History Journal Lilith Symposium: Gender and Joy in Feminist History, Melbourne Australia.
Silenced Voices and Erased Agencies, at Victorian Popular Fiction Association Study Day, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. Invited guest speaker 2024
The AWGSA "Not Just Another (Feminist) Conference," 13-15 November 2024 at Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Australia. It is about building a feminist community that prioritises relationality through decolonial, intersectional and inclusive approaches. Invited guest speaker 2024
Nordic Summer University, Researcher—Studies In Remoteness: Sensoria of Absence, Distance, and Neglect. Circle 1-2026-2029
Publications:
2026, Quiet Arts: Silence, Shadow, and Alternative Archives for Recovering Women’s Silenced Histories. Arts Journal.
2025, academic paper on Women and Joy is newly published in Lilith: A Feminist History Journal. You can find it here.
2025, Australian Women’s History Network Blog VIDA! Heavenly Creatures and the Politics of Feeling Good—An overview of original research appearing in Lilith: A Feminist History Journal.
Tinka’s writing has also appeared various other publications including UTS at Columbia University Alumni News, Åbo Akademi University Blog, StepAway Magazine, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Adelaide Voices Anthology, and Polychrome Ink.
Lush Life, her collection of short stories released by Adelaide Books is available in bookshops and on Amazon.