Kule Folklore Centre

Name: Folklore Lecture Series at the Kule Folklore Centre
Start: 2026-01-23T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-01-23T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall

780-492-6906

ukrfolk@ualberta.ca

http://ukrfolk.ca/

Events from this organizer

February 2023
Folklore Lunch – Rooster: A Symbol of Resilience in Ukraine

February 17, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Arts & Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. 250 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Kule Folklore Centre is pleased to announce our upcoming Folklore lunch presentation: "Rooster: A Symbol of Resilience in Ukraine" Presenter: Victoria Kostyniuk When: 12 pm, Friday, February 17, 2023 Where: Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Arts & Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. Rooster: A Symbol of Resilience in Ukraine In April 2022 when Borodyanka, Ukraine… Continue reading Folklore Lunch – Rooster: A Symbol of Resilience in Ukraine

Free
March 2023
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 10, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Folklore Lunch & Curator’s Talk: Dumy moї-My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 10, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Kule Folklore Centre at the U of A is pleased to announce our upcoming Folklore lunch: Dumy moї - My Thoughts: Taras Shevchenko's Story of Empathy and Resistance Amid the Ongoing War in Ukraine Curator’s Talk by Dmytro Yesypenko, PhD Student, MLCS March 10, 2023 | 12 PM MST Rutherford Library Galleria, University of… Continue reading Folklore Lunch & Curator’s Talk: Dumy moї-My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 11, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 12, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 13, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 14, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 15, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 16, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 17, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 18, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 20, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 21, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 22, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 23, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Zoom Presentation: “The Spirits Never Die: Ukrainian Native Faith as Spatial, Historical and Political Construct”

March 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - March 31, 2023 @ 1:00 pm

The Kule Folklore Centre is pleased to announce our upcoming Folklore Lunch: The Spirits Never Die: Ukrainian Native Faith as Spatial, Historical and Political Construct. Presented by Adrien Nonjon, PhD Candidate, INALCO, Paris March 31, 2023 | 12pm MDT Zoom Presentation Long confined to the margins of anti-Soviet dissidence in the 1960s and 1980s, Neo-paganism… Continue reading Zoom Presentation: “The Spirits Never Die: Ukrainian Native Faith as Spatial, Historical and Political Construct”

Free
2023 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture “Canadian Ukrainian Ethnicity on the Move”

March 23, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - April 14, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

BUS 3-05, School of Business, University of Alberta BUS 3-05, School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kule Folklore Centre in partnership with Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies is pleased to host the 2023 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture: "Canadian Ukrainian Ethnicity on the Move" Presented by Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky - Director Emeritus of the Kule Folklore Centre When: April 14, 2023 | 3pm MDT Where: BUS 3-05, School… Continue reading 2023 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture “Canadian Ukrainian Ethnicity on the Move”

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 24, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 25, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 26, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 27, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 28, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 29, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 30, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

March 31, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Rutherford Library University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

UPCOMING EXHIBIT Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore Presents: Dumy moї - My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine A multi-media exhibition by curators Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Graduate Student MLCS Exhibition: March 6-31, 2023, Rutherford Library… Continue reading Exhibit: Dumy moї – My thoughts: Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Diaspora and the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Free
May 2023
Storying Indigenous – Ukrainian – Canadian Relationships

May 7, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Citadel Theatre 9828 101 A Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada

As part of the Indigenous - Ukrainian-Canadian Relationships Building Initiative, join our round table discussion at the Rice Theatre Lobby, Citadel Theatre. The discussion will take place after the Show based on an Indigenous-Ukrainian love story, the First Métis Man of Odesa. However, you do not need to attend the play to join the round… Continue reading Storying Indigenous – Ukrainian – Canadian Relationships

Free
Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance: Twentieth-Century Ukraine and Letter Writing

May 15, 2023 @ 8:00 am - May 16, 2023 @ 12:30 pm

Senate Chamber, Arts Building and Convocation Hall, Edmonton, AB, Canada Senate Chamber, #326 Arts Building and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Letter writing often conjures notions of separation in space and time, and with reunion. What was it like to sustain and nourish personal relationships across borders and sociopolitical divides for Ukrainians under the constant scrutiny of the KGB? How did people manage to keep writing despite separation, exile, imprisonment, forced labour, wars, and migration? Scholars… Continue reading Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance: Twentieth-Century Ukraine and Letter Writing

Free
September 2023
Folklore Lunch: From Kubasa to Cod: Repackaging Ukrainian Culture for Varying Tastes

September 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Folklore Lunch: From Kubasa to Cod: Repackaging Ukrainian Culture for Varying Tastes Presenter: Dr. Brian Cherwick September 29, 2023 | 12pm MDT Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall (In person presentation) Throughout much of the 20th century, Ukrainian music in Canada was shaped primarily by musical traditions that originated in the western… Continue reading Folklore Lunch: From Kubasa to Cod: Repackaging Ukrainian Culture for Varying Tastes
October 2023
Folklore Lunch: Threads of Resilience in the Fabric Collages of Liubov Panchenko

October 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Kule Folklore Centre is pleased to announce our upcoming Folklore lunch: "Threads of Resilience in the Fabric Collages of Liubov Panchenko" Presenter: Nataliia Yesypenko, Researcher and Archivist Assistant, BMUF Archives October 27, 2023 | 12pm MDT | Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Old Arts Bldg., University of Alberta Campus (In person presentation) ______________________________________ Read this… Continue reading Folklore Lunch: Threads of Resilience in the Fabric Collages of Liubov Panchenko
January 2024
Folklore Lunch: Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations

January 12, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Arts & Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. 250 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Part of the Kule Folklore Centre Folklore Lunch Series "Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations" Presenter: Dariia Titarova January 12, 2024 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Old Arts Bldg, University of Alberta Join us in person or online for this Zoom presentation. Zoom registration below. Malanka brings together entire… Continue reading Folklore Lunch: Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations
50th Anniversary Faculty Club Malanka Celebration

January 13, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - January 14, 2024 @ 12:00 am

University Club of the University of Alberta 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

In Ukraine, the New Year’s celebration of “Malanka” is a festive event that traditionally takes place on the eve of January 13 (New Year’s Eve by the Julian calendar) and continues on until the morning of the 14th. During the festivities ‘Malanka’, together with her entourage of mummers, roams the villages and towns, visiting door… Continue reading 50th Anniversary Faculty Club Malanka Celebration

$110.00
February 2024
Kule Folklore Lunch – Art Under Siege: the Legacy of Ukrainian Monumental Art of Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskiy

February 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Arts & Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. 250 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Art Under Siege: the Legacy of Ukrainian Monumental Art of Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskiy Presented by Anna Morozova, Graduate Student MLCS February 9, 2024 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre In person presentation. "The research is based on a study of Ukrainian Monumental art of the 1960s in a close relationship with socio-political… Continue reading Kule Folklore Lunch – Art Under Siege: the Legacy of Ukrainian Monumental Art of Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskiy
Kule Folklore Centre – Open House

February 23, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Kule Folklore Centre, 250 Arts & Convocation Hall, University of Alberta. 250 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kule Folklore Centre and Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives Open House Week March 1-8, 2024 Join us for a week of free lectures, archival and research workshops, tours, and displays.

Free
March 2024
Folklore Lunch: Beyond Kalyna, Blueberries and Hazelnuts

March 1, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Folklore Lunch: Beyond Kalyna, Blueberries and Hazelnuts Presented by Karen Slevinsky, Guest Lecturer March 1, 2024 | 12pm MST | Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Bldg. In-person presentation. Registration required. Limited availability. Karen Slevinsky, President of the Alberta Mycological Society will share stories with us from her Ukrainian heritage about what to forage, when and… Continue reading Folklore Lunch: Beyond Kalyna, Blueberries and Hazelnuts
April 2024
2024 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture

April 5, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

BUS 3-05, School of Business, University of Alberta BUS 3-05, School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Title: Folklore of Anger: Systemic Vernacular Imperialism and Ukrainian Responses to the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine by Russia Presenter: Dr. Mariya Lesiv Bio: Mariya Lesiv is an Associate Professor of Folklore and current Head of the Folklore Department at Memorial University. She is the author of The Return of Ancestral Gods: Modern Ukrainian Paganism as… Continue reading 2024 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture

Free
March 2025
Bridging Indigenous and Ukrainian Traditions

March 28, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join us for a special Zoom webinar, "Bridging Indigenous and Ukrainian Traditions," a key part of the Indigenous-Ukrainian Relationship Initiative Project. This event is proudly co-hosted and will take place on April 10, from 3-4 PM MDT. Hear from Pamela Trischuk on the evolution of Ukrainian gatherings in East Central Alberta, and from Métis architect… Continue reading Bridging Indigenous and Ukrainian Traditions

Free
January 2026
Folklore Lecture Series at the Kule Folklore Centre

January 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

“Music & Comics: An intermedia lecture-recital exploring a music-based graphic narrative” Join us on January 23, 2026, for the next Kule Folklore Lecture with Illia Pokotylo, an MA graduate in Media and Cultural Studies, MLCS. How does music influence image and story? In this lecture-recital, Illia Pokotylo will present Borys Liatoshynsky: A Life in Reflections… Continue reading Folklore Lecture Series at the Kule Folklore Centre

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