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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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.
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
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
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
“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