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Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Alberta Provincial Council
The voice of Ukrainians in Alberta
Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Alberta Provincial Council
The voice of Ukrainians in Alberta
Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Alberta Provincial Council
The voice of Ukrainians in Alberta
Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Alberta Provincial Council
The voice of Ukrainians in Alberta

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

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

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

Storying Indigenous – Ukrainian – Canadian Relationships

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

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

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

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

Folklore Lunch: Threads of Resilience in the Fabric Collages of Liubov Panchenko

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

Folklore Lunch: Malanka in Ukraine: a Ukraīner exploration of regional variations

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

​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

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

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

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

Folklore Lunch: Beyond Kalyna, Blueberries and Hazelnuts

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

2024 Annual Bohdan Medwidsky Memorial Lecture

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