CONTACT US:
MLCS 200, Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB. Canada
T6G 2E6
Telephone: (780)492-6906
Fax: (780)492-2051
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The Kule Folklore Centre aspires to become the most important centre for the study of Ukrainian culture outside of Ukraine. Five strategic priorities have been identified which will be prominent in the Centre's profile:
• teaching undergraduate and graduate programs
• developing internet materials, including course delivery and resource banks
• conducting fieldwork and maintaining a growing archive
• reaching out to the community with publications and by other means
• supporting researchers and students with scholarships and assistantships
THE FOLKLORE LUNCH SERIES:
Come join us for Friday Folklore Lunches! Bring your lunch
or enjoy a light snack and listen to interesting guest speakers!
Who: Folklore Undergraduate and Graduate Students
and Friends and Guests
Where: Room 320 - Faculty Lounge
Arts Building, U of A Campus
When: 12:00 noon to 1: 0 0 p.m., Every Friday
This Week's Speaker Schedule:
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To Experience past folklore lunch series topics please click on the brown-bag!
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On Sunday December 7, 2008 at 2:00pm at the UNF Hall, a Bohdan Khmelnytsky Ukrainian Historical Film was shown. The film was in Ukrainian with English sub-titles.
Nadija Szram, Project Coordinator
Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts
780 488-8558 Office (9:00 - 12:00 noon)
780 488-8688 Fax 780 868-9600 Cell
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UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL MOTANKY
The Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta
hosted a motanka workshop on Saturday, 13 December 2008
An illustrated lecture on Ukrainian Christmas traditions by Dr.
Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography, University of
Alberta, was held followed by hands-on instruction in making motanky.
public lectures from guests from lviv
On Thursday June 5th of 2008, The Shevchenko Scientific Society in Canada - Western Branch And The Peter and Doris Kule Center for Canadian and Ukrainian Folklore presented:
DR. ROMAN CHMELYK, VICE-DIRECTOR,
INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY, LVIV
"The Museum of Ethnology,Ukrainian Academy of Science"
Presented in English/Ukrainian
PROFESSOR STEPAN PAVLJUK, DIRECTOR
INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY, LVIV
"Traditional Transport Technology of Western Ukraine"
Presented in Ukrainian
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Ukrainian Art Fair Exhibit and Sale
To view the full page flyer about the event which took place on April 19th and 20th, 2008 click here
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LUNCH BY THE BOOKS: Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg in Canada
On March 20, 2008,
PhD candidate in Ukrainian Folklore Mariya Lesiv of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies presented the evolution of this phenomenon in Canada in terms of four contrasting but interrelated sub-traditions: the Old Country, National/Ethnic, Popular, and Individualistic paradigms. This framework can contribute to a better understanding of not only Ukrainian but other ethnic experiences in new contexts.
See the Edmonton Journal Events Link here
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Kule Folklore Centre Celebrates Book Launch
On March 9, 2008 the Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore was pleased to celebrate the launch of Slavic Folklore: A Handbook, written by Centre member and Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography, Natalie Kononenko.
For details see the official announcement here
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public lecture by Larisa Fialkova, University of Haifa, Israel
Tuesday February 5, 2008 Professor Larisa Fialkova gave a public lecture on “Folklore of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Israel”.
Thursday February 7, 2008 Professor Larisa Fialkova gave a public lecture on "The Ukrainian Diaspora in Israel: Negotiating Identity"
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free pysanka workshop
Participants learned to how make traditional Easter Eggs with Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore!
For past details see the official announcement here
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public lectures by Lubow Wolynetz, curator, ukrainian museum NY
Two lectures were presented:
Lecture 1
"Preserving and Promoting Ukrainian Culture: a case study - the Ukrainian Museum in New York"
Royal Alberta Museum
Lecture 2
"Ukrainian folk culture - its role and importance in ethnic identity formation"
Humanities Centre, Lecture Room 2
For past details see the official announcement here
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Ukrainian Culture Seeps into the Lives of All Canadians
The Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore at the University of Alberta proudly hosted Dr. Robert Bohdan Klymasz, renown Ukrainian Canadian folklorist. Dr. Klymasz took the opportunity to offer both a public lecture as well as spending time with the Centre’s many graduate students... Read more or open as a PDF document.
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Kule Gift Promises Continued Growth for Ukrainian Folklore Centre
Peter and Doris Kule, prominent members of the Edmonton Ukrainian community and staunch supporters of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre, made another substantial gift to the University of Alberta on September 6, 2006. In honour of their support, the Centre was officially renamed the Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore by university president Dr. Indira Samarasekera in a special ceremony... Read more
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Another year of successful graduate seminars
The graduate student program in Ukrainian Folklore at the University of Alberta completed another year of its popular lunch-and-seminar series. Begun in 2004-05 at the initiative of Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography, the series allows students and faculty to share their research... Read more
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Folklore of the Orange Revolution
On January 17, 2006, Oleksandra Britsyna, Senior Researcher at the Rylsky Institute of Art, Folklore, and Ethnology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, spoke on the folklore of the Orange Revolution at the University of Alberta. Dr. Britsyna and her colleague Inna Holovakha conducted fieldwork among the residents of the tent city on the Maidan, photographing graffiti, collecting jokes, and recording text messages where people transmitted folklore by cell phone... Read more
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Edmonton Hosts Mykhailo Koval, Outstanding Ukrainian Folk Artist
Mykhailo Koval is a man of many talents. He sings and plays the bandura, a unique Ukrainian folk instrument. He weaves, making traditional belts and picture rugs of his own design. He works with straw, producing hats for adults and dolls for children. From October 23 to November 6, he shared his interests and his talents with the Edmonton community to the delight of all... Read more
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Kononenko and Holloway speak at the Rylsky Folklore Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
The Rylsky Folklore Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, invited Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography at the University of Alberta, and her husband, Peter Holloway, Member of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre, to address the Institute on July 26, 2005... Read more
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Kononenko speaks on Rushnyky and Digital Experiments in Identity
On June 29, 2005 Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography at the University of Alberta, delivered a lecture at the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre. The meeting was held at the Chateau Louis and an enthusiastic audience filled the room... Read more
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Peter and Doris Kule receive honorary Doctorates from the University of Alberta
On June 8, 2005 Peter and Doris Kule became the first couple to be awarded joint doctoral degrees by the University of Alberta. Long recognized as community leaders and philanthropists dedicated to supporting education, the Kules received yet another accolade... Read more
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Ukrainian Folklore Centre Holds Successful Graduate Lunch and
Lecture Series
The Ukrainian Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta and the Kuryliw Family Endowment this year initiated a new non-credit lunch time seminar which proved enormously popular... Read more
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Ukrainian Folklore Centre Hosts Michael Taft
March 16, 17 - the Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography and the Ukrainian Folklore Centre of the University of Alberta sponsored a visit by Michael Taft, Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center of the United States Library of Congress... Read more