Kule Folklore Centre
Peter & Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian & Canadian Folklore | Центр українського та канадського фольклору iм. Петра i Дорис Кулів
Collecting, Sharing, and Preserving Culture
The Kule Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta focuses on research that connects Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian communities on a global scale. Based upon endowments and archives existing since the 1980s, the Kule Folklore Centre is a permanently endowed institution and home to the Huculak Chair in Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography and the Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography. It is also home to the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives.
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Medwidsky Archives
The Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives are integral to enhancing understanding of Ukrainian diaspora culture in general and of Ukrainian Canadian history and culture in particular. The mandate of the BMUFA is to document, preserve, and study Ukrainian folklore in Ukraine, Canada, and around the world as it changes over time.
Book Launch: Postal Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance
(Oct. 2 | 5–7:30 p.m.)
The Kule Folklore Centre, in partnership with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, is pleased to host a launch for the newly published collected volume "Postal Censorship, Surveillance, Resistance: Twentieth-Century Ukraine and Letter Writing".
Community Archiving: Possibilities, Challenges, and Best Practices — A SUCH [online] symposium
(Oct. 9 | 12 p.m.)
The SUCH online symposium “Community Archiving: Possibilities, Challenges, and Best Practices” brings together three distinctive perspectives on archiving, with a focus on its community dimension. Program subjects will span the range from national institutions to collections kept in a single person's home.
Kule News
“Testimony Across History”: An Oral History International Conference in Uzhhorod
“Testimony Across History” marked the 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian Oral History Association as an international conference focused on oral testimony about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Holodomor, the Holocaust, and Chornobyl.
Olia and Marko Pavlyshyn Visit the Kule Folklore Centre
Among the many summer visitors to the Kule Folklore Centre, we were delighted to welcome guests from Melbourne, Australia — Olia and Marko Pavlyshyn, who are well known to many in our Alberta community and in Ukrainian academia worldwide.
University of Alberta Joins Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies
The University of Alberta, through the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) and the Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore, has officially joined the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, an international initiative launched under the leadership of Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska to strengthen Ukrainian studies worldwide and foster greater international academic collaboration around Ukraine.
SUCH Program
Sustainable Ukrainian Canadian Heritage (SUCH) is a multifaceted collections research and community education program of the Kule Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta.
Anna's Dream
By Maria Mayerchyk & Lesia Savedchuk
Anna's Dream tells the story of a nine-year-old girl growing up on a farm in Western Canada in the 1930s.
Lena and Thomas Gushul: Life in Front of and Behind the Camera
By Mariya Mayerchyk, Jelena Pogosjan, and Dmytro Yesypenko
Lena and Thomas Gushul immigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century, married in 1914, and opened their first photo studio in Coleman, Alberta in 1917 or 1918.
Kule Folklore Centre - Library
We invite you to explore our extensive collection, which includes books on Ukrainian dance, music, clothing, textiles, embroidery, and much more. Please consult our Finding Guides to find books on the topics that interest you.