Folklore Lunch Series
Upcoming Folklore Lunches
"From Kubasa to Cod: Repackaging Ukrainian Culture for Varying Tastes"
Presenter: Dr. Brian Cherwick
September 29, 2023 | 12pm MST | Arts Student Lounge, Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall
(In person presentation)
"Threads of Resilience in Fabric Collages of Liubov Panchenko (1938-2022)"
Presenter: Nataliia Yesypenko
October 27, 2023 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre
(In person presentation)
Presenter: Dr. Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Huculak Chair
November 10, 2023 | 12pm MDT | Kule Folklore Centre
(In person presentation)
EVENT CANCELLED: "Embracing the New Calendar - A Panel Discussion on Change"
Hosted by the Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography - Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn
December 1, 2023 | 12pm MDT |
Arts Student Lounge and Foyer - Old Arts Building & Convocation Hall
(In person event)
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See details of our previous Folklore Lunches, and watch the recordings below.
Coloniality of Indecent: Ukrainian Bawdy Folklore in the Modern Design of Sexuality
A recording of this presentation will be available after the publishing of Dr. Maerchyk's book on the topic.
The Spirits Never Die: Ukrainian Native Faith as Spatial, Historical and Political Construct
Curator's Talk: Dumy moї - My Thoughts: Taras Shevchenko's Story of Empathy and Resistance Amid the Ongoing War in Ukraine
“Writings from the War”: Archiving and Disseminating Testimonials of Ukrainians
Rooster: A Symbol of Resilience in Ukraine
Grief and Mourning Narrative in Ukrainian Social Media
The autobiographical survival account of Ludwig Schaaf and his journey to Canada
Stephania's Song Collection
Oral History in Times of War: Reflections on Witnessing the War Summer Institute, Krakow, Poland
Marriage is (Not) Required: Ukrainian Wonder Tales and Customary Law
Back Home: Crimean Tatars' Stories of Homecoming, Collective Farming and Decollectivization
Mykhailo Bilas Virtual Museum
Discovering UCAMA Archival Collections Online
Belief and Faith Healing in the Time of Covid-19 - Return of the Legend: Anatoly Kashpirovsky's Treatment of COVID-19
Folk Songs of Ukraine - an online encyclopedia of audio recordings collected by folklorists in Ukrainian villages
Ukrainian Voice - Visual Legacy Project - 4000 Printing Blocks
Local Cultures Project: Our Favourite Stories
Contemporary Legend, Conspiracy Theory, and Covid-19: A Year in Lockdown
Coming From and Coming To: Post-Socialist Diasporas in the Home-Region of Newfoundland
Steamship Agents During the First Wave of Immigration: Migrants and Historians Tell Different Stories
Hunger as a marker of "normal" life? The last generation of Ukrainian Soviet farmers remembers 1947, and other years of their life
Pandemic, but Make it Fashion: Ukrainian Embroidered PPE in the Time of COVID-19
“K” for “Konfiscated” – Letters from the Ex-KGB Archives in Kyiv
The Dream World of Consumer: Department Stores in Early Soviet Ukraine
Screening Folklore: The imprint of film, television, and new media in contemporary vernacular expression
‘… A hodgepodge of Pious and Frivolous Songs’: Ukrainian Folklore in Baroque Manuscripts
The Globally Connected Village: A Ukrainian-Canadian History
Waxing Away Illness
Presentation by Ashley Halko-Addley
Cultural and Inter-Faith Crossroads in Ukraine: Case Study of a "Flying Community"
Preserving Field Recordings of Ukrainian-Canadian Folklore for New Performance
Flashback to 1914: Early Ukrainian Canadian Comics by Jacob Maydanyk
Presentation by Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn