Folklore Lunch Series
Fall 2024 Folklore Lunches
The role of Vyshyvanka in contemporary Ukrainian culture,
particularly focusing on developments during the War
Presented by Winter Greet, Graduate student
September 20, 2024 | 12 pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre
Presentation Via Zoom
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The Life of Borys Lyatoshynsky:
What Composer's Name Can Tell Us About Our Cultural Space?
Presented by Illia Pokotylo, graduate student
October 18, 2024 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre
(In-person presentation)
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Nature, Memory, and Nation:
the Dnipro Wetlands and Kakhovka Reservoir in the National Narrative
Presented by Anna Olenenko, graduate student
November 22, 2024 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre
(In-person presentation)
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St. Nicholas Day and Christmas Carol Sing-a-long
Presented by Olga Zaitzeva-Herz
December 6, 2024 | 12pm MST | Kule Folklore Centre
(In-person singing workshop)
The role of Vyshyvanka in contemporary Ukrainian culture, particularly focusing on developments during the War.
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
Oral History in Times of War: Reflections on Witnessing the War Summer Institute, Krakow, Poland
Back Home: Crimean Tatars' Stories of Homecoming, Collective Farming and Decollectivization
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Mykhailo Bilas Virtual Museum
Belief and Faith Healing in the Time of Covid-19 - Return of the Legend: Anatoly Kashpirovsky's Treatment of COVID-19
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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
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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
“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
"I wish I didn't have to grow potatoes": Provisional Authority, Limits of the State, and Police Work in Ukraine
Folklore Lunch Presentation: Archive of Hungarian Folk Beliefs
Beasts to Bed, Wed, and Dread: Animal Spouses in Slavic Wonder Tales
Thursday, February 28, 2019 Liljana Gulcev
Waxing Away Illness
Presentation by Ashley Halko-Addley
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Flashback to 1914: Early Ukrainian Canadian Comics by Jacob Maydanyk
Presentation by Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn
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Contemporary Relics: Folklore Lunch Presentation by Dominika Koziak
"Arts that Saves Lives" by Oleksandr Klymenko - Ukrainian iconographer.