Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore

Kule Folklore Centre

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Collecting, sharing, and preserving culture – The Kule Folklore Centre at the �� has a research-based focus that connects the 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. Read more about our history and administration here. Watch a short video instruction on how to access information from the archives .

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Remembering Dr. Cornel Filipchuk (1937-2025)

It is with heavy hearts that we join the community in mourning the passing of Dr. Cornel Filipchuk and offer our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues, and friends. He will be fondly remembered for the many lives he has touched through his dedication to various organizations and the ��. ...More

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Congratulations to Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn - 2025 Hetman Award Recipient

September 16, 2025

The Kule Folklore Centre is proud to share that Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, former Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography and Acting Director of the Kule Folklore Centre, has been awarded the 2025 Hetman Award for Professional Achievement Recognition by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - �� Provincial Council (UCC-APC).
IT TAKES THREE TO TANGO: The true story of a fictitious romance in the correspondence of Ivan Ostafiichuk and Natalka Husar.

September 15, 2025

Join us on the special evening of October 3rd for a conversation with Natalka Husar about the book "IT TAKES THREE TO TANGO: The true story of a fictitious romance in the correspondence of Ivan Ostafiichuk and Natalka Husar."
Ukrainian Witchcraft Trials in the 17th–18th Centuries

September 12, 2025

The Kule Folklore Centre is pleased to present its first Fall Semester Folklore Lecture: Ukrainian witchcraft trials in the 17th–18th centuries by Kateryna Dysa – PhD and Associate Professor in the History Department of the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy".
KuFC team at the Summer Institute “Witnessing the War on Ukraine"

July 31, 2025

The Kule Folklore Centre at the U of A is proud to be a partner in the Summer Institute “Witnessing the War on Ukraine: Testimonies as Cultural Heritage for Future Memory Landscapes,” that took place in Uzhhorod, Ukraine (July 28–31, 2025).
Congratulations to our team at the 2025 ICCEES World Congress

July 26, 2025

We are pleased to share that this week, Dr. Oleksandr Pankieiev , Director of the Kule Folklore Centre (KuFC) and Kule Chair, along with Dr. Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Huculak Chair, and Dmytro Yesypenko, Sustainable Ukrainian Canadian Heritage (SUCH) Coordinator and Ph.D. candidate at KuFC, presented their research at the XI World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES), held at University College London.
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Natalka Husar book presentation. "It takes three to tango"

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Remembering Dr. Cornel Filipchuk (1937-2025)

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