Online Ukrainian Folklore Course

Dates: June 9- July 2, 2022

The Partnership for Russian, East European and Eurasian Folklore, a nonprofit dedicated to cultural exchange and the study of folklore, is honored to present an online course in Ukrainian folklore.

This course is a collaboration between two distinguished folklorists, Dr. Liudmila Ivaniikova (Kiev) and Dr. Yelena Minyonok (Moscow).  Dr. Ivaniikova will lecture in Ukrainian. Dr. Minyonok will deliver an introductory lecture in English and provide English translation for subsequent lectures.

Planned lecture topics: Introduction to folkloreUkrainian winter ritualsUkrainian spring rituals.Ukrainian summer rituals.Ukrainian weddingUkrainian funeralUkrainian fairy tales, memorates and fabulatesUkrainian lyric songs Twice-weekly lectures will be illustrated with images, videos and recordings from Dr. Ivaniikova’s years of field research. Sessions will be live via Skype, with ample opportunity for questions and discussion. 

dates:  June 9th  through  July 2nd
time:    8:00 pm Moscow time
fee:      $75

Registration, questions and details:   preeef.org