EDMONTON, Alberta – The staff of the Kule Center for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore and the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives at the University of Alberta welcomed Dr. Jelena Pogosjan as their new director.
Dr. Pogosjan has been a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the University of Alberta since 2002 and has served as associate chair for undergraduate studies.
She received her M.A. (1992) and Ph.D. (1997) from the Department of Russian Literature at Tartu University, Estonia. She continued her research at the Laboratory of History and Semiotics at Tartu University, and taught folklore among other disciplines for over 10 years at the university.
Her primary areas of research interests include the history of iconostases, official culture of the Russian Empire and the history of the printed calendar. Dr. Pogosjan’s CV and List of Publications can be viewed at: https://www.ualberta.ca/arts/about/people-collection/jelena-pogosjan.