Natalie Kononenko

Natalie Kononenko is Professor and Kule Chair in Ukrainian Ethnography at the University of Alberta. She retired on June 30 and now holds emerita status. She holds degrees from Radcliffe College and Harvard University. Prior to coming to the University of Alberta, Kononenko taught at the University of Virginia and served as Assistant Dean and Department Chair. Kononenko has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Canada, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Turkey. She was part of the Sanctuary Project, the most thorough documentation of Ukrainian sacral culture in Canada. Kononenko’s publications include Slavic Folklore: A Handbook,and the award-winning Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing, along with edited books, book chapters, and numerous articles. Her book Ukrainian Epic and Historical Song: Folklore in Context has just been published by the University of Toronto Press. Kononenko’s interests extent beyond folklore into the realm of digital technologies and the presentation of ethnographic data online.