Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: "Communication Pedagogy & AI"
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: Communication Pedagogy & AI , Host: Dr. Dalaki Livingston , Location: Communication Institute, We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Water Commons: Living Legacies of Utah Waterways
Tanner Humanities Center
A comprehensive symposium dedicated to preserving the vital waterways that sustain life, health, and prosperity throughout Utah.
Water narratives from acclaimed voices including Lisa Bickmore, Utah’s poet laureate; nan seymour, prominent Great Salt Lake advocate; Paisley Rekdal, Director of the University of Utah American West Center; and Leia Larsen, water and land use reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. Researchers will present scholarship and advocacy work, including Jack Schmidt from Utah State University, Greg Smoak from the University of Utah, and Daniel Hernandez from Utah Valley University.
The symposium will conclude with an exclusive screening of Wild Hope: The Shoshone Nation's Quest to Reclaim Bear River, followed by a discussion with Brad Parry, Tribal Council Vice Chairman for Natural Resources, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. Local artists will also have artwork on display.
This initiative connects regional water scholars, environmental stewards, and artists while fostering net…
Event Categories: Colloquia. Exhibitions. Films. Lectures. Public Event. Sustainability. Campus Locations: Gould Auditorium (M LIB). Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/water-commons/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-8473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. Faculty Friday Work in Progress Presentation - Middle East Center
Middle East Center
A Middle East Center Faculty Friday Work in Progress presentation featuring affiliate faculty Kiki Mackaman-Lofland - Assistant Professor, History.
"Cooperation and the Long Decolonization of Universities in the Maghreb, 1945-1970".
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Humanities Recognized Student Government Meeting
Join HUM RSG and ASUU humanities representatives to discuss concerns or ideas. All are welcome.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Content Creation for Humanities Students | Humanities Career Fest
Content Creation for Humanities Students
Tuesday, September 23 | 3:00 - 4:00 pm| LNCO 2110, Turn skills and passions into content creation careers, guided by creators and instructors Hannah Bowen and Cameron Vakilian.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Major Expo
Exploring majors, minors or certificates? Come to the Major Expo to learn about academic programs and involvement opportunities at the U! Representatives from majors, minors and certificates will be in attendance in addition to various campus partners. Open to current and prospective students!
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Locations: Union - A. Ray Olpin (UNION). Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://advising.utah.edu/majors/events/index.php. Contact Name: Madeline Rencher. Contact Phone: 8015818146. Contact Email: madeline.rencher@gmail.com. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Getting Involved: Taking Your First Steps in Politics | Humanities Career Fest
Getting Involved: Taking Your First Steps in Politics
Wednesday, September 24 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | LNCO 2110
RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/events/1808322/share_preview
Panelists:
Natalie Pinkney, Member At-Large, Salt Lake County Council
Suzanne Harrison, Member At-Large, Salt Lake County Council
Morgan Lyon Cotti, PhD, Associate Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics
Come meet two members of the Salt Lake County Council and learn how humanities students can get their start in politics and make change in their own communities. Morgan Lyon Cotti of the Hinckley Institute will also join to tell us how Hinckley internships can be great first steps into careers in politics, policy, and advocacy.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Migrant Sonority and More-Than-Human Perspectivism in Emiliano Monge's Las tierras arrasadas with Tammy Mitchell
Latin American Studies
Migrant Sonority and More-than-Human Perspectivism in Emiliano Monge’s Las tierras arrasadas
A tragic love story between two human traffickers set at the Guatemala-Mexico border, the Mexican author Emiliano Monge’s Las tierras arrasadas (2015, Among the Lost) portrays a cruel hellscape that becomes an allegory for the violence that present-day migrants endure on their journey through Mexico in search of a better life. To date, scholarship has interpreted the novel’s representation of human trafficking and migrant struggles as both performance and condemnation of the dehumanization of immigrant life that occurs on a daily basis in contemporary Mexico. Against the grain of such criticism, this talk rethinks the portrayal of migrants in Monge’s novel by attending to work’s narrative soundscape—migrant sonority intermingled with the hum of the jungle setting and the warlike din of narco Mexico. In dialogue with Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s theory of perspectivism and Cristina Rivera Garza’s notion of…
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM.
All About Internships | Humanities Career Fest
All About Internships
Wednesday, September 24 | 3:00 - 4:20 PM | CTIHB Jewel Box
RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1800414
Join virtually at: https://utah.zoom.us/j/94263501015
Internships are one of the best ways to build experience and make connections while you’re in school. This workshop will give you an overview of the many opportunities available to students across campus and beyond. We’ll cover different types of internships, how to find the right fit, and what to expect from the experience. Plus, you’ll hear directly from guest speakers from the Hinckley Institute and the Goff Institute, who will share how their programs can help you land exciting placements.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Daniel Mendelsohn, translator of Homer’s Odyssey
Tanner Humanities Center
Daniel Mendelsohn will discuss his acclaimed new translation of Homer’s Odyssey, published in April 2025 by the University of Chicago Press. His talk will be followed by a conversation with Scott Black, Professor of English and Director of the Tanner Humanities Center.
A book-signing with The King’s English Bookshop will follow the event.
Mendelsohn is Editor-at-large of The New York Review of Books, and author of several influential works, including Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones (2019) and Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (2020). His essays and reviews have appeared widely, including in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, and The New York Times. In 2025, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, recognizing his significant contributions to literature and criticism. The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah supports academic research, public engagement, and educational programming in the humanities. Views…
Event Categories: Lectures. Public Event. Campus Locations: Quinney College of Law - S. J. (LAW). Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/daniel-mendelsohn/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-8473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7:00 PM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. The Odyssey, translation, and translating The Odyssey – Panel with Daniel Mendelsohn
Tanner Humanities Center
A panel of University of Utah classics scholars will discuss The Odyssey and the work of translation, following Daniel Mendelsohn’s talk the previous evening. Alexis Christensen — Associate Professor (Lecturer), Classics , Jordan Johansen — Assistant Professor, Classics , Echo Smith — Associate Instructor, Classics , Margaret Toscano — Professor, Classics , Respondent: Daniel Mendelsohn, translator of The Odyssey, For updates and announcements, join our mailing list.
The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah supports academic research, public engagement, and educational programming in the humanities. Views expressed in events and programming do not represent the official views of the Center or University.
Event Categories: Colloquia. Lectures. Public Event. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Cost: free. Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-odyssey-translation-and-translating-the-odyssey-daniel-mendelsohn-tickets-1588414914769. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-7989. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. Life After Dead Pool
Communication
After decades of drought, the American West is stretched to the breaking point. A changing climate and design flaws in the Glen Canyon Dam have pushed the once-massive Lake Powell reservoir to the brink of collapse—putting at risk millions of people who depend on the Colorado River for water, agriculture, and electricity. Now, as Glen Canyon reemerges, its surprising ecological rebirth reminds us that nature’s capacity to heal may well outpace our own imaginations.
Environmental journalist Zak Podmore explores the complex challenges ahead and reframes the inevitable loss of Lake Powell as a turning point for a more sustainable future. Through an arresting mix of science and storytelling, Life After Dead Pool debunks the notion that the West’s water challenges are unsolvable and invites us to secure a future where the Colorado River once again runs free.
Campus Locations: Quinney College of Law - S. J. (LAW). Cost: Free and open to the public. Transportation / Parking: Take TRAX line to the University Stadium stop. Walk 1/2 block north. Contact Name: Kris. Contact Email: events@law.utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
For more info visit www.law.utah.edu. Humanities Career Panel | Humanities Career Fest
Humanities Career Panel
Thursday, September 25 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | LNCO 2110
RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/events/1808334/share_preview
Panelists:
Elliot Morris, Senior Publishing Sales Representative, W.W. Norton
Carina Linares, Engagement Producer, Avanza 88.3 KUUB
Sheenah Steedman, SEO Content Writer, Online Image
Come learn about a wide range of career paths humanities majors can pursue! We have panelists from the worlds of publishing, broadcast media, and content writing coming to share their experiences and help you explore all the exciting career paths your humanities degree can help you navigate.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. The Whites-Only Immigration Regime, 1803 to Now: History Department Annual Wilson Lecture
History
During the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Congress passed the nation’s first immigration ban, targeting free Black migrants, namely Haitians, for exclusion. After the Civil War, federal authorities wildly expanded the nation’s immigration system to target Black, Asian, and other nonwhite immigrants for exclusion, punishment, and removal, creating the framework for our modern immigration system. By the 1930s, Congress had adopted a Whites-only immigration regime in all but name. That regime effectively hung a “Whites only” sign on the nation’s front door while propping the nation’s “backdoor” open to a racialized, criminalized, and deportable workforce. To date, federal authorities have revised but never repealed this system. This talk chronicles the rise, evolution, and persistence of the whites-only immigration regime, from 1803 to now.
More information about the 2025 lecture coming soon.
Event Categories: Lectures. Public Event. Campus Locations: Dumke Auditorium (UMFA). Cost: Free. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit history.utah.edu. Building Your Humanities Dreams | Humanities Career Fest
Building Your Humanities Dreams
Thursday, September 25 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM | LNCO 2110
RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/events/1808346/share_preview
Panelists:
Kathryn Bond Stockton, PhD, Distinguished Professor of English, U of U
Maya Jolley, MPA, Director of Student Experience and Marketing + Communications, Goff Strategic Leadership Institute
Kathy Hajeb, Faculty Director, Lassonde Entrepreneurship Institute
Humanities students have powerful skills in critical and creative thinking. You can use those skills to build the community, creative project, business, or advocacy organization of your dreams. To show you how, we have experts from the Lassonde Entrepreneurship Institute, and the Goff Strategic Leadership Institute, and a different kind of expert - a former founding dean. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind panel on using your skill, knowledge, and passion to start creating the world you imagine.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: "Tips and Tricks for Writing Academically"
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: Tips and Tricks for Writing Academically , Hosts: Dr. Logan Gomez, Dr. Andy King, Dr. LaRisa Anderson-Horne, and Dr. Crystal Lumpkins , Location: CTHIB 203, Since this is a smaller room, seating is extremely limited. Please reach out to Dr. Hernandez if you would like to attend. If capacity is exceeded, she will gladly share notes and speaking points with all graduate students after the event. We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Humanities Recognized Student Government Meeting
Join HUM RSG and ASUU humanities representatives to discuss concerns or ideas. All are welcome.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. Humanities Student Writing Showcase | Humanities Career Fest
Humanities Student Writing Showcase
Thursday, September 25 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM | CTIHB Jewel Box
RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/events/1808365/share_preview
Are you a creative writer? A storyteller? A poet? A spoken word performer? Sign up for a ten minute slot to showcase your best work, in a fun and friendly setting, with your peers and good snacks!
It’s also a great chance to get feedback, meet new collaborators and fans, and practice public presentations of your work!
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
For more info visit humanities.utah.edu. English Department Meeting
English
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Email: David.Roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Campus-Wide Internship & Career Fair
Campus-Wide Internship & Career Fair
September 30 | 9 am – 2 pm
You're invited to participate in our upcoming Internship & Career Fair—an excellent opportunity to connect with University of Utah students and recent graduates seeking internships and full-time career opportunities. This event attracts a diverse pool of talented, career-ready candidates from a wide range of majors and disciplines. By attending, you'll build your brand on campus, share your opportunities, and engage with students eager to contribute their skills and energy to your organization.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Union - A. Ray Olpin (UNION). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit app.joinhandshake.com. Networking Practice with Mocktails
Career Workshop Series | Networking practice with Mocktails
October 1, 3:00 - 4:20 PM, CTIHB Jewel Box
For all Hum & CSBS students
Get career ready! Build skills, gain confidence and prepare for what's next on your journey!
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
Don Diego De Torre: An Indigenous Intellectual and the Making of the New Kingdom of Granada with Santiago Munoz-Arbelaez
Latin American Studies
Don Diego de Torre: An Indigenous Intellectual and the Making of the New Kingdom of Granada
Between 1570 and 1590, the Indigenous intellectual and leader of the Muisca community of Turmequé don Diego de Torre traveled twice to King Philip II’s court in Madrid to present lawsuits against the most prominent Spanish imperial officials of the New Kingdom of Granada and to advocate for a new vision for imperial rule in this region of present-day Colombia. This talk frames Torre’s political advocacy as a turning point in the disputed and contested processes of empire making in the northern Andes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, revealing the diversity and impact of Indigenous political action. .
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: "Getting Digitally Organized (Zotero, etc.)"
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: Getting Digitally Organized (Zotero, etc.) , Host: Dr. Sean Lawson , Location: Communication Institute, We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Employer Meet and Greet
Employer Meet and Greet info coming soon.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: Graduate Student Writing Workshop
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: Graduate Student Writing Workshop , Host: Dr. Leandra Hernandez , Location: Communication Institute, During this workshop, COMM 7001 students will be workshopping their academic identity statements. All graduate students are welcome to attend and workshop their writing projects, teaching projects, and the like. We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
A Half Century of Gender Studies: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future
A Half Century of Gender Studies: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future
Thursday, October 16, 2025
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Open House
Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA). Contact Name: Nicole Kirkham. Contact Email: nicole.kirkham@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Works in Progress
English
An English Department faculty member and graduate student will share works in progress.
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Kaitlin Hoelzer. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Kaitlin.Hoelzer@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Faculty Friday Work in Progress Presentation - Center for Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies
A Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Friday Work in Progress presentation featuring affiliate faculty Gema Guevara - Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures.
"Cuban and US Perspectives on Mid-Nineteenth Century Chinese Indentured Labor".
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Collab Cafe
Career Workshop Series | Collab Cafe
October 22, 3:00 - 4:20 PM, CTIHB Lobby
For all Hum & CSBS students
Get career ready! Build skills, gain confidence and prepare for what's next on your journey!
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: "The Publishing Process, Inside and Out"
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: The Publishing Process, Inside and Out , Host: Dr. Robin Jensen , Location: Communication Institute, We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Jesmyn Ward, author of Let Us Descend
Tanner Humanities Center
Jesmyn Ward, celebrated as “the heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (LitHub) and one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, will deliver the 2025 David P. Gardner Graduate Lecture in the Humanities and Fine Arts.
Book signing to follow, with sales by The King’s English Bookshop
Ward is the author of Salvage the Bones (2011) and Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017), both winners of the National Book Award, as well as editor of the influential anthology, The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race (2016). Her work explores the rural South, race, environmental justice, and historical memory.
Her most recent novel, Let Us Descend (2023), an Oprah Book Club pick, was named one of the year’s best books by The Washington Post, Time, The New Yorker, and others. The title, drawn from Dante’s Inferno, reflects the novel’s engagement with history and spirit. NPR described it as “the literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours.”
Ward is professor of English and Andrew W. Mellon Professor…
Event Categories: Lectures. Public Event. Alternate Location: Salt Lake City Public Library. Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/jesmyn-ward/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-8473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 7:00 PM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. Family Weekend: Humanities Social Hour
Celebrate Family Weekend with Humanities Social Hour!
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 24, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Visiting speaker, David Sweeney Coombs (Clemson)
English
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Sam Tett. Contact Email: sam.tett@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 24, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Readings by Utah Book Award honorees from the U
Tanner Humanities Center
The Utah Center for the Book at Utah Humanities and the Tanner Humanities Center are hosting a reading by University of Utah writers who have been honored by the Utah Book Awards for 2025. Free and open to the public. Limited seating. Ticket reservations strongly recommended. Writers who will be reading from their celebrated works: Paisley Rekdal, author of West: A Translation (Copper Canyon Press) — Winner, 2025 Utah Book Award for Poetry
An unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays drawing a powerful connection between the railroad's completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Winner, 2024 Kingsley Tufts Award; longlist, 2023 National Book Award. Rekdal is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing and director of the American West Center. Lindsey Drager, author of The Avian Hourglass (Dzanc Books) — Finalist, 2025 Utah Book Award for Speculative Fiction
A reflection on the intersecting crises of mental health, the climate emergency, political polarization, and the exponentially…
Event Categories: Lectures. Public Event. Colloquia. Competitions. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/readings-by-utah-book-award-honorees/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-8473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:00 PM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. Fall 2025 Graduate Student Workshop Series: "How to Navigate and Excel at Conferences"
Communication
All currently enrolled Communication MA and PhD students are invited to participate in this week’s workshop.
Workshop Details Theme: How to Navigate and Excel at Conferences , Host: Dr. Avery Holton, Dr. Meaghan McKasy, Dr. Melissa Parks, and Dr. Liahnna Stanley , Location: Communication Institute, We hope to see you there!
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Leandra Hernandez. Contact Email: leandra.hernandez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No.
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Guest Writer Series: Levis and Scowcroft Winners Reading
English
Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Faculty Friday Work in Progress Presentation - Asia Center
Asia Center
An Asia Center Faculty Friday Work in Progress presentation featuring affiliate faculty Fiona Bell - Instructor, World Languages and Cultures.
"On Tahiti: Russian Modernism between Pacific Empires".
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Marketing & Communication Career Expo
more info coming soon.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Impact & Prosperity Epicenter. Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Virtual Learning Abroad Panel
more info coming soon.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Faculty Friday Work in Progress Presentation - Center for Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies
A Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Friday Work in Progress presentation featuring affiliate faculty Daniela Samur - Assistant Professor, History.
"On the Materiality and Spatiality of State Formation".
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
English Department Meeting
English
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Email: David.Roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Non-Profit Employer Meet and Greet
more info coming soon.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM.
Cindi Textor, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Tanner Humanities Center
Cindi Textor, Associate Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Utah, will give a public talk this spring drawing from her research on transnational Japan. Her scholarship examines Japan not as an isolated culture, but as a site where ideas and empires meet, focusing especially on the enduring legacies of Japanese imperialism and its intersections with American and other western empires. Her first book, Intersectional Incoherence: Zainichi Literature and the Ethics of Illegibility (University of California Press, 2024), analyzes moments of incoherence and unintelligibility in the work of Koreans in Japan, challenging conventional approaches to literary representation. She is now at work on a second book that explores how modern Japan has engaged with and reconfigured white supremacist ideology, often through processes of translation. This new project argues that, even in a population largely considered non-white, white supremacy can operate and thrive when whiteness…
Event Categories: Lectures. Public Event. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://tanner.utah.edu/center-events/cindi-textor/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 801-581-8473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 12:00 PM.
For more info visit tanner.utah.edu. Graduate Student Wellness Workshop
more info coming soon.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Guest Writer Series: Sawako Nakayasu
English
Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Guest Writer Series: Sawako Nakayasu Colloquium
English
Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Faculty Friday Work in Progress Presentation - Middle East Center
Middle East Center
A Middle East Center Faculty Friday Work in Progress presentation featuring affiliate faculty Rawad Wehbe - Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures.
"Recharging Liminality: Identifying Arabic Poetry's Other Mukhadram Moment".
Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Works in Progress
English
An English Department faculty member and graduate student will share works in progress.
Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Kaitlin Hoelzer. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Kaitlin.Hoelzer@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Last day of classes fall 2025.
Event Categories: Meetups. Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.