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Spring Break

No classes, happy spring break! Event Categories: Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Saturday, March 7, 2026 – Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Disabled Ecologies: A Multispecies Reckoning

America West Center Disabled Ecologies: A Multispecies Reckoning Wednesday, March 18, 2026: LNCO 2110, 3:30-5:00 PM   Please join us for a groundbreaking talk by Dr. Sunaura Taylor from her newest book, Disabled Ecologies, which tells the story of a Tucson aquifer forever altered by a Superfund site, and the contamination’s ripple effects through the largely Mexican American community living above. Drawing on her own complex relationship to this long-ago injured landscape, Taylor takes us with her to follow the site's disabled ecology—the networks of disability, both human and wild, that are created when ecosystems are corrupted and profoundly altered. Disabled Ecologies maps out alternative modes of connection, solidarity, and resistance—an environmentalism of the injured. An original and deeply personal reflection on what disability means in an era of increasing multispecies disablement. This event is free and open to the public. Sunaura Taylor is an artist and writer. She is the author of Beasts of Burden: Animal and… Event Categories: Lectures. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Alternate Location: 2110. Contact Name: Paisley Rekdal. Contact Phone: paisley.rekdal@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit awc.utah.edu.

Work in Progress Talk with Julia Huddleston, Department of History

Tanner Humanities Center Another World is Possible: Anarchist Mutual Aid Organizing in the Twentieth Century Juli Huddleston is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of Utah. She studies post-1865 U.S. history and specializes in subaltern history, women’s history, and the history of the American West. Before pursuing her doctorate, Juli worked as an archivist at the J. Williard Marriott Library Special Collections. She holds an MLIS with an emphasis in Archival Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

Linguistics Colloquium: Dr. Connor Mayer, UC Irvine

Linguistics Embodied Phonology (EP) is a formal phonological model that provides an abstract characterization of motor planning and execution, grounded in contemporary theories of movement control. Situated within a broader embodied and ecological framework, EP assumes that properties of the physical body, such as biomechanics, motor control, and sensory feedback, play a determinative role in communication. In EP, the mapping from stored to surface form is treated as a process of selecting modules that generate surface forms. A module is a unit of a movement system, physically instantiated as a neuromuscular structure and trained through repeated sensory input and feedback to realize an ecological task. Modules are associated with lexical items and may range in size from subsegmental units to morphologically complex words or phrases. Candidate surface forms compete for selection based on violable constraints of differing strength, paralleling approaches in both phonology and motor control. The talk focuses on three areas… Event Categories: Colloquia. Campus Locations: Zoom. Room Name/Number: TBA. Contact Name: Natalia Lopez. Contact Phone: 8015818047. Contact Email: Natalia.Lopez@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Guest Writers Series: Borderlands Conference

English March 19: Edgar Garcia and Clyo Mendoza Presentations in English; bilingual Q&A. Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

Media, Protest, and Resistance: Research Symposium

Communication Institute Media, Protest, and Resistance: Research Symposium How can those working to resist democratic decline have the best chance of succeeding? What roles can protest play in enacting social change? How do different forms of media help or harm these efforts? How can we best unite resistance efforts transnationally? This symposium brings together a wide range of experts to address these and other pressing questions about media, protest, and resistance. Six professors from across the U.S. will present research highlighting different topics, cases, and approaches, and an additional panel will feature the perspectives of four Department of Communication graduate students. Sessions are free and open to all. Schedule: 8:30: Breakfast 9:00: Opening Remarks 9:15 – 10:45: Faculty Panel 1 Speakers: Dr. Raisa Alvarado, Dr. Joshua Guitar, Dr. Raquel Moreira 10:45 – 11:00: Break 11:00 – 12:15: Faculty Panel 2 Speakers: Dr. Danielle Brown, Dr. Arthur Soto-Vásquez, Dr. Logan Gomez 12:30 – 2:00: Lunch 2:15 – 3:30: Graduate… Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: Communication Institute (LNCO 2910). Contact Name: Kevin Coe. Contact Email: kevin.coe@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM.

In Conversation with Professor Susie Porter: Señorita Telefonista

Department of Ethnic, Gender & Disability Studies In conversation with Professor Susie Porter Señorita Telefonista: Sexual Harrassment, Gender Discrimination, and Class Identities in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico City. Event Categories: Lectures. Campus Locations: Gardner Commons - Carolyn and Kem (GC). Room Name/Number: 2675. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.

Spring Semester 2026 TESOL Event!

Linguistics Gabriela Kleckova, Ph.D. began her career as a lower-secondary school English teacher in the Czech Republic before earning her doctorate in Applied Linguistics from The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Formerly Chair of the English Department at the University of West Bohemia (2010-2025), she continues to teach teacher education courses to pre-service and in-service teachers. Her research interests include the effectiveness and utility of visual design of ELT materials, teacher education, innovation in education, and leadership. Named one of TESOL's 30 emerging leaders shaping the future of the profession, she served on the Board of Directors (2012–2015) and as the 2021-2022 TESOL International Association President. Event Categories: Public Event. Colloquia. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: 2110. Contact Name: Natalia Lopez. Contact Phone: (801) 581-8047. Contact Email: linguistics@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.

Guest Writers Series: Borderlands Conference

English March 20, 12:00-1:00pm: Anthony Cody and Raquel Gutiérrez Presentations in English; bilingual Q&A. Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Guest Writers Series: Borderlands Conference

English March 20, 1:00 - 2:30pm: Panel discussion with all four authors Bilingual Q&A. Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.

Speaker Series: Debbie Urbanski

English author of After World: A Novel and Portalmania. Contact Name: Nathan Wainstein. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: nathan.wainstein@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 20, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

National Theatre Live, Hamlet

Tanner Humanities Center Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining. Alternate Location: Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. Broadway. Cost: $15. Ticket URL: https://slfstix.org/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Saturday, March 21, 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Tanner Lecture on Human Values with David Wengrow

Tanner Humanities Center Professor David Wengrow presents the annual Tanner Lecture on Human Values, "The Elementary Forms of Human Freedom: Enlightenment Without Books" David Wengrow is Professor of Comparative Archeology at University College London. He has written on the origins of inequality, freedom and social domination, and the archaeology of early states and civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and beyond.  His recent book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, co-written with David Graeber, challenges long-held assumptions about the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to agriculture and permanent settlement. His other books include What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (Oxford University Press) and The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton University Press). He posts on X/Twitter as @davidwengrow. Campus Locations: Dumke Auditorium (UMFA). Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

Tanner Lecture on Human Values Symposium with David Wengrow

Tanner Humanities Center This event follows David Wengrow’s Tanner Lecture on Human Values from the previous day. Lunch provided for registered attendees.  10–11:30 a.m. — Panel 1 “Seeing Freedom Archaeologically” Rosemary Joyce — Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley “Community: An Andean History” Rohan Chatterjee — Assistant Professor of History, University of Utah  “Personhood, Self-Realization, and Imaginaries of Freedom in the Oyo Empire” Akinwumi Ogundiran — Professor of History, Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University  12–1:30 p.m. — Keynote “The Elementary Forms of Human Freedom, Part II: A Nightmare on the Brain of the Living” David Wengrow — Professor of Comparative Archeology, University College London 2–3:30 p.m. — Panel 2 “More Than Freedom: What Freedom Meant to Enslaved Black Americans in Nineteenth Century America” Eric Herschthal — Associate Professor of History, University of Utah  “Freedom, Liberation or Emancipation? A Reflective Query” Anthony… Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

Applying to Graduate Schools

Applying to Graduate Schools Wednesday, March 25 | 3:00 - 4:20 PM | JTB 120 This workshop offers a comprehensive overview of the graduate school application process, helping students understand key timelines, required materials, and effective preparation strategies. The session will break down elements such as personal statements, letters of recommendation, interviews, and selecting programs that align with academic and professional goals. Students will gain clarity on how to plan ahead, strengthen their materials, and navigate the application cycle with confidence. The session also provides space to explore different pathways and consider what type of graduate program best supports their future direction. RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1871090  Join virtually at: https://utah.zoom.us/j/94263501015. Event Categories: Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Talmage Building - James (JTB). Alternate Location: 120. Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM. For more info visit utah.joinhandshake.com.

Missing Maps with Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

The most crisis-prone parts of the world need mapping. With your help, we can directly improve the lives of some of the planet’s most vulnerable people.This is the aim of the Missing Maps Project, an open, collaborative initiative founded by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the British Red Cross, the American Red Cross and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Twice a month the Friends of Doctors Without Borders U of U Student Chapter will be meeting to participate in the Missing Maps Project. Volunteer mapping is a great way for students to make an impact, and is something that anyone can do on their own, from anywhere, at any time. Bring your laptop and come learn how to map with us! Event Categories: Student org. Workshops & Training. Campus Locations: Marriott Library - J. Willard (M LIB). Room Name/Number: M Lib 1009. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. For more info visit cglink.me.

Work in Progress Talk with Professor Joshua Rivkin, Quest Program

Tanner Humanities Center On Hard Choices Joshua Rivkin is the author of two books, Suitor: Poems (Red Hen) and Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly (Melville House), a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and finalist for 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography and a finalist for the National Award for Arts Writing. His poems and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Best New Poets. He has received fellowships and awards from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Ucross Foundation, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry from Stanford University. A former Fulbright Fellow in Rome, Italy, he has been a Resident Associate at the National Humanities Center and a visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. An Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at the University of Utah, he lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his family.… Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

From Earth to Outer Space: What and Whom is Worth Saving in the Race for Critical Minerals?

International Studies Space exploration, energy generation, warfare, disaster recovery: these activities rely on technologies and infrastructures positioned on Earth or in space. Hardware is comprised of minerals, metals, and materials—many now designated as ‘critical’ by national governments—that must be wrested from the Earth and fed into supply chains. Nearly all large-scale problems, and therefore nearly all solutions, rest on this extractive imperative. Yet this very imperative exacerbates many of the same problems it purports to solve: displacement, insecurity, and human suffering. This dilemma shapes our collective imagination of what kinds of futures are possible on Earth and in Space, and therefore what kinds of legal and physical infrastructures are needed for their realization. Based on fieldwork in mining, energy, policy, and space development on four continents, this talk investigates how this dilemma plays out across sectors and places through common but often conflicting needs for critical minerals and interrogates… Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM.

Works in Progress

English An English Department faculty member and graduate student will share works in progress. Room Name/Number: LNCO 3870. Contact Name: Kaitlin Hoelzer. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Kaitlin.Hoelzer@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Faculty Friday Work in Progress - Chris Low, Director of the Middle East Center

Middle East Center Distilling Empire: Britain's Archipelago of Coal-Fired Water. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: 201/211. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, March 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Spain in Sanmao and Sanmao in Spain

Asia Center Professor Wan Sonya Tang will present a new research project on the Taiwanese author, Sanmao, who achieved Asian superstardom in the 1970s through her work chronicling her life in Madrid, Spanish Sahara, and the Canary Islands. However, Sanmao remained unknown in Spain (and the West in general) until her writing was translated into Spanish in 2016. Professor Tang’s project investigates how this oft-exoticized Asian woman in turn exoticized Spanish society, particularly from Spain’s peripheral territories. She also examines how the various Spanish lands she wrote about now claim Sanmao as part of their historical heritage. Ultimately, the study rethinks traditional models of Orientalization through an analysis of Sanmao’s work and Spain’s engagement with her. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box/Room 143. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Monday, March 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.

Graduation Extravaganza

The College of Social & Behavioral Science, College of Humanities, and College of Science, with support from the University of Utah Alumni Association and U Career Success, present: 2026 Graduation Extravaganza!   When: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | 10:00 am-2:00 pm, Where: Alumni House, Students will receive graduation information, pick up cords, engage with community partners who are hiring, connect with the Alumni Association, enjoy delicious food and more! Questions? Email graduationextravaganza@utah.edu. Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Contact Name: Karen Marsh Schaeffer. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. For more info visit csbs.utah.edu.

Tanner Conversation with Professor Joseph Metz, Department of World Languages and Cultures

Tanner Humanities Center Joseph R. Metz is Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, and author of The Feeling of the Form: Empathy and Aesthetics from Büchner to Rilke. Metz’s book examines the emergence of “empathy” from nineteenth-century German aesthetics. Moving from the 1873 coinage of Einfuehlung—the projection of human feeling into inanimate forms—Metz traces how this aesthetic concept migrated into psychology and ethics, reshaping how we imagine our relations to others, to art, and to the material world. Close readings of Georg Büchner, Adalbert Stifter, and Rainer Maria Rilke, uncover surprising links between aesthetic and interpersonal empathy. Metz also shows how these early debates anticipate contemporary questions in affect theory, AI, object-oriented ontology, and media aesthetics. Views expressed in Tanner Humanities Center events do not represent the official position of the Center or the University of Utah. Join our mailing list for more updates about Tanner Humanities Center events and… Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box, CTIHB. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Work in Progress Talk with Nicholas Shrum, University of Virginia

Tanner Humanities Center Alternative Zions: American Jewish, Mormon, and Black Visions of Sacred Nations, States, and Geographies, 1945–1976 Nicholas Shrum is a PhD Candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where he studies postwar American religious nationalism. He earned an MA in Religion from Yale Divinity School and a BA in American Studies from Brigham Young University. His work has appeared in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Journal of Mormon History, Latter-day Saint Historical Studies, and The Conversation. His 2024 article with Dialogue, "Materializing Faith and Politics: The Unseen Power of the NCCS Pocket Constitution in American Religion," was awarded the Mormon Historical Association's “Best Article Award.” He is also the host of the UVA Mormon Studies podcast “Scholars & Saints.”. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

Guest Writer Series: Carolina Ebeid

English Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Annual Practicing History Conference

History The History Department 2026 Practicing History Conference is April 3rd. The conference is a low-stakes way to for History students to practice applying for a conference and presenting history papers. Support your fellow History undergraduates and graduates and hear what research in which they are currently engaged. Event Categories: Conferences. Lectures. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Cost: Free. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 3, 2026, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.

University of Utah Student Conference in Linguistics (UUSCIL)

Linguistics The UUSCIL organizing committee is excited to announce that the 2026 University of Utah Student Conference in Linguistics (UUSCIL 2026) will be held in person on Friday, April 3rd, 2026. As an annual tradition, this conference provides an enriching platform for students to present their research and connect with the linguistics community in a collaborative academic setting. We welcome submissions from students in all majors whose research is related to linguistics. Submissions are open for oral presentations and poster sessions: Oral Presentations: Preference will be given to research directly related to linguistics. , Poster Sessions: Open to all research topics. Abstract Submission Guidelines: Your abstract should be between 200-350 words (not including references). Please submit your abstract via the provided Google Form as both: A file attachment (PDF or Word document). , Text entered directly into the form.   Submission Link: Abstract Submission, Abstract submission deadline: Abstract… Event Categories: Conferences. Public Event. Student org. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: 2110. Contact Name: Natalia Lopez. Contact Phone: (801) 581-8047. Contact Email: linguistics@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 3, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Carolina Ebeid Colloquium

English Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Nature is their Only Midwife: Race, Reproduction, Nature, and Power in and beyond the 19th Century West

History What does “nature” mean when we think about it in relation to reproduction, race, and gender? How have ideas about nature, and material environmental realities, shaped human experiences of childbirth? This talk presents an environmental history of human reproduction, focusing on the history of childbirth, race, nature, and power in the nineteenth century US West. Voyles' research shows that, historically, human childbirth has been a remarkably multispecies, and deeply ecological, affair, in contrast to our view of it as isolated and aseptic, sealed off from the outside world. This talk offers a glimpse into the fascinating menagerie of childbirth history - bugs and germs, rats, cows, puppies, fungi, cacti, dirt, a warhorse or two – while grounding that story in the politics of settler colonialism, environmental exploitation, and Indigenous dispossession in the nineteenth century West. The History Department Miller Lecture honors David E. Miller. David E. Miller was a prominent Utah historian and an Emeritus… Event Categories: Lectures. Conferences. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Cost: Free. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Faculty Friday Work in Progress - Maria Laura Martinelli

Latin American Studies Title coming soon! Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: 201/211. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Work in Progress Talk with Professor Chrisoula Andreou, Department of Philosophy

Tanner Humanities Center Pervasive Pitfalls, Poor Health, and Population-Level Bioethics Chrisoula Andreou (Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh) is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Utah and an Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. Her current research projects lie in the areas of Practical Reasoning, Action Theory, Ethical Theory, and Applied Ethics. Her most recent book, Choosing Well: The Good, the Bad, and the Trivial (Oxford University Press, 2023) focuses on rationality, irrationality, and the challenges associated with effective choice over time given choice situations and preference structures that can prompt self-defeating patterns of choice. Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

You're Graduating! Now What?

You're Graduating! Now What? Wednesday, April 8 | 3:00 - 4:20 PM | JTB 120 This workshop supports soon-to-be graduates as they explore the many possibilities that come after completing their degree. The session introduces a range of post-grad options, from entering the job market to considering gap-year opportunities, fellowships, service programs, or continued education. Students will learn how to assess their interests, identify practical next steps, and build momentum during the transition from college to career. The workshop also highlights strategies for setting short-term goals, staying organized, and making informed decisions that align with long-term aspirations. RSVP at https://utah.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1871101  Join virtually at: https://utah.zoom.us/j/94263501015. Event Categories: Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Talmage Building - James (JTB). Room Name/Number: 120. Contact Name: Cameron Vakilian. Contact Email: cameron.vakilian@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM. For more info visit utah.joinhandshake.com.

Linguistics Colloquium: Linking linguistic computation to eye movements in reading - Dr. Brian Dillon (UMass Amherst)

Linguistics Abstract: For more than 40 years, data on how readers move their eyes during free reading has driven psycholinguistic theorizing. This large body of literature has supported the development of rich theories of oculomotor control in reading, which has in turn allowed us to ask in increasing detail how various aspects of linguistic processing are reflected in moment-by-moment reading. The vast majority of this research has centered lexical access as 'the engine that drives the eyes forward' (Reichle et al. 2009). But recent work has turned up some very surprising insights into how higher order syntactic and semantic computations are reflected in moment-by-moment reading, raising interesting questions about the relationship between grammatical knowledge and perception in reading. In this talk, I will survey some of this work, from our group and beyond. Against this backdrop, I will suggest that understanding how higher order linguistic computations are mapped to eye movements requires us to theorize (at least)… Event Categories: Colloquia. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Zoom. Alternate Location: https://utah.zoom.us/j/88661934056 Passcode: 3007 64. Room Name/Number: 2110. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, April 9, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

How We Watch the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: A Public Humanities Symposium

Tanner Humanities Center Both campy and analytical, this symposium moves from close reading to collective watching. Scholars and fans from the Salt Lake Valley and across the country gather for a day of lively discussion, appreciation, and spectacle. We will ask what RHOSLC reveals about fame, faith, femininity, conflict, fashion, and the art of performance. At the University of Utah, the Tanner Humanities Center is committed to serious thinking about popular culture—and to the pleasure of thinking together. Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Room Name/Number: Ballroom. Cost: Free. Ticket URL: tannerrhoslc.eventbrite.com. Contact Name: Scott Black. Contact Email: scott.black@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 10, 2026, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more info visit tanner.utah.edu.

Subversive Genes: Innovation, Appropriation, and Genetics Transformed in Latin America

Latin American Studies Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box/Room 143. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

National Theatre Live, The Audience

Tanner Humanities Center The Audience Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award®-winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry. For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch. Peter Morgan’s Netflix phenomenon The Crown was based on this hit play which was captured live from London’s West End in 2013 and went on to become one of the most-watched NT Live productions. Alternate Location: Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. Broadway. Cost: $15. Ticket URL: https://slfstix.org/. Contact Name: Beth James. Contact Phone: 8015818473. Contact Email: beth.james@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Saturday, April 11, 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Faculty Reading

English Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, April 16, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Faculty Friday Work in Progress - Annie Greene, History

Middle East Center Title coming soon! Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: 201/211. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

English Department faculty meeting

English Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: LNCO 3870. Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Phone: 801-581-6168. Contact Email: David.Roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No. Friday, April 17, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

Theorizing Translation in Latin America

Latin American Studies Campus Locations: Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB). Room Name/Number: Jewel Box/Room 143. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

English Department Masters Symposium

English Join us for a celebration of the English Department's MA students in Literary and Cultural Studies and Video Game Narrative and Aesthetics. Students will offer short presentations on their MA theses. Open to the public. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: LNCO 3870. Contact Name: Lindsey Drager. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: lindsey.drager@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Last Day of Classes

College of Humanities Graduation Reception May 1, 2026 | TBA | LNCO Lobby  All College of Humanities students and faculty attending convocation this year are invited. Parents and partners are also welcome. Light refreshments will be served. info: https://humanities.utah.edu/students/graduation.php. Event Categories: Community Engagement. Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, May 1, 2026.

College of Humanities Convocation

College of Humanities Convocation May 1, 2026 | 11:00am | Jon M. Huntsman Center info: https://humanities.utah.edu/students/graduation.php. Event Categories: Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Huntsman Center - Jon M. (JHC). Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

College of Humanities Graduation Reception

College of Humanities Graduation Reception May 1, 2026 | TBA | LNCO Lobby  All College of Humanities students and faculty attending convocation this year are invited. Parents and partners are also welcome. Light refreshments will be served. info: https://humanities.utah.edu/students/graduation.php. Event Categories: Community Engagement. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Karen Marsh. Contact Email: karen.marsh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, May 1, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.