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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Monday, January 19, 2026.

The Gordon B. Hinckley Lecture in British Studies - "The Fate of the Foundling, or, being undocumented in Twentieth-century Britain" by Nadja Durbach

The Fate of the Foundling, or, being undocumented in Twentieth-century Britain by Nadja Durbach, Professor Co-Editor, Journal of British Studies Department of History, College of Humanities University of Utah In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the foundling—an abandoned newborn baby found alive whose parentage was unknown—frequently appeared in British debates about motherhood and the family; poverty and the economy; morality, respectability, and sexuality; nation and empire; and the proper relationship between charities and the state. Scholars of British culture, however, have tended to lose interest in the foundling once the 1926 Adoption Act provided a legal means to absorb abandoned children into new families. Yet it was in the twentieth century that the plight of the foundling was magnified and took on new importance precisely because unadopted foundlings, and older abandoned children, were often undocumented. That they had either never been registered at birth, or their records could not be… Event Categories: Lectures. Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Room Name/Number: OC Tanner Ballrooms A. Cost: Free. Transportation / Parking: Union Parking Lot. Contact Name: John Boyack. Contact Phone: 801-587-7351. Contact Email: john.boyack@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, January 29, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit british-studies.utah.edu.

Works in Progress

An English Department faculty member and graduate student will share works in progress. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: LNCO 3870. Contact Name: Kaitlin Hoelzer. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Kaitlin.Hoelzer@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, January 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

English dept faculty meeting

Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Email: david.roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

Presidents' Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Monday, February 16, 2026.

Guest Writer Series: Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry Reading: Ange Mlinko and Dan Murphy

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, February 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Symposium in Environmental Storytelling

Exploring Connections between Narrative, Place, and Digital Environments Keynote: "The Body is the World and the World is the Body" by Austin Walker, Game Designer and Critic. Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Room Name/Number: Dumke Reception Room. Contact Name: Nathan Wainstein. Contact Phone: 801-581-6168. Contact Email: Nathan.Wainstein@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, February 20, 2026, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Ange Mlinko and Dan Murphy Colloquium

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, February 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Guest Writers Series: Miranda Mellis

Alternate Location: The Clubhouse, 850 E. South Temple. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Borderlands Conference

Anthony Cody, Edgar Garcia, Raquel Gutierrez, and Clyo Mendoza. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Speaker Series: Debbie Urbanski

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.

Works in Progress

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.

Guest Writer Series: Carolina Ebeid

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.

Guest Writer Series: Carolina Ebeid Colloquium

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.

English dept faculty meeting

Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: LNCO 3870. Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Phone: 8015816168. Contact Email: david.roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, April 10, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.