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English Department Meeting

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.

Margaret Brucia Reading

Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Room Name/Number: LNCO 2110. Contact Name: Alex Ortega. Contact Email: Alexander.Ortega@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Imagined Futures Panel Event

Imagined Futures Panel Event, University of Utah scholars have utilized imagination as a driving force to articulate our future. From creative writing to theater to video games, our creative scholars have visualized our world in new and powerful ways. We stand at a crossroad where almost infinite possibilities are in front of us. The Office of the Vice President for Research is excited to organize a 90-minute “Imagined Futures” event designed to showcase creative excellence, inspire new projects, and foster conversation about the future. For this event, select University of Utah scholars will be asked to present their work that imagines possible futures. The Selected Panel, Kenneth Collins, Film & Media Arts , AI and the Future of No Budget Filmmaking, Abstract: Imagine a future where independent filmmakers can produce Hollywood-quality films on their laptops with virtually no budget and reach global audiences directly through multi-platform strategies. This talk explores the potential of a democratized… Event Categories: Info Sessions. Lectures. Campus Locations: Intermountain Network Scientific CC (INSCC). Room Name/Number: Auditorium 110. Cost: Free. Ticket URL: https://utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1xNHeq93S86yG2. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com.

Guest Writer Series: Sawako Nakayasu

Alternate Location: Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, 211 W. 100 S. 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

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.

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, November 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Thanksgiving

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, November 27, 2025.

Day After Thanksgiving

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, November 28, 2025.

University Closure Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

Christmas Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, December 25, 2025.

University Closure Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Friday, December 26, 2025.

New Year's Day

University Observed Holidays Campus Wide Event: Yes. Thursday, January 1, 2026.

Spring semester classes begin

Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Email: David.Roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes. Monday, January 5, 2026.

English Department Meeting

Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Alternate Location: Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City. Contact Name: David Roh. Contact Email: David.Roh@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: No. Friday, January 9, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Lidia Yuknavitch

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, January 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

Guest Writer Series: Lidia Yuknavitch Colloquium

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, January 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

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, Professor Co-Editor, Journal of British Studies Department of History, College of Humanities University of Utah A cultural and social historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain, Professor Durbach's research focuses on the history of the body and its relationship to the state, the nation, and the empire. She is currently working on a book entitled Registration Nation: Identity, Privacy, and the Recording of Persons in Modern Britain. This project explores how the British state’s attempts to register different populations opened up a range of contentious questions about race, sex, class, legal status, personhood, health, ability, freedom, citizenship, and ultimately the relationship among the individual, the family, the state, the nation, and the empire. Event Categories: Lectures. Campus Locations: Alumni House - Eccles (ALUMNI). Room Name/Number: OC Tanner Ballrooms A&B. 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.