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). 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. Japanese Major & Minor Day
Come check out our Japanese program, study abroad programs, student experiences, career paths, meet the faculty and more!
Event Categories: Info Sessions. Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Contact Name: Sae Kawase. Contact Email: sae.kawase@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 9:40 AM – 11:45 AM.
Presidents' Day
University Observed Holidays
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, February 16, 2026.