2025 Area Studies Teaching & Collections Symposium
Mark your calendars for the upcoming 2025 Area Studies Teaching & Collections Symposium on May 7-8, 2025 (May 7 at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library and May 8 at Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library). Each day includes unique content! Engage with academic faculty, graduate students, and library professionals across Utah at this FREE symposium exploring ways to build and use area studies collections in higher education.
Hear from scholars specializing in Asian, Latin American, Middle East, Indigenous, and Pasifika Studies. Additional topics include using area studies primary source materials in teaching and scholarship and creating inclusive library collections.
Learn more and register at https://ias.utah.edu/news/2025-library-symposium.php.
Event Categories: Seminars. Workshops & Training. Cost: Free. Contact Name: Ambra Gagliardi. Contact Email: uu_astcs@lists.utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Thursday, May 8, 2025.
For more info visit ias.utah.edu. Graduate Student Dissertation & Thesis Summer Writing Day
Join your fellow graduate students in this self-paced writing event and make a serious dent in your thesis or dissertation. Breakfast*, lunch*, and information sessions about library and writing resources will be provided.
This event is hosted by the Marriott Library and Graduate School.
Throughout the day the Gould Auditorium (Marriott Library, Level 1) will be a writing café (non-quiet space), and the Graduate Reading Room will be a quiet writing space.
8:30-9:30: Breakfast and Morning Announcements
Gould Auditorium, Level 1
9:30-10:30 Workshops - Group A
Topics to be announced
10:45-11:45 Workshops - Group B
Topics to be announced
11:45-12:45 Lunch
Gould Auditorium, Level 1
12:45-1:45 Workshops - Group A (repeated)
Topics to be announced
2:00-3:00 Workshops - Group B (repeated)
Topics to be announced
3:15-4:15 Keynote by Harriet Hopf, Academic Senate President
Gould Auditorium, Level 1
4:15-4:30 Wrap Up
Gould Auditorium, Level 1
*Breakfast and lunch will be made available to students who…
Event Categories: Workshops & Training. Campus Locations: Marriott Library - J. Willard (M LIB). Ticket URL: https://utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XECp4eeliPwYe2?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ92ZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtRUg0cWR0YnRabHVBVWl0AR6iWmZ_4YzW_R6MhY67wITLxjvKQMG8d03xvl7wRbASDJGsAbmBp2chsox9Mg_aem_Mb4X1PtMjXCdjSv5cQXSjg. Transportation / Parking: Park in the visitor parking lot, west of the library, next to the bookstore.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/info/directions.php. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com. Fundamentals of Fine & Gold Tooling on Leather
Fundamentals of Fine & Gold Tooling on Leather
Samuel Feinstein
June 27 & 28
Friday & Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm
Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4
*$230 (half of this amount is due upon registration)
In this two-day class, students learn the fundamentals of blind tooling and gold tooling on leather, focusing on straight lines and using shellac glaire to affix the gold. Line-work is one of the most important, fundamental, and versatile decorative techniques used on tooled bindings, and is used in both traditional and contemporary designs. Students also have time to explore the use of decorative tools within a limited scope. Each participant leaves with a final plaquette using the techniques covered.
Event Categories: Workshops & Training. Campus Locations: Marriott Library - J. Willard (M LIB). Cost: $230. Ticket URL: https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/marriottlibbookarts/product.php?product=138&storecookie=1. Transportation / Parking: Park in the visitor parking lot, west of the library, next to the bookstore.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/info/directions.php. Contact Email: bookartsprogram@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, June 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit umarket.utah.edu. Fundamentals of Fine & Gold Tooling on Leather
Fundamentals of Fine & Gold Tooling on Leather
Samuel Feinstein
June 27 & 28
Friday & Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm
Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4
*$230 (half of this amount is due upon registration)
In this two-day class, students learn the fundamentals of blind tooling and gold tooling on leather, focusing on straight lines and using shellac glaire to affix the gold. Line-work is one of the most important, fundamental, and versatile decorative techniques used on tooled bindings, and is used in both traditional and contemporary designs. Students also have time to explore the use of decorative tools within a limited scope. Each participant leaves with a final plaquette using the techniques covered.
Event Categories: Workshops & Training. Campus Locations: Marriott Library - J. Willard (M LIB). Cost: $230. Ticket URL: https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/marriottlibbookarts/product.php?product=138&storecookie=1. Transportation / Parking: Park in the visitor parking lot, west of the library, next to the bookstore.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/info/directions.php. Contact Email: bookartsprogram@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit umarket.utah.edu. NEH Summer Institute - Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence
Application Deadline: March 5, 2025
The Humanities Perspectives on AI Summer Institute at the University of Utah offers 30 higher education faculty an immersive, interdisciplinary examination of AI. Spanning three weeks in July 2025, the program combines discussions, hands-on activities, and field trips to explore AI’s technological foundations and societal impacts. Participants from various humanities disciplines will address ethical, cultural, and historical dimensions of AI, gaining tools to critically engage with its influence. Outcomes include public-facing projects, lesson plans, and research models, empowering faculty to research, publish, and teach about responsible AI.
Event Categories: Seminars. Workshops & Training. Campus Locations: Marriott Library - J. Willard (M LIB). Transportation / Parking: Park in the visitor parking lot, west of the library, next to the bookstore.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/info/directions.php. Contact Name: Rebekah Cummings. Contact Email: rebekah.cummings@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, July 14, 2025 – Friday, August 1, 2025.
For more info visit aihumanities.lib.utah.edu.