Talía Dajes portrait
  • Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
801-585-3003

Professional Service

  • International Institute of Ibero-American Literature (IILI). Role: Moderator. Panel: Narrativas de la violencia extractivista en América Latina XLIV Congress of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature (IILI). Athens, Greece. 07/2023 - 07/2023
  • University of Utah. Role: Discussant. Panel: “Figurations of Ruin”. Symposium: Ruinas Modernas: Untimely Spaces and Multiple Temporalities in Modern and Contemporary Spanish Culture. Organized by Prof. Jacqueline Sheean, Department of World Languages and Cultures. 09/2022 - 09/2022
  • Hispanic Review. University of Pennsylvania. Journal article peer-reviewer. 07/2021 - present
  • Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones sobre América Latina (CEISAL). Role: Panel co-organizer. 9th International Congress of the Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones sobre América Latina (CEISAL). Panel: Interpretar/interpelar la historia: Reivindicaciones de la memoria en el cine latinoamericano. 07/2019 - 07/2019
  • Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). Role: Discussant. Panel: Narrativas locales de lo global en el Perú contemporáneo: Movimientos sociales, espacios públicos, industrias culturales. 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). Oaxaca, Mexico . 03/2019 - 03/2019
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Role: Member. Visual Culture Section Executive Council. 05/26/2018 - 05/31/2021
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Role: Panel organizer / Part II chair. XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Olvido y desmemoria: narrativas en torno a las tensiones de la memoria en naciones posconflicto, parts I and II (two coordinated sessions). XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Lima, Peru (April – May 2017). Presented. 05/2017 - 05/2017

Internal Service

  • “Silence and Shame in Kingo Nonaka’s Memoir: From Captain in the Mexican Revolution to Enemy of the State.” Academic talk by Prof. Ignacio López-Calvo, UC Merced. Part of the Asia-Latin America Mini Series (co-organized with Prof. Cindi Textor). Sponsored by the Asia Center and the Center for Latin American Studies. Event organizer, 11/2023 - 11/2023. College service.
  • Undergraduate advising. Honors College: Jacob Nydegger. Thesis title: "The Role of the Caregiver in Hispanic Film.". Honors Thesis Advisor , 10/2023 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee – Mexican Studies Position . Chair, 08/2023 - 02/2024. Department service.
  • Teaching demonstration for Bridge Program students . 03/2023 - 03/2023. College service.
  • Undergraduate Council. Member, 08/2022 - present. University service.
  • University Press Faculty Editorial Advisory Committee. Member, 08/2022 - present. University service.
  • Merit Committee. Member, 08/2022 - 05/2023. Department service.
  • Bridge Program Informational Meeting for Olympus High School and East High School Students. Department of World Languages and Cultures – L2TReC. Spanish Faculty Representative. , 05/16/2022 - 05/16/2022. College service.
  • “The Potentialities of the Travesti as an ‘In-between’” Academic talk and class visits by Prof. Erika Almenara. Event co-organizer (with the Center for Latin American Studies)., 03/2022 - 03/2022. College service.
  • Senate Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion . 09/2021 - 05/2022. University service.
  • Ramona Cannon Award Committee . Member, 07/2021 - present. College service.
  • Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Advisory Committee . Member, 08/24/2020 - present. College service.
  • Executive Committee. 07/01/2020 - 04/2021. Department service.
  • Faculty Awards Committee . 10/2019 - 04/2020. College service.
  • Faculty Awards Committee . 10/2019 - 04/2020. College service.
  • Financial Need Scholarship Committee . 09/2019 - 10/2019. University service.
  • Spanish Section Representative . 08/19/2019 - 04/22/2020. Department service.
  • Peninsular Studies Visiting Assistant Professor Hiring Committee . 04/01/2019 - 06/14/2019. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. 01/07/2019 - 04/22/2019. Department service.
  • Merit Committee. Member, 08/2018 - 04/2019. Department service.
  • Student Fee Scholarship Committee . Member, 07/01/2018 - 04/2021. University service.
  • Speaker Series - Lecture and Workshop with Prof. Diana Taylor . Organizer, 08/01/2017 - 11/10/2017. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Early Career Teaching Award. University of Utah, 02/10/2023
  • Film Section - Best Essay Award for "Crímenes íntimos: Violencia política e incesto en el cine peruano contemporáneo" (2020). Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 05/2021
  • College of Humanities Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities. University of Utah, 03/2021

In the Media

  • José Carlos Yrigoyen. "Los artistas y la revolución". Book review. El Comercio newspaper. Lima, Perú. 10/18/2020. https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/mitologias-vela...
  • DiCi: reflexiones sobre el cine con especialistas y estrenos. Event preview by Milen Saavedra. Página Siete - La Paz, Bolivia. 02/07/2020. https://www.paginasiete.bo/cultura/2020/2/7/dici-r...
  • Grupo Ukamau: Plano Secuencia Integral. Event preview by Claudio Sánchez. La Esquina - Suplemento Cultural. Periódico Bolivia. p.2. 11/03/2019. https://issuu.com/cambio2020/docs/la_esquina_03-11...
  • Taller Ukamau - Una clase sobre el plano secuencia. La Razón - Bolivia. 11/01/2019. https://www.picuki.com/media/2167647577363734738
  • “Cine en español en Westminster College”. Television interview by Marcos Allain. Noticias Univisión. Univisión 32 KUTH – Salt Lake City . 03/23/2015.
  • “Cine con temática latinoamericana se exhibe en Westminster College”. Newspaperinterview and event coverage by Moisés López. The Spanish Times – Salt Lake City. 3.24: p2. 03/2015.