Chair Lectures and Activities

UVA Mormon Studies Summer 2025 Newsletter Now Available

The University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program’s Summer 2025 newsletter is now available to read. Catch up with all of Director Laurie…

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Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Jonathan Rauch, and Others Discuss Dallin Oaks, Christianity, and American Democracy

On Tuesday, March 18th, the UVA Miller Center hosted Brookings Institute Senior…

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Upcoming UVA Miller Center Panel on Christianity and Democracy to Feature Laurie Maffly-Kipp

On Tuesday, March 18, at 11 a.m. EST, the UVA Miller Center will host a panel conversation featuring Bushman Chair of Mormon…

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Laurie Maffly-Kipp to Deliver Keynote Address for Global Mormon Studies 2025 Conference

On Thursday, March 27, at 1 p.m. EST, Bushman Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp will deliver the keynote address for the Global Mormon Studies…

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Laurie Maffly-Kipp to Speak at BYU-Hawaii Conference

On Saturday, February 22, Bushman Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp will speak at the “Church History in the Pacific and Asia Conference 2025,” hosted…

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Inside the Classroom: Special Panel on LDS Women and Church Callings

In Fall 2024, a group of local leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints visited Dr. Maffly-Kipp’s undergraduate seminar,…

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Dr. Maffly-Kipp Talks about Mormonism and Africa on “Mormon Land,”the Salt Lake Tribune Podcast

This week, the director of UVA Mormon Studies, Laurie Maffly-Kipp, joined The Salt Lake Tribune Podcast, Mormon Land to…

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Postponed – The First Vision, Then and Now: A Bicentennial Observance

The “The First Vision, Then and Now: A Bicentennial Observance” is postponed and the date is to be determined. More information will be forthcoming.

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Why Do We Believe in Religious Freedom?

Professor Flake appeared on the Miller Center’s American Forum television broadcast, discussing the question of whether religious freedom can survive among an ever-increasing plurality…

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Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy and Religious Freedom

Professor Flake will take part in a panel on the state of religious freedom around the world, at UVA’s Miller Center.

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