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Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp Discusses UVA Mormon Studies, Richard Bushman, and More on YouTube Podcast

June 22, 2026

Last week, UVA Mormon Studies Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp was featured on Historian and content creator Benjamin Park’s YouTube channel for a video…

Announcing the Lester E. and Yvonne Snow Bush Endowment

June 8, 2026

During the “Race, Relationships, and the Life of the Church Now” panel conversation with the Dialogue Foundation this…

Inside the Classroom: Undergraduate Students Present Final Class Projects for “Mormonism and American Culture”

May 20, 2026

On Wednesday, April 22, UVA’s premier undergraduate course in Mormon Studies, “Mormonism and American Culture”, held its final class meeting of the…

UVA Mormon Studies Fellow Nicholas Shrum Delivers Presentation at University of Utah

April 21, 2026

On April 2, 2026, UVA Religious Studies Ph.D. Student, Mormon Studies Fellow, and Scholars & Saints podcast host Nicholas Shrum gave a…

Mormon Studies Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp Contributes to Upcoming Book on The Joseph Smith Papers

March 25, 2026

Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies Laurie Maffly-Kipp will be published next month in the sixteen-essay volume Billions Shall Know Brother…

UVA Mormon Studies Winter 2026 Newsletter Now Available

February 18, 2026

The University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program’s Winter 2026 newsletter is now available to read. Catch up with all of the program’s…

Registration Open for the 2026 Latter-day Saints and Media Studies Symposium

January 8, 2026

The Latter-day Saints and Media Studies Symposium’s 10th anniversary symposium will take place at Brigham Young University-Hawaii from February 26-28. This year’s…

Laurie Maffly-Kipp Discusses the Program’s Past, Present, and Future in New Video Interviews

August 18, 2025

During her first semester as Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies, Laurie Maffly-Kipp conducted several video interviews now available on the UVA Mormon…

UVA Mormon Studies Summer 2025 Newsletter Now Available

June 20, 2025

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

In Memoriam: Jan Shipps

May 6, 2025

A memorial letter from UVA’s Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies, Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp