Seminars and Conferences

UVA Mormon Studies will welcome Mormon historian Jonathan Stapley to discuss Latter-day Saint temple worship. 
Based on his forthcoming book of the same name, Dr….

UVA Mormon Studies and the Dialogue Foundation hosted four Latter-day Saint scholars to discuss the aftermath of the 1978 Revelation of The Church of…

On October 25th, 2025, UVA Mormon Studies and the Forum on Religion and Democracy hosted three scholars of American religious identity to discuss “Belief…

A sneak preview of David Walker’s documentary film, Mormon Wrestling: A Genealogy.  
David Walker is the J. F. Rowny Chair in Religion and…

A Research Workshop Hosted by the University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program
Research Workshop Schedule
8:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast

9:00 to 11:00 a.m….

Professor Richard Benjamin Crosby and Isaac James Richards are currently soliciting contributions for an anthology of speeches from Latter-day Saint history. This…

“This Prison… of a Crooked, Broken, Scattered, and Imperfect…

September 21 – 24
Fredericksburg, Texas

“Restoration Tales from Texas Dust”
Led by independent Apostle Lyman Wight, a number of early Latter Day Saints departed from…

In the summer of 2023, the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar, in partnership with the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies and…