Events

Past Events

2020 Joseph Smith Papers Conference

The 2020 Joseph Smith Papers Conference is now live. The conference will take place on Friday, September 18, 2020, and registration is free. 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.

Invited…

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Scripture and Literature in the Nineteenth-Century United States

“Scripture and Literature in the Nineteenth-Century United States”, is an interdisciplinary symposium to be held at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland,…

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J. Reuben Clark Law Society 2020 Annual Conference

Kathleen Flake will speak at the Annual Conference of the. J. Reuben Clark Law Society, held February 27-29, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona at ASU’s…

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The First Vision of Joseph Smith, Jr.: 200 Years On

“The First Vision of Joseph Smith, Jr: 200 Years On”, is a two-day conference to be held at The Huntington Library in…

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American Academy of Religion Presentation

Kathleen Flake, the Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies at the University of Virginia, will give a presentation at the American Academy of…

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Jeff Flake, Searching for the Better Angels of Our Nature

Senator Jeff Flake delivered the 2019 Joseph Smith Lecture on Religious Liberty on September 13th. His lecture was entitled “Searching for the Better Angels of…

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Workshop: Scripture and Romance Literature in 19th Century United States

Several scholars of literary and religious texts met at the University of Virginia in mid-June to discuss the co-constitution of literature and scripture in…

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Douglas Laycock, What the Supreme Court Did in Masterpiece Cakeshop

Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Religious Studies Douglas Laycock delivered the 2018 Joseph Smith Lecture on Religious Liberty…

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Max Mueller on Race and the Making of the Mormon People

We look forward to welcoming Prof. Max Mueller to address the Virginia Colloquium in American Religion on his recent book Race and the Making…

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