Events

Past Events

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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’Civil Religion’ Fifty Years Later

At Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, Professor Flake delivered a paper entitled “’Civil Religion’ Fifty Years Later.”

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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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Annual Meeting: LDS Council on Mormon Studies

The University welcomes the LDS Council on Mormon Studies…

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Katrina Lantos Swett, Keeping Religion Free in a Time of Radicalization

Our third annual Joseph Smith Lecture was given by former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Katrina Lantos Swett. Her theme…

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