Events

Past Events

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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Panel: Religions and the State in Refugee Relief

In conjunction with our third annual Joseph Smith Lecture on Religious Liberty, a distinguished panel discussed the moral and legal dynamics inherent in religion’s…

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Young African Leaders Initiative

Professor Flake spoke to the Young African Leaders Initiative at the Civic Leadership Institute in a presentation entitled, “Religious Diversity.”

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Seminar: Professor John Turner

John Turner, Associate Professor of American Religion, will speak to doctoral students on his forays into Mormon Studies, as well as his most recent…

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Lecture: Elder Larry Echo Hawk, “A Personal Perspective on the Book of Mormon”

Elder Echo Hawk will speak on the nature and significance of the Book of Mormon from his personal perspective as a leader in The…

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Lecture: Elder Larry Echo Hawk on Public Service

Elder Larry Echo Hawk, presently a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is an attorney, legal scholar and former…

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Annual Meeting: LDS Council on Mormon Studies

After three years of biannual meetings, and in recognition of the strength of the Mormon Studies program and confidence in its direction, the LDS…

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