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Panel Discussion: Belief and Belonging in the 21st Century

October 25, 2025

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

Joseph Smith Lecture: Dr. Jana Riess, “Not All In, But Not Out: Exploring the Borderlands Between Mormon Orthodoxy and Disaffiliation”

October 24, 2025

Author and journalist Jana Riess delivered the eleventh annual Joseph Smith Lecture, entitled “Not All In, But Not Out: Exploring the Borderlands Between Mormon…

Mormon Wrestling: A Genealogy – Documentary Screening with Filmmaker David Walker

March 26, 2025

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

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Call for 2026 Mormon Studies Research Fellows

February 6, 2026

Video and Audio Now Available: Panel on Religious Belief and Belonging in the 21st Century

January 15, 2026

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

January 8, 2026

Audio and Video Now Available: 2025 Joseph Smith Lecture

November 12, 2025

Bonus Episode of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

October 22, 2025

Season 3 Episode 6 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

October 8, 2025