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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 will deliver the eleventh annual Joseph Smith Lecture, entitled “Not All In, But Not Out: Exploring the Borderlands Between…

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…

Joseph Smith Lecture: Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, “Mormonism Through an African Lens”

October 19, 2024

Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, UVA’s new Director and Professor of Mormon Studies, delivered the tenth annual Joseph Smith Lecture on October 19th, 2024, entitled “Mormonism…

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Registration Open for the 2025 Church History Conference

June 24, 2025

UVA Mormon Studies Summer 2025 Newsletter Now Available

June 20, 2025

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

June 18, 2025

About Bert Reed Holfeltz: Curator of the Newest UVA Mormon Studies Library Collection

June 4, 2025

Season 3 Episode 2 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

May 14, 2025

In Memoriam: Jan Shipps

May 6, 2025