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UVA Mormon Studies Winter 2026 Newsletter Now Available

The University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program’s Winter 2026 newsletter is now available to read. Catch up with all of the program’s…

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UVA Mormon Studies and Dialogue Journal to Host Panel on “Race, Relationships, and the Life of the Church Now”

On April 25th at UVA Darden’s DC Metro Facility, UVA Mormon Studies and the journal Dialogue will host four Latter-day Saint scholars…

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Call for 2026 Mormon Studies Research Fellows

The University of Virginia Mormon Studies Program is now accepting fellowship applications for 2026. There are up to two Clyde Research Fellowships…

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

Last October, UVA Mormon Studies and the Forum on Religion and Democracy hosted a panel on “Belief in Belonging…

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

The Latter-day Saints and Media Studies Symposium’s 10th anniversary symposium will take place at Brigham Young University-Hawaii from February 26-28. This year’s…

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Audio and Video Now Available: 2025 Joseph Smith Lecture

The eleventh annual Joseph Smith Lecture, “Not All In, But Not Out: Exploring the Borderlands Between Mormon Orthodoxy and Disaffiliation” with author…

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Bonus Episode of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum discusses the UVA Mormon Studies Program with Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp.

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

Nicholas Shrum discusses Latter-day Saint temples with historian Jonathan Stapley.

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UVA Mormon Studies to Host Panel on Religious Belief and Belonging in the 21st Century

On October 25th, UVA Mormon Studies and the Forum on Religion and Democracy will host three scholars of American religious identity to…

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Season 3 Episode 5 of the Scholars & Saints Podcast Now Available

Nicholas Shrum examines the impact of mass digital media on Mormon identity with communications professor Rosemary Avance.

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