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Blake OstlerWhile many conferences I've designated as "popular" on another page also include quality presentations by scholars in the language of scholarship, this page is for those conferences where the standards of scholarship are espoused by the sponsoring organizations on topics related to Mormon Studies.

If you are aware of any conferences (or academic lectures) where papers on Mormonism will be presented, even if only one presenter will be addressing the topic, please contact me.

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Academic Societies & Associations

Though there are more Societies and Associations focused on Mormon Studies than I have included, I have only listed those which hold regular conferences. For an extensive list of Mormon Studies Resources, click here.

Societies and Associations focused on Mormon Studies

Name of Society Next Conference Location Date
Association of Mormon Counselors
and Psychotherapists
Salt Lake City, Utah 2-3 Apr 2009
Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Provo, Utah 8-9 May 2009
The Society for Mormon
Philosophy and Theology
Claremont, California 21-23 May 2009
Mormon History Association Springfield-Nauvoo, Illinois 21-24 May 2009
John Whitmer Historical Association Independence, Missouri 24-27 Sep 2009
Association for Mormon Letters TBD TBD 2009
Claremont Mormon Studies
Student Association
TBD TBD 2009
European Mormon Studies Association TBD TBD 2009
Students of the Ancient Near East Provo, Utah TBD 2009

Other Societies that Present Papers on Mormon Studies

The following organizations hold annual conferences where papers related to Mormon Studies are regularly presented, though the focus is not principally Mormonism.

Name of Society Next Conference Location Date
American Academy of Religion/
Western Region
Santa Clara, California 22-23 Mar 2009
Center for Studies on New Religions Salt Lake City, Utah 10-14 Jun 2009
Communal Studies Association Aurora, Oregon 1-3 Oct 2009
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion / Religious Research Association Denver, Colorado 23-25 Oct 2009
American Academy of Religion Montréal, Québec 7-10 Nov 2009
Society of Biblical Literature New Orleans, Louisiana 20-24 Nov 2009
Utah State Historical Society TBD TBD 2009

 

Mormon Studies Programs

The following institutions are focused on Religious Studies, with a strong emphasis on Mormon Studies research, and hold a variety of events where scholarship is presented on topics related to Mormonism.

Claremont Graduate University School of Religion

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision Howard W. Hunter Chair of
Mormon Studies
and the Mormon Scholars Foundation,
Claremont Graduate University
7 March 2009

The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Biennial Book of Mormon Lecture Brigham Young University
TBD 2009
Biennial Book of Mormon Conference Laura F. Willes Center for
Book of Mormon Studies
,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2010

Religious Studies Center - Brigham Young University

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
BYU Religious Education
Student Symposium
BYU Religious Education and
Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University
27 Feb 2009
Church History Symposium: "Preserving the History of the Latter-Day Saints" LDS Historical Department and Religious Studies Center,
Brigham Young University
27 Feb 2009
Sperry Symposium:
"The Gospel of Jesus Christ
in the Old Testament"
BYU Religious Education,
Church Education System, and
Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University
30-31 Oct 2009

Utah State University Religious Studies Program

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Leonard J. Arrington
Mormon History Lecture Series
Utah State University Special
Collections and Archives
,
Logan, Utah
TBD 2009

Utah Valley University Religious Studies Program

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Mormon Studies Conference UVU Religious Studies Program,
Utah Valley University
TBD 2009
National Student Dialogue Conference Standing Together and
UVU Religious Studies Program,
Utah Valley University
TBD 2009

 

Other Academic Conferences & Lectures

These include events sponsored by academic institutions, foundations, and seminars, as well as ad hoc presentations.

Annual Events

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Restoration Studies Symposium Community of Christ Seminary,
John Whitmer Historical Association, and Sunstone Education Foundation,
Graceland University -
Independence, Missouri
17-18 Apr 2009
Mormon Theology Seminar TBD TBD 2009
Counterpoint Conference Mormon Women's Forum,
TBD
TBD 2009
Biennial Art, Belief,
Meaning Symposium
BYU Museum of Art,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2010

Other Events

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Lowell "Ben" Bennion and
Thomas Carter lecture:
"Twelve Mormon Homes: Touring Utah with Elizabeth &
Thomas L. Kane in 1872-73"
L. Tom Perry Special
Collections
and BYU Studies,
Brigham Young University
14 Jan 2009
William MacKinnon:
"The Utah War"
The Miller-Eccles Study Group,
Orange and Los Angeles Counties, California
16-17 Jan 2009
Edward Geary lecture:
"Tom and Bessie Kane
and the Mormons"
L. Tom Perry Special
Collections
and BYU Studies,
Brigham Young University
11 Feb 2009

Grant Bennett and Ken Harvey: "Legal History of the Boston Temple"

J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference,
Harvard University
14 Feb 2009
Faith & Knowledge Conference:
"Reconciliations and Reformulations"
A Conference for LDS Graduate
Students in Religious Studies
Mormon Scholars Foundation,
Harvard University
20-21 Feb 2009
Matthew Grow lecture:
"Thomas L. Kane and
Nineteenth-Century America"
L. Tom Perry Special
Collections
and BYU Studies,
Brigham Young University
12 Mar 2009
"Dancing the Doctrines:
Theology in Motion"
BYU Department of Dance
and BYU Museum of Art,
Brigham Young University
17-18 Jul 2009

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