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Academic Conferences

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
John Whitmer Historical Association Amboy, Illinois 23-26 Sep 2010
The Brazilian Association for
Mormon Studies
São Paulo, Brazil 29 Jan 2011
Association of Mormon Counselors
and Psychotherapists
Salt Lake City, Utah TBD 2010
Association for Mormon Letters Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah
TBD 2011
The Society for Mormon
Philosophy and Theology
TBD TBD 2011
Claremont Mormon Studies
Student Association
Claremont Graduate University Claremont, California TBD 2011
Mormon History Association TBD TBD 2011
Mormon Scholars in the Humanities TBD TBD 2011
European Mormon Studies Association TBD TBD 2011
Students of the Ancient Near East Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
TBD 2011

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
Utah State Historical Society Salt Lake City, Utah 9-11 Sep 2010
Center for Studies on New Religions Torino, Italy 9-11 Sep 2010
Communal Studies Association New Harmony, Indiana 30 Sep -
1 Oct 2010
Western History Association Incline Village, Nevada 13-16 Oct 2010
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion / Religious Research Association Baltimore, Maryland 29-31 Oct 2010
American Academy of Religion Atlanta, Georgia 30 Oct -
1 Nov 2010
Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta, Georgia 19- 23 Nov 2010
American Society of Church History TBD 2011 TBD 2011
Western Commission for the Study of Religion (American Academy of Religion/Society for Biblical Literature)
TBD 2011 TBD 2011

 

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
TBD Claremont Graduate University School of Religion,
Claremont Graduate University
TBD

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
TBD 2010
Sperry Symposium BYU Religious Education,
Church Education System, and
Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University
TBD 2010
Church History Symposium LDS Historical Department and Religious Studies Center,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2011

University of Wyoming Religious Studies Program

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Latter-day Saints & Their World Lecture Series University of Wyoming Religious Studies Program,
Laramie, Wyoming
TBD 2010

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
23 Sep 2010

Utah Valley University Religious Studies Program

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Eugene England Memorial Lecture UVU Religious Studies Program,
Utah Valley University
TBD 2011
Mormon Studies Conference UVU Religious Studies Program, UVU College of Humanities and Social Sciences, UVU Department of Communicationand Utah Democracy Project/ Center for the Study of Ethics,
Utah Valley University
TBD 2011

 

Other Academic Conferences & Lectures

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

The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

(website)

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Study of the Scriptures Biennial Conference: "Symbolism in the Scriptures" Laura F. Willes Center for
Book of Mormon Studies
,
Brigham Young University
17 Sep 2010
Neal A. Maxwell Lecture Neal A. Maxwell Institute,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2011
Laura F. Willes Biennial Book of Mormon Lecture Laura F. Willes Center for
Book of Mormon Studies
,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2011

Annual Events

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Mormon Theology Seminar Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding,
SVU, Buena Vista, Virginia
10 Sep 2010
Biennial Art, Belief,
Meaning Symposium
BYU Museum of Art,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2010
National Student Dialogue Conference Standing Together,
TBD
TBD 2010
Counterpoint Conference Mormon Women's Forum,
Salt Lake City, Utah
TBD 2010
Restoration Studies Symposium Community of Christ Seminary,
John Whitmer Historical Association, and Sunstone Education Foundation,
TBD
TBD 2011
Joseph Smith Summer Seminar Mormon Scholars Foundation,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2011
A. Dean Larsen Book
Collecting Conference
L. Tom Perry
Special Collections
,
Brigham Young University
TBD 2011

Other Events

Name of Event Sponsors & Location Date
Mormon Media Studies Symposium BYU Studies, BYU Department of Communications, and BYU Broadcasting
Brigham Young University
11-12 Nov 2010
Japanese Mormon Studies Conference Tokyo, Japan TBD 2011

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