Juanita Brooks Conference Schedule (March 2023)

By February 21, 2023


Cristina and I can’t wait for the First Annual Juanita Brooks Conference! A link to the full schedule can be found at the bottom of this page. Individual pages of the program are also below. Use the hashtag #JuanitaCon to discuss the conference on social media!

REGISTER HERE. The conference is free and open to the public.

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Church Historian’s Press Publication: Belle Harris Prison Diary

By February 20, 2023


Today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Church History Department published the prison journals of Belle Harris. Harris was one of roughly a dozen women arrested during “The Raid,” the federal persecution and prosecution of Latter-day Saint polygamists from 1882-1890. Federal marshals arrested polygamists and suspected polygamists under the authority of the Edmunds Act (1882) and the Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887), which severely curtailed Latter-day Saint religious freedom and civil rights. Harris also appears in several other digitized resources produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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JWHA 2023 Conference Call for Papers

By February 14, 2023


September 21-24, 2023

Fredericksburg, Texas

“Restoration Tales from Texas Dust”

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Call for Applications: Short-Term Research Fellowships at the University of Virginia

By February 8, 2023


The University of Virginia’s Mormon Studies Program invites applications for short-term fellowships to conduct research in the Gregory A. Prince Collection during 2023 on any of the religious communities identified with Mormonism. Three fellowships of $2,500 will be awarded this year. Especially welcome are proposals related to race, gender and sexuality, or international Mormonism.

Prince Collection Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals

  • who live beyond a 60-mile radius of Charlottesville, VA, and
  • hold the PhD or equivalent degree, or
  • are doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy, or
  • are independent scholars with a significant record of scholarly achievement.

Applications will be reviewed beginning April 15, 2023 and will be accepted until award funds are committed. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision by May 15. Once awarded, funds must be expended by December 2023.


Call for Applicants: Center for Communal Studies Prizes and Grant

By February 3, 2023


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