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.
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.
By February 14, 2023
September 21-24, 2023
Fredericksburg, Texas
“Restoration Tales from Texas Dust”
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
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.
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