By February 27, 2026
Thanks to Katherine Pollock for this information!
This is a reminder of the upcoming April 6, 2026 deadlines for the Call for Papers, Student Conference Scholarships, and Award Nominations for John Whitmer Historical Association’s 2026 Annual Conference in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on September 24-26, 2026.
Call for Papers
By February 19, 2026
Thanks to Amy Tanner Thiriot for conducting this interview and giving us permission to publish it! Thanks, too, to Jenny Lund, for her time and answers!
Please share some general background about yourself. Where are you from? What’s your general background? How are you connected to the field of Mormon or Latter-day Saint history?
I was born and raised a non-Mormon in a very Mormon Salt Lake City. An interest in family history and the discovery that most of my ancestors had come to the West as Latter-day Saint converts eventually led me to studying the Church’s history and converting at the age of sixteen, much to the dismay of my family. My studies sparked a lifelong interest in the history of the Latter-day Saints.
By February 17, 2026
April 17, 2026
The Mormon Social Science Association welcomes presenters and guests to our One-Day Conference at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah. Sessions will be followed by Q&A conversations.
The Mormon Social Science Association welcomes paper submissions for our annual One-Day Conference at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah on Friday, April 17, 2026.
In addition to paper sessions, there is time and space for research posters from undergraduate and graduate students. Poster proposals should include a title and abstract and specify that it is a poster presentation. Details in the submission form below.
Submissions close: March 15, 2026.
The MSSA invites submissions on all topics relevant to the social scientific study of Mormonism:
–Individual papers
-Session proposals
-Panels
-Author-Meets-Critics sessions
-Poster Presentations
SUBMISSION INFORMATION HERE
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