Hot off the press. (Or, passed along from JI’s friend Jacob B.) This looks fantastic.

What is Mormon Studies?

Transdisciplinary Inquiries into an Emerging Field

Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association

Spring 2010 Conference

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Friday, April 23

Plenary Lecture

Jan Shipps, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Saturday, April 24

9:00 am Morning Session

Critical Approaches to Mormon Studies

Loyd Ericson

“Where is the Mormon in Mormon Studies? Subject, Method, Object”

Cheryl L. Bruno

“Mormon History from the Kitchen Window: White is the Field in Essentialist Feminism”

Blair Van Dyke

“How Wide the Divide? The Absence of Conversation between Mormon Studies and Mormon Mainstream”

Christopher C. Smith

“What Hath Oxford to do with Salt Lake?”

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1:00 PM Afternoon Session

Challenges Facing Mormon Studies

Adam S. Miller

“A Manifesto for Mormon Theology”

Jacob Rennaker

“Through a Glass, Darkly? Biblical Studies, Mormon Studies, Parallels, and Problems”

Greg Kofford

“Publishing Mormon Studies: Inside Looking Out”

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4:00 PM Evening Session

Scholarly Panel

Brian Birch, Utah Valley University

J. Spencer Fluhman, Brigham Young University

Armand L. Mauss, Claremont Graduate University

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6:30 PM Concluding Remarks

Richard Bushman, Claremont Graduate University