From the Desk: Matthew Harris

Thanks to Kurt Manwaring for making us aware of this interview with Dr. Matthew Harris, on The LDS Gospel Topics Series: A Scholarly Engagement! You can read the rest of the interview HERE.

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Announcing the The Juanita Brooks Series in Mormon History and Culture

The University of Utah Press announced this morning the creation of The Juanita Brooks Series in Mormon History and Culture. Here is more from their email announcement (sign up for email updates from the press HERE):

This series, named for pioneering Mormon historian Juanita Brooks, welcomes exciting new academic monographs and contributed volumes of previously unpublished essays that break new ground in the study and understanding of Mormon history and culture. Books that explore understudied or controversial aspects of Mormonism are considered essential to the intellectual mission of the series, as are works that put Mormon history and culture in conversation with contemporary scholarly trends in transnational studies, Native American and Indigenous studies, the study of the American West, women’s history, and regional histories. Always open and inclusive, the series accepts proposals from established and emerging scholars and writers alike, while striving to publish rigorous scholarship accessible to an informed general audience.

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Grants (Due 3/15)

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The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies is pleased to announce multiple awards for 2021 that are available for scholars, students, or organizations conducting research or producing public programming related to the Intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applications for 2021 are due by 11:59 p.m. MST on March 15, and awardees will be notified by May 1. 

Click Here To Apply: In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on travel and other activities, many categories request explicit details on how these may impact your project, whether there are contingency plans to work amidst restrictions or if project progress would require delay until restrictions are lifted. Awards and funding opportunities are divided into categories for students, faculty, independent researchers, and public institutions. 

2021 Awards and Funding from the BYU Charles Redd Center for Western Studies

Applications are due March 15, 2021.The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies is pleased to announce multiple awards for 2021 that are available for scholars, students, or organizations conducting research or producing public programming related to the Intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applications for 2021 are due by 11:59 p.m. MST on March 15, and awardees will be notified by May 1.

GO TO THEIR WEBSITE TO APPLY!

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Joseph Smith Papers Conference Call for Papers 2021

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To commemorate the upcoming completion of the Revelations and Translations series, which includes the breadth of Joseph Smith’s revelation and translation projects, the Joseph Smith Papers Project will host the fifth annual Joseph Smith Papers Conference on September 10, 2021. The conference will be broadcast digitally to allow for both local and global participation from presenters and audience members. (This was also the format of the 2020 conference.) The theme for this year’s conference is “Joseph Smith and Sacred Text in Nineteenth-Century America.”

Over the course of his life, Joseph Smith engaged in several translation projects, including the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, and the Bible revision, and he dictated numerous revelations that were published in church newspapers and print volumes. Scribes, clerks, and editors worked with Smith in these projects. Through these endeavors, he introduced his followers to new sacred texts, sought to restore and clarify doctrine, modified biblical scripture, and voiced authoritative direction from God, shaping the Latter-day Saints’ understanding of their past, present, and future. To the Saints, Joseph Smith’s translations and revelations testified of his unique prophetic role.

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Call for Submissions: Special Issue of *RELIGIONS* on Latter-day Saint Theology and the Environment

George Handley, Kristen Blair, and Anna Thurston are guest editing a special issue of Religions! See the information below for more on possible topics and how to submit. Flyer HERE.

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Call for Nominations: John Whitmer Historical Association 2021 Awards

Thanks to friend-of-JI Katherine Pollock for passing this on!

This is a call for nominations for the John Whitmer Historical Association 2021 Awards!

We welcome nominations from historians, publishers, and all supporters of Mormon history for the best works published in 2020.

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Job Ad: Internship with LDS Church History Department

UNITED STATES |  UT-Salt Lake City

ID 277158, Type: Temporary Part-Time

POSTING INFO

Posting Dates: 12/14/2020 – 12/28/2020

Job Family: Human Resources

Department: Church History Department

PURPOSES

This successful applicant will work with the full-time staff of the Historic Sites Division of the Church History Department to research and write interpretive guides and historical reports regarding the sacred places of the restoration. The Intern will also assist with other projects, as needed. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for someone interested in Church history and for those pursuing a career in the history field. We are looking for a motivated and hardworking self-started to join our team!

This is a paid internship, which is anticipated to last one year (12 months). This position is a part-time (approximately 28 hours per week) hourly, nonexempt position. The candidate must be currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from (within the last 12 months), an undergraduate or graduate degree program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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Review: Anthony Sweat, Repicturing the Restoration (BYU Religious Studies Center, 2020)

Because Repicturing the Restoration is primarily aimed at Latter-day Saint students, this review shades towards devotional uses rather than academic purposes. If that’s not your cup of postem, this may not be the review for you.

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2021: Forthcoming Books in Mormon history and Mormon studies

2021 looks to be a bumper year for Mormon history and Mormon studies! Start your budgeting now.

Church Historian’s Press

David W. Grua, Brent M. Rogers, Matthew C. Godfrey, Robin Scott Jensen, Christopher James Blythe, and Jessica M. Nelson, Documents, Volume 12: March–July 1843 (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2021).

Royal Skousen and Robin Scott Jensen, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 5: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2021).

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