MWHIT Event (April 13, 2023)

CFP: MHA co-sponsored panel at Society for US Intellectual History

See the full CFP HERE.

PAID Internship: LDS Church History Library

JOB DESCRIPTION (ORIGINAL AD HERE)

The Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints digitizes, describes, and provides online access to as much of its holdings as possible. We identify and describe people, places, and events in millions of images from published materials and archival collections. Our metadata is derived from paper and electronic indices and the digital content itself. We make these records available via the Church History Catalog, Church History Biographical Database, FamilySearch, and other platforms.

We are looking for a candidate with the education, experience, and passion to help create and transform this metadata, and to assist employees and volunteers by performing quality assurance reviews and providing feedback. Our team’s mission is to improve the discoverability and usability of archival records in the Church History Catalog, Church History Biographical Database, and other research tools offered by the Church History Library.

This is a paid, part-time (28-hour per week), hourly position.

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Job Ad: LDS Church History Department Multi-Area Manager – Asia & Asia North Areas

LINK TO ORIGINAL JOB AD

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Church History Multi-Area Manager assists the Church History Department in its purpose to help God’s children make and keep sacred covenants by managing all efforts to collect, preserve, and share Church history throughout the Asia & Asia North Areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify key people, places, events, and developments related to the Church in the Asia and Asia North Areas.
• Lead efforts to collect and preserve historically significant records (e.g., oral histories, photographs, journals, etc.).
• Train and direct a network of volunteers to carry out Church History Department priorities & initiatives.
• Provide information and support to Area Presidencies and Area Office staff, contribute to area initiatives, develop plans and budgets, and actively participate in area committees.
• Consult with Area Office personnel and other headquarters departments to share Church history through websites, publications, exhibits, historic markers, and anniversary events.

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CFP: Book of Mormon Studies Association 2023

The Book of Mormon Studies Association (BoMSA) is pleased to announce its seventh annual meeting, to be held on October 5–7, 2023, at Utah State University. The event is sponsored by USU’s Department of Religious Studies and with thanks to Patrick Mason, the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture. This annual event gathers a variety of scholars invested in serious academic study of the Book of Mormon. It has no particular theme but instead invites papers on any subject related to the Book of Mormon from any viable academic angle.

This year’s two keynote addresses will be delivered by Matt Harris (Colorado State University, Pueblo) and Farina King and Michael Ing (University of Oklahoma, Indiana University). A plenary session on restoration branches will feature Kyle Beshears and Christopher Blythe. We plan to open this year’s conference with a pre-conference exhibit of the Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon at the Church History Library on Thursday afternoon. Conference participants might also be interested in attending the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture on Thursday evening. Although not Book of Mormon themed, the lecture will be delivered by Jared Farmer, a leading historian of American culture and the environment, discussing Mormon music.

We invite the submission of papers and proposals for inclusion in the 2023 conference program. Note that newcomers to the organization are required to submit a full paper for consideration, while those who have presented at any of the previous conferences are free to submit a proposal or a paper. Papers submitted should be no longer than 4000 words, while proposals should be between 500 and 750 words.
The submission deadline is June 1, 2023.

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Juanita Brooks Conference Schedule (March 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

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

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

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