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Announcement: Spencer Fluhman Hired By the BYU Department of History

By January 31, 2011


In 2004, J. Spencer Fluhman joined the faculty of the department of Church History and Doctrine in the BYU Department of Religious Education (“The Religion Department” as it’s commonly known) as a full-time employee. In the interim he has rapidly gained a reputation not only for solid scholarship but for his engaging and entertaining teaching style. He recently published an important piece about Joseph Smith’s polygamy in the latest number of Mormon Historical Studies and his dissertation, ?Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Antebellum America” will be published within the year. He also recently finished a term on the board of the Mormon History Association. Many of us here at the JI count Spencer as a mentor and a friend as well as a colleague.

We’re pleased to announce that this past week, Spencer was hired by the BYU department of history and will begin teaching in the fall.  Please join us in congratulating Spencer on this new chapter in his career.


JWHA 2011 Call For Papers

By January 14, 2011


2011 JWHA Annual Meeting Call for Papers

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[Updated] Recently Published and Forthcoming Books in Mormon History, 2010 Edition

By January 10, 2011


*Updates in comments 7, 11, 25, 27, 30 and 32. Also, in the Signature Books section I’ve added anticipated release dates for forthcoming publications provided by the publisher.*

Last year I put together, with help from a number of publishers, booksellers, and friends, a list of forthcoming and recently published books on Mormon history.  Most of those books highlighted last year have indeed found a place on bookshelves, so it?s about time to do it again.  There are some exciting books that have recently come off the press and which are still forthcoming. Ben did a good job last week of mentioning some highlights from recent publications, so I’m going a bit light on the “recently published” aspect of this list. Generally speaking, the books that were on last years list and have been published I will not list here.  As always, I?m sure I missed some titles, so if you know of others or have heard rumors of other forthcoming books/projects, please leave a comment and I?ll add it to the list.

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Wilford Woodruff’s Nauvoo Home–A Photograph

By December 31, 2010


Taken summer 2010.

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I Was Born in Sharon, Vermont

By December 23, 2010


On December 23, 1805, Joseph Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont. As David observed a few years ago, Joseph asserted his identity as a New Englander in petitioning for redress for the Missouri persecutions:

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Aerial View of the Provo Tabernacle Fire

By December 18, 2010


The Provo Daily Herald has a whole page dedicated to continuing coverage of the Provo Tabernacle Fire with updates and lots of photos, including this aerial video of yesterday’s fight against the fire.

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Journal of Mormon History 36:4 (Fall 2010), Part 1

By November 20, 2010


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Mormon Historical Studies 11:1 (Spring 2010)

By November 5, 2010


Mormon Historical Studies 11:1 (Spring 2010)

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Call For Papers: Mormonism in Cultural Context, in Honor of Richard Bushman’s 80th Birthday

By October 4, 2010


CALL FOR PAPERS

For a conference on

“Mormonism in Cultural Context?

The friends and former students of Professor Richard Lyman Bushman invite submissions for a conference, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, to be held June 18, 2011, at the Springville Art Museum in Springville, Utah.

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The “Complete” Discourses of Brigham Young is Out of Print

By September 22, 2010


This is cross-posted from Browsing the Stacks.

Published less than a year ago, the 5 volume Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, compiled-officially-by Richard S. Van Wagoner (the word on the street is that a relative of his did the bulk of the work and then balked at having their name associated with the project and asked RSVW to take it) is out of print. Priced at $500, this set has likely remained elusive to all but the most avid of collectors.

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