October 10-11, 2025
Utah State University Inn
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 13, 2025
SUBMISSION EMAIL: bookofmormonsa@gmail.com

The Book of Mormon Studies Association (BoMSA) is pleased to announce its ninth annual meeting, to be held on October 10-11, 2025, 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 Matthew Bowman (Claremont Graduate University) and Jillian Sayre (Rutgers University-Camden). We also will feature two special panels: one celebrating the completion of Royal Skousen’s massive critical text project and the other on Book of Mormon Art. As we have for the past several years, we will hold a pre- conference exhibit at the Church History Library on Thursday afternoon. This event will feature documents related to the development and publication of Orson Pratt’s 1879 edition of the Book of Mormon.

We invite the submission of papers and proposals. 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. Please write “Conference Submission 2025” in the subject
line of your email.

We particularly encourage the participation of graduate students. To that end, BoMSA will
host a special lunch for graduate students in attendance, free of charge, in the hopes of
creating networking opportunities.

Please note that The Book of Mormon Studies Association is now a non-profit organization.
This year we will begin charging a sliding-scale registration fee to cover expenses
associated with hosting this conference (space, keynote travel, &ct.). We will send details
about this to accepted presenters in the summer.