By August 14, 2012
The Juvenile Instructor’s empire expands.
We are pleased to add three phenomenal historians to our ranks: Janiece Johnson, Jenny Reeder, and Rachael Givens. All are rising stars in the field of Mormon history, and each brings a unique contribution to our team. This is how they introduce themselves:
By August 11, 2012
Here’s Nate’s bio:
I began a serious study of church history first because I was paid ten bucks an hour to do so. After finishing a BA in History Teaching at BYU in 2004, I was hired at the Education in Zion Exhibit as a researcher/writer. Up until that point in time, my research interests had been limited to the Spanish Armada and antebellum U.S. slavery. But C. Terry Warner, then the exhibit director, explained to me that I would be doing a lot of research on not just LDS educational efforts, but on church history in general. So I had to brush up on all things Mormon. My assignments included early morning seminaries, religion classes, territorial schools, education in Polynesia, and the life of Joseph F. Smith (the exhibit is permanently housedin the JFSB at BYU). I found out that I loved church history, and vowed to keep it?as a hobby?throughout my life.
By August 3, 2012
The Juvenile Instructor is on something of a roll lately, making the most of the summer months, introducing a number of new guest bloggers (and there’s more on the way!) and adding to our ever-expanding roster of regulars, too. Tod Robbins, who has guest blogged for the last month here, has agreed to join the JI full-time (he also landed a new job yesterday, so it’s a good week for Tod!). If you missed his excellent posts over the last month, you can check them out here.
Please join us in welcoming Tod!
By July 26, 2012
Pete Wosnik is an undergraduate at Utah State University. He will graduate in the fall with dual major in history and religious studies. Pete?s academic interests include: Mormon history, early Christian history, American religious history, and philosophy of religion. He recently worked as an undergraduate teaching fellow for Dr. Philip Barlow (Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture) and as an editor for the Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies. Pete also enjoys playing guitar, recording, outdoor activities, and sometimes dating.
Join us in welcoming Pete.
By July 17, 2012
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Jonathan Stapley has agreed to join the Juvenile Instructor on a more permanent basis. He likely needs no introduction to regular readers, but for anyone unfamiliar, Jonathan is an independent researcher in Mormon history who has authored and co-authored prize-winning articles on Mormon women, ritual healing, and baptism. He is also widely known for his stellar blogging at By Common Consent, and has been an invaluable friend and reader of JI from the beginning (he designed and currently hosts the site, and regularly handles IT issues for us). Recently, J. has very graciously participated in two of the initial three entries in our “Responses” series.
J. will continue doing his thing at BCC, but will also begin posting here on a regular basis. Please join us in officially welcoming J. Stapley to the Juvenile Instructor.
By July 12, 2012
I want to start off this post by thanking you for your kindness since my first post. The feedback and general excitement I received via comments and email was palpable and kind of amazing.
The announcement I am now making is closely related to my work on the Saints of Alberta Project (SAP), which is still taking shape thanks to your comments. The Dictionary of Mormon Biography (DMB) is a new site, which will shortly become a platform like unto a Wikipedia, for Mormon biography. Currently, the site is a mockup of the kind of database I’d like to and am assembling though the next iteration will run on a similar software to Wikipedia: Semantic Mediawiki.
By July 2, 2012
We’re thrilled to introduce our latest guest blogger: long-time reader, digital humanist, and (as of last month) Master of Library and Information Science, Tod Robbins. Here’s how Tod introduces himself:
By June 30, 2012
Highest MHA award
Leonard J. Arrington Award
William G. Hartley?citation attached
By June 22, 2012
The last few years have witnessed a dramatic explosion in the accessibility of Mormon history. Even five years ago, it was necessary to make expensive pilgrimages to Salt Lake City and other American archives to examine Mormonism?s founding documents?assuming that those documents were unrestricted and available for public consumption. During the last few years, the Church has proceeded to make high definition scans of Joseph Smith materials available on the Joseph Smith Papers website, numerous materials, pamphlets, and magazines available at the Internet Archive, and the catalog of most of its archival holdings available on the internet.
By June 20, 2012
Just a reminder to our readers that next weekend (June 28-July 1) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Mormon History Association will be holding its annual conference. There’s a number of fantastic panels, papers, and sessions dealing with a whole range of fascinating topics. A number of JIers are on top to present, as are many friends of JI. It should be a great conference and I hope to see many of you there. Be sure and introduce yourself if you’re a reader and we’ve never met.
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