By February 28, 2011
?War and Peace in Our Time: Mormon Perspectives?
Claremont Graduate University
March 18-19, 2011
Under the sponsorship of
The LDS Council on Mormon Studies
and the
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
at the University of Notre Dame
By February 27, 2011
…but vote for us anyway: Niblets Awards for 2010. Meaning, even though the judges aren’t separating the “best blog” voting into “big blogs” and “group blogs” (we either won or tied the latter category for the last three years, I believe), Juvenile Instructor is still deserving of some votes.
Also, several JI permas are up for “best blogger,” so vote for them as well!
By February 24, 2011
I have been doing research in the Wilford Woodruff journals for a piece on Woodruff’s use of memory. Today I found an unusual entry from May 1887. On the 26th, Woodruff, along with Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith, were in the St. George Temple and decided to weigh and measure each other.
By February 24, 2011
[This is a repost from March 24, 2010.]
Perhaps perpetuating a horrible stereotype about historians (stuck in the past, not up on the cutting edge of technology), the JI is finally on Facebook (I guess you can search for “Juvenile Instructor” and it’ll come up) and Twitter (@MormonHistoryJI). So take a second to become a Fan or to follow us.
By February 21, 2011
The British Library at St Pancras, London has a first edition Book of Mormon available for view in its rare book reading room. I initially discovered this as a BYU London Centre study abroad student in 2007. As I looked up sources on Sir Robert Walpole for British Politics research at the BL, I also decided to see what LDS sources the Library might also hold. I discovered the first edition in the catalogue. As a former BYU Nauvoo student, the prospect of holding and paging through a first edition Book of Mormon was extremely exciting. I quickly requested the item, as well as those for my other research, and then raced over to King?s Cross/St Pancras.
By February 18, 2011
Our own Brett D. will be presenting. Congrats, Brett!
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.
By December 9, 2010
Below is part II of our q&a with Stephen C. Taysom.
By December 1, 2010
David Golding completed an MA in the history of Christianity at Claremont Graduate University and is currently pursing a PhD in the same field. David was a fellow in this past summer’s Joseph Smith Summer Seminar at BYU during which he encountered the broadside reviewed below. We’re pleased to have him guest posting here today. For some previous discussion of this issue, see this summary of the BYU Studies issue with the Frederick G. Williams article and subsequent comments.
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