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On Christ, the advent of belief

By ElizabethDecember 1, 2009

With the Advent season upon us, I feel constrained to praise God for the gift of the Son. I glory in Jesus Christ and hope you do as well. I do not offer this as a definitive piece of theology;

A “constant process of reinvention”: Randall Balmer talks candidly about Mormon history

By ChristopherNovember 30, 2009

Over at Religion in American History, Randall Stephens has posted a two part informal interview he conducted last week with Randall Balmer, noted historian of American religion and professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Columbia University. Part I and Part II are available on youtube. Among other things, Dr. Balmer talks candidly about his experience this semester teaching a course on Mormonism. He offers some interesting insight that I thought Juvenile Instructor readers might be interested in.

SLMSSA Lecture: Kristine Haglund, “Every Member an Historian: Why Mormon History is too Important to be Left to Professionals”

By Jared TNovember 23, 2009

From the Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association website.

For our first Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association lecture, we?re pleased to have Kristine Haglund, editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, present a lecture entitled ?Every Member An Historian: Why Mormon History is too Important to be Left to Professionals.?

When: December 3, 2009, 7 pm

Where: The Warnock Engineering Building (link to map), Room 1230 (The University of Utah).

Free parking is available right across the street from the Engineering building as show in the map linked to above. Room 1230 is on the street level.

This event is free and open to the public.

Notes From A Celebration of Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry with Jill Derr and Karen Davidson

By Jared TNovember 21, 2009

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The Corporatization of the University (Updated)

By JoelNovember 16, 2009

The Graduate Student Employment Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois is going on strike tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM. I know this blog is primarily about the study of Mormon History, but inasmuch as almost all of its contributors are involved in Graduate Education I thought they might be interested in the following letter I wrote to my undergraduate students as an explanation for the strike. I think it tries to explain and interrogate the rapid corporatization of universities all over the country. I promise I will write something about Mormon history soon 🙂 We would also appreciate any support from those of you in Illinois.

Events Reminders + Final [?] BYU Women’s Research Institue Event: Women and Conversion with Rachel Cope

By Jared TNovember 15, 2009

Liz mentioned that this will be the final activity under the auspices of the Women’s Research Institute (barring any welcome changes). Here are the details from the organizer’s site:

All the thinking ladies, all the thinking ladies (and gents). . . Sign (sing) it!

By ElizabethNovember 14, 2009

In response to the disbanding of BYU’s Women’s Research Institute, announced October 29, 2009, a group of students, faculty, and others are petitioning administrators to create a Women’s Research Council.

Please take a moment to sign the petition,

Mormon-Themed Presentations at the American Society of Church History 2010 Winter Conference

By Jared TNovember 11, 2009

In perusing the preliminary schedule for ASCH’s annual conference in San Diego, January 7-10, 2010, I came across a number of Mormon-themed presentations along with a host of other very interesting looking presentations:

Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association–Opening Social Rescheduled

By Jared TNovember 10, 2009

Due to scheduling concerns, the opening social for the SLMSSA has been rescheduled to November 19, 6:30 pm on the third floor of the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building. See saltlakemormonstudies.wordpress.com for further info (building and parking) and please feel free to pass this notification along to interested students.

Announcing the Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association

By Jared TNovember 7, 2009

Announcing the Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association.

Mission Statement:

The Salt Lake Mormon Studies Student Association was established to foster the academic study of Mormonism among graduate and undergraduate students in the Salt Lake City area. SLMSSA activities and events will help students network, keep abreast of developments in the academic study of Mormonism, facilitate interaction between students and established scholars of Mormonism, and generally promote academic development.

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