Juanita Brooks Conference Schedule (March 2023)

Cristina and I can’t wait for the First Annual Juanita Brooks Conference! A link to the full schedule can be found at the bottom of this page. Individual pages of the program are also below. Use the hashtag #JuanitaCon to discuss the conference on social media!

REGISTER HERE. The conference is free and open to the public.

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Church Historian’s Press Publication: Belle Harris Prison Diary

Today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Church History Department published the prison journals of Belle Harris. Harris was one of roughly a dozen women arrested during “The Raid,” the federal persecution and prosecution of Latter-day Saint polygamists from 1882-1890. Federal marshals arrested polygamists and suspected polygamists under the authority of the Edmunds Act (1882) and the Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887), which severely curtailed Latter-day Saint religious freedom and civil rights. Harris also appears in several other digitized resources produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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JWHA 2023 Conference Call for Papers

September 21-24, 2023

Fredericksburg, Texas

“Restoration Tales from Texas Dust”

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Call for Applications: Short-Term Research Fellowships at the University of Virginia

The University of Virginia’s Mormon Studies Program invites applications for short-term fellowships to conduct research in the Gregory A. Prince Collection during 2023 on any of the religious communities identified with Mormonism. Three fellowships of $2,500 will be awarded this year. Especially welcome are proposals related to race, gender and sexuality, or international Mormonism.

Prince Collection Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals

• who live beyond a 60-mile radius of Charlottesville, VA, and
• hold the PhD or equivalent degree, or
• are doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy, or
• are independent scholars with a significant record of scholarly achievement.

Applications will be reviewed beginning April 15, 2023 and will be accepted until award funds are committed. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision by May 15. Once awarded, funds must be expended by December 2023.

Call for Applicants: Center for Communal Studies Prizes and Grant

2023-2024 Graduate Research Fellowship in Mormon Studies (University of Utah)

THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2023-24 MORMON STUDIES FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION IS MARCH 1, 2023. LINK TO APPLICATION HERE

The first of its kind in the nation, the Tanner Humanities Center’s Mormon Studies fellowship provides a doctoral student funds to spend a year researching the history, beliefs, and culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members, or any religious group that traces its roots to Joseph Smith Jr. This fellowship is open to all dissertation level students of the Mormon Experience from any university in the United States or from around the world. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to: Theology, History, Sociology, Economics, Literature, Philosophy, and Political Science.

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Book Talk: Imperial Zions

Friends: be sure to check out this conversation between Amanda Hendrix-Komoto and Andrés Reséndez!

Here’s the direct registration link for Zoom: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nL7dqV69TCq7jMtkeo68UQ

MHA Article Awards due February 15, 2023

Friends and colleagues, the time has come to submit articles for Mormon History Association awards! Here are this year’s categories:

• Jan Shipps Best Article Award
  • Awarded to the published article or essay that best exemplifies the legacy of one of MHA’s most important founders, scholars, and leaders. Overall quality is a crucial consideration, as well as an author’s use of interdisciplinary tools, interpretive innovation, and/or incorporation of distinct Mormon traditions.
• Journal of Mormon History Best Article Award
  • Determined by JMH editors; you do not need to submit for this award
• Best article on Mormon women’s history
  • Awarded for an outstanding article on the experiences of Mormon women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sponsored by the Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team (MWHIT), an independent group of scholars from around the United States who encourage research, writing, and publications on Mormon women’s history.
• Best International Article Award
  • Awarded for the best international Mormon history article (in print or online journals) in honor of Andrew Jenson (pictured), Assistant LDS Church Historian, for his outstanding contribution to documenting nearly every LDS congregation around the world.

Jenny Reeder chairs the Article Awards Committee is chaired by Jenny Reeder. Authors and readers are invited to submit, by email, articles for the committees’ consideration: jennyreeder1@gmail.com. 

Self-submissions are encouraged, as are all other forms of award submissions.

You can also submit for book awards, and learn about MHA’s other awards, HERE.

Job Ad: Women’s Historian at the Church History Library

JOB DESCRIPTION

This job is to assist the Church History Department in its purpose to help God’s Children make and keep sacred covenants by researching and writing for Church history publications, sometimes as a project lead. Under limited supervision, this individual acts as a primary contributor to Church history publications, researching, writing, annotating, and editing content regarding Latter-day Saint history. Reports to managing historian or senior managing historian.

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JOB: JWHA Journal Editor

Position Summary:

The Editor of the John Whitmer Historical Association will manage the accession, review, acceptance/rejection, revision, and editing of professional articles, book reviews, and letters to prepare for submission to the production director for each biannual issue.

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