Call for Papers

The Sixth Annual Meeting of

The Book of Mormon Studies Association

October 6–8, 2022

Utah State University

The Book of Mormon Studies Association (BoMSA) is pleased to announce its sixth annual meeting, to be held in person on October 6–8, 2022, 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 plenary guests will be Ann Taves (University of California Santa Barbara) and David Holland (Harvard Divinity School).

We plan to open this year’s conference with two events on Thursday: (1) a pre-conference exhibit of the Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon at the Church History Library on Thursday afternoon, and (2), on Thursday evening, a performance of Christian Asplund’s song cycle “The Psalm of Nephi,” to be followed by remarks from Patrick Mason. We anticipate that once again opening the conference on Thursday will allow participants to enjoy these additional offerings while simultaneously creating space for more sociality over the course of the BoMSA conference weekend.

We therefore invite the submission of papers and proposals for inclusion in the 2022 conference program. 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.

The submission deadline is June 1, 2022. All submissions should be sent to bookofmormonsa@gmail.com. Be sure to include “Conference Submission” in the subject line of the submission email.

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

Hotel space for the conference has already been secured at a reduced rate at the USU Campus Inn. Once acceptance letters have been sent out in June, rooms can be booked online through the “Conference” page at www.bomsa.org.

PLENARY GUESTS: Ann Taves (University of California Santa Barbara) + David Holland (Harvard Divinity School)

DATE: October 6–8, 2022

LOCATION: Utah State University, Inn and Conference Center

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 1, 2022

SUBMISSION EMAIL: bookofmormonsa@gmail.com