DATE: October 10-12, 2024
LOCATION: Utah State University Inn
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 3, 2024
SUBMISSION EMAIL: bookofmormonsa (@) gmail.com

The Book of Mormon Studies Association (BoMSA) is pleased to announce its eighth annual meeting, to
be held on October 10-12, 2024, 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 keynote addresses will be delivered by Richard
Saunders (Southern Utah University) and Chris Thomas (Pentecostal Theological Seminary). There also
will be a plenary session to discuss Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen’s groundbreaking work, The Book
of Mormon for the Least of These. On Friday evening we will offer a special screening and discussion of
the 1931 film Corianton: A Story of Unholy Love.

We plan to open this year’s conference with a pre-conference exhibit of documents related to Book of
Mormon characters at the Church History Library on Thursday afternoon. Conference participants might
also be interested in attending the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture on Thursday evening.
The speaker for that event will be Jana Riess, author of The Next Mormons: How Millennials are
Changing the LDS Church.

We invite the submission of papers and proposals for inclusion in the 2024 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 3, 2024. Submissions should be sent to bookofmormonsa@gmail.com,
with “Conference Submission 2024” 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 been secured at a reduced rate at the USU Campus Inn. Beginning in
late June, rooms can be booked online through the “Conference” page at www.bomsa.org.