Call for Applications: Face-to-Face Mentorship Event at MHA 2021

By April 28, 2021

MHA’s Face-to-Face mentorship event will be online at this year’s conference, through Zoom on Friday, June 11, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm MST. The purpose of this hour-long event is to facilitate conversations between applicants and experienced scholars of Mormon history. We are seeking applications from those interested in participating, whether as mentors or as students, non-traditional students, independent scholars, and so forth. Applicants can propose to talk to people about their research, career trajectories, digital humanities, publishing, public history, and more! This is an amazing opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation and to receive specific advice about your unique place in the field of Mormon history. 

For those seeking mentoring, use your application to describe your current research and interests in Mormon history. Who would you love to talk to and why? Or, if you are new to the field (or not sure who would best align with your interests), tell us about the conversation you’d like to have. Are you trying to think through a research problem? Figuring out how to take the next step to publish your article or book? Wondering how independent historians make it work? Exploring what’s next for you in the field?

In your application:

  • Tell us who you are and what brings you to Mormon history (student, non-traditional student, independent scholar, etc.)
  • Tell us about your research. What is your research project and the questions that drive it? What kind of historical sources and scholarship inform it?
  • What do you hope to get out of this conversation? What problems are you hoping to brainstorm or solve?
  • What is your career trajectory; what challenges do you face?
  • Identify people in the field of Mormon history who would be helpful mentors and briefly state why. (Hint: check out the preliminary conference program for ideas)

Email applications to mha.face2face@gmail.com by May 10, 2021. Applications will be reviewed by members of the MHA Board. If you are interested in participating in this event as a mentor, please send us an email to the same address.  

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