Notes From A Celebration of Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry with Jill Derr and Karen Davidson
By November 21, 2009
By November 21, 2009
By November 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.
By November 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:
By November 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,
By November 14, 2009
Nearly six months ago, we announced the creation of what he hoped would (and still plan to) become a regular feature here at the Juvenile Instructor. As we announced then,
By November 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:
By November 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.
By November 9, 2009
From Matt Grow:
CALL FOR PAPERS
for the Annual Conference of
The Communal Studies Association
Hosted by
Historic New Harmony & The Center for Communal Studies
University of Southern Indiana
New Harmony, Indiana
Conference Dates: September 30-October 2, 2010
By November 7, 2009
The comments on my last post got me thinking about a few things, particularly the fact that the subject of the post studied under the venerable historian of the English Reformation, Eamon Duffy. In the second edition to Duffy’s monumental The Stripping of the Altars, which present the English Reformation as an unwanted destruction of the English people’s traditoinal religion, Duffy makes the following disclosure:
By November 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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