MORMON STUDIES EVENTS AT CLAREMONT
Thursday, November 12, 2009: Harry S. Stout
Professor Stout will meet with students and friends of CMSSA for an informal afternoon
discussion, and present a public lecture entitled "Joseph Smith and Jonathan Edwards" in the evening.
Harry S. Stout is Professor of History, Religious Studies, and American Studies at Yale University and
Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity, Yale Divinity School. He is general editor of the Jonathan
Edwards Papers and a member of the National Advisory Board for the Joseph Smith Papers.
(Discussion: Time: 3:30-5:00pm | Location: TBA)
(Lecture: Time: 8:00-9:30pm | Location: Mudd Auditorium, CST)
Thursday,February 18, 2010: Grant Hardy
Professor Hardy will meet with students and friends of CMSSA for an informal afternoon
discussion, and present a public lecture entitled "Reading the Book of Mormon" in the evening.
Grant Hardy, Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina Asheville, is best known to
Mormons for The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition, but he soon will be better known for his structural
analysis of the Book of Mormon coming out with Oxford University Press next year. Hardy explains how the
three major historians in the book, Nephi, Mormon, and Moroni constructed their narratives differently, making
each of these writers a distinctive presence in the book.
(Discussion: Time: 3:30-5:00pm | Location: TBA)
(Lecture: Time: 8:00-9:30pm | Location: Mudd Auditorium, CST)
Thursday, March 18, 2010: Daniel C. Peterson
Professor Peterson will meet with students and friends of CMSSA for an informal afternoon
discussion, and present a public lecture entitled "The State of the Debate over the Book of Mormon" in the evening.
Daniel Peterson, Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, is best known in
the academic world as an expert on Islam. As editor of the FARMS Review of Books for many years, however, he
is well informed on the controversies surrounding the historicity of the Book of Mormon. In his talk, he will
report on the debate as it stands right now.
(Discussion: Time: 3:30-5:00pm | Location: TBA)
(Lecture: Time: 8:00-9:30pm | Location: Mudd Auditorium, CST)
Visit the events page for more details and a complete listing of all upcoming events.
Coming Up Next...
"Joseph Smith and Jonathan Edwards"
by Harry S. Stout
Thur, Nov 12, 24
3:30pm (discussion)
8:00pm (public lecture)
Media Page
Selected audio recordings of CMSSA events are now available. visit the media page
CMSSA Membership
Interested in how you can participate? learn more
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call For Papers (October 2009): The Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association invites papers on any aspect of Mormonism, but particularly encourage submissions related to this year’s conference theme: WHAT IS MORMON STUDIES? Transdisciplinary Inquiries Into an Emerging Field. The conference will be held in Claremont, California on April 23-24, 2010. [more details]
Introducing the Mormon Review (August 2009): Led by Richard Bushman and Nathan Oman, The Mormon Review is a new online journal that publishes short articles and reviews analyzing (typically non-Mormon) books, essays, exhibitions, movies, plays, and the like, from a Mormon perspective. "The task, as we conceive it," writes Bushmans, "is to pursue the meaning for Mormons of the millions of items that constitute our larger cultural world. What are we to make of the books, movies, art, music, politics, and exhibitions swirling about in our environment?" [visit the Mormon Review website]
complete listing of announcements
IN THE NEWS
October 29, 2009 - Richard Bushman on Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University: Come September, students at the
In April 2008, the Latter-day Saint Council in the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University
announced that the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies was initially funded. For all who were involved in the establishment of the
chair—the Dean of the School of Religion, the LDS Council, and the students—this was a landmark event. It meant that a professorship of
Mormon Studies will exist in perpetuity at Claremont. It is the only one outside of Utah and the only one existing at a graduate university
level.
Source: Meridian Magazine visit website to read the complete article
September 9, 2009 - Mormon Studies may join University of Utah curriculum: Come September, students at the
At a gathering at the University of Utah campus Tuesday, Sept. 8, Philip Barlow, Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture
at Utah State University, and Brian Birch, founder and director of the religious studies program at Utah Valley University,
discussed the possibility of a Mormon Studies program at the University of Utah.
Source: Mormon Times visit website to read the complete article