Mormon Studies Weekly Roundup
Missed out on the latest news in the world of Mormon Studies? We’re here for you and back with another weekly roundup of relevant links. Let’s get to it: Over at Rational Faiths, Connell O’Donovan...
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New Developments at the Dictionary of Mormon Biography
I thought I’d write up a quick note on the status of the growing Dictionary of Mormon Biography (DMB). We have welcomed a few more editors in the last few months and our database continues to expand....
View ArticleHistory, Memory, and Faith: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers as Keepers of...
Kari M. Main works as Curator at the Pioneer Memorial Museum. She has a master’s degree in Early American Culture from the Winterthur Program in Delaware and a master’s in American Studies from Yale....
View ArticlePioneer Day: Recommended Reading from JI’s archives
Happy Pioneer Day, readers! Thank you for your patience with us lately — we know things have been slow around here (they tend to get that way during the summer), but we have some exciting things...
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Guest Post: Barbara Jones Brown, Remembrance: A Photoessay
We’re pleased to present today’s guest post from Barbara Jones Brown. Barbara was the content editor of Massacre at Mountain Meadows (OUP, 2008) and is now at work on the book’s sequel. She holds a...
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Guest Post: 1923 Photographs of the Book of Mormon Printer’s Manuscript
Robin Scott Jensen is the mastermind behind the Joseph Smith Papers’ Revelations and Translations Series, which just released its third volume reproducing the Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of...
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Digital Mormonists, Volume 1: American Panorama
This is the first entry in yet another occasional, sure-to-be-irregular, but hopefully still important series here at the Juvenile Instructor. Since the blog’s inception in 2007, digital history...
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New Course at the University of Utah (with Guest Lectures open to the...
Brian Birch, Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University, will be teaching a course on the intellectual life of Mormonism this coming fall at the University of Utah. He has kindly made his...
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Mormon Women’s Public Life and Activism pre-conference tour for MHA 2016
Speak ‘friend’ and enter. Please join Juvenile Instructor’s Andrea R-M and tour co-director Janelle Higbee for the second round of fantastic Mormon women’s history on a bus, Thursday, June 9, leaving...
View ArticlePioneer Day Talks– Some Helpful Dos and Don’ts for a July Tradition
It is that time of year again, when members all over the world are asked to give talks honoring July 24, 1847– the official date when a company of Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young entered the Salt...
View ArticleTweets on “Race and Gender in Mormonism”
Howdy, Last night the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center hosted a panel discussion on race and gender in Mormonism. The panel featured talks from Margaret Toscano and Paul Reeve, and was...
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Mormons and Refugees: A Reading List from the Juvenile Instructor and Friends
Image courtesy of Ardis Parshall, keepapitchinin.org. Some recommended reading from Juvenile Instructor bloggers and friends on the history of Mormonism and/as refugees: Christopher Jones, “‘For ye...
View ArticleAmici Curiae Brief by Scholars of Mormonism Opposed to Trump’s Refugee and...
If you haven’t heard already, yesterday a host of 19 scholars submitted an Amici Curiae Brief (amici curiae=friends of the court, or impartial expert advisors) in response to President Donald Trump’s...
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“In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions”: Black Mormon Pioneer Experiences An...
From the LDS Church Museum’s website: The first black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were a vital part of the early history of the Church. They served missions and shared...
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Mormonism in the Travel Ban Supreme Court Case
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments surrounding President Trump’s travel ban. The arguments centered around whether the president had authority to issue such a ban, whether the ban...
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The Rough Draft of the Manifesto
The George Q. Cannon Diaries, recently published by the Church Historian’s Press, reveal a wealth of information about nineteenth-century Mormonism, politics, and polygamy. The journal entry that I...
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Mormon Studies in Unexpected Places, Volume IV: The Infinite Future
This is the fourth installment in an ongoing but terribly irregular series dedicated to the appearance of Mormon Studies in popular media, including musical lyrics, popular television shows, movies,...
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Digital News: The Woman’s Exponent Project
Hello JI readers! Please join us in welcoming The Woman’s Exponent Project, a digital history exhibit from Digital Matters at the University of Utah and the Office of Digital Humanities and Harold B....
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