Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah) has scheduled two Mormon Studies events this spring:

PERSPECTIVES ON A MASSACRE
A Panel Discussion on Mountain Meadows

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Lakeview Room, UVU Library (fourth floor)

Panel Participants:

Richard E. Turley, Jr.
Assistant Church Historian and Recorder, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Will Bagley
Independent Historian

Forrest Cuch
Executive Director, Utah Division of Indian Affairs

Moderator:

Alex Caldiero
Poet and Scholar in Residence
UVU Department of Philosophy and Humanities

Sponsors:

UVU Religious Studies Program
UVU College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Utah Democracy Project, Center for the Study of Ethics

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MORMONISM IN THE PUBLIC MIND
Perceptions of an Emerging World Faith

This conference will address the place of Mormonism in public discourse
and examine strategies involved in the Latter-day Saint response to skepticism and prejudice.

April 2-3, 2009
Lakeview Room, UVU Library (fourth floor)

Participants:

Michael Paulsen
Religion Editor, Boston Globe

Daniel Stout
Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, UNLV
Co-editor, Journal of Media and Religion

Terryl Givens
Bostwick Professor of English
Author: Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myth, and the Construction of Heresy

Boyd Petersen
Program Coordinator for Mormon Studies, UVU

Dan Wotherspoon
Director of Operations, Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy
Former Editor, Sunstone

Joel Campbell
“Mormon Media Observer,” Mormon Times

David Scott
Chair, Department of Communication, UVU

Grant Underwood
Professor of History, BYU

Charles Randall Paul
President, Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy

Kristine Haglund
Editor, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Brian Birch
Director, Religious Studies Program, UVU

Jana Riess
Author: Mormonism for Dummies
Former Religion Editor, Publisher’s Weekly

Gary Lawrence
Author: How Americans View Mormonism

Peggy Fletcher Stack
Religion Editor, Salt Lake Tribune

Sponsors:

UVU Religious Studies Program
UVU College of Humanities and Social Sciences
UVU Department of Communication
Utah Democracy Project, Center for the Study of Ethics

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For more information on either event, contact:
Boyd Petersen: boyd.petersen at uvu dot edu
Brian Birch: brian.birch at uvu dot edu

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Both events are listed at Mormon Conferences –
Visit MormonConferences.org regularly to keep track of all such meetings, deadlines, and calls for papers.