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Call for Papers: Life, the Universe, and Everything XXVII: The Marion K. “Doc” Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy

2008-09-04T19:14:15Z

For those who are interested I received a request to share the
following with the list.

Regards,
David M. Morris
EMSA

Call for Papers

Life, the Universe, and Everything XXVII: The Marion K. “Doc”
Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy will be held February
19-21, 2009, on the Provo, Utah, campus of Brigham Young University.

Mormonism at EASR and SSSR conferences this autumn

2008-08-14T11:18:04Z

Hi,
The programmes for the EASR conference (7-11 Sep, Brno, Czech Republic)
and SSSR conference (17-19 Oct, Louisville, KY, USA) this autumn
have been published. Below are listed papers related to Mormonism from
these two large conferences.
- Kim
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EASR: [link]

EMSA Conference 2008 Final Programme

2008-08-14T07:27:22Z

Dear all,
Please find here the programme for the EMSA conference
in Finland next week.
- Kim
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The European Mormon Studies Association
Annual Conference: 21-22 August 2008
* Theme: "Mormonism and the Christian Tradition"
* Organized together with the Department of Comparative Religion

FW: CESNUR conference

2008-07-23T05:38:48Z

For your information see the following call for papers.

- Kim

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<[link]>
Novità sul sito CESNUR ([link] <[link]> )
<[link]> The 2009 International Conference
Mainstreaming and Marginalization of Religious Movements

Book of Mormon survey

2008-06-18T18:13:30Z

A friend of mine, Jason Seawright at Northwestern University, is doing
an academic survey on attitudes towards the Book of Mormon. He's
anxious to get as large a data set as possible. If you have the time
(5-10 mins), please go to:

[link]

Pass it on!

Job opening and European Database Info (Central London)

2008-05-15T18:33:52Z

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the details of a job opening in Central London. The
founder of INFORM
is Eileen Barker, who is well disposed toward Mormons and has many
Mormon
friends.

INFORM, a group at the London School of Economics that collects and
disseminates information about minority religious movements and

Fw: Element Call for Papers

2008-05-15T06:37:19Z

FYI the following call for papers.
- Kim
----- Original Message -----
Element
Call for Student Submissions
Deadline: July 15, 2008

Element: The Journal of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology is publishing a special issue dedicated to student articles. Submissions will be accepted by undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in a program of study related to philosophy, theology, or other areas of religious studies. Papers will be reviewed by selected members of the SMPT Executive Board and other outside reviewers as needed. Authors of papers selected for publication will receive a $50.00 gift certificate for books at Amazon.com with a $100.00 award for the winning article as selected by the SMPT Executive Committee.

Conference registration opened

2008-05-13T10:50:38Z

Hi,
Registration for this August's EMSA Conference in Turku
is now available as an easy-to-fill website form at
[link]. (scroll down a bit)
If you are planning to attend the conference, please register
at your first convience. So as to help conference planning it is
requested that you register at the latest by June 30, although

BASR Conference in England, 1-3 Sep 2008

2008-05-13T08:26:41Z

Dear EMSA e-listers,
For your information I'm sending the following conference
announcement and call for papers. Note the keynote speaker
Douglas Davies, who is also an expert on Mormonism and
will speak at the upcoming EMSA conference.
- Kim
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British Association for the Study of Religions

2008 Conference Preliminary Program and Instructions

2008-05-09T14:17:38Z

Dear all,
The EMSA 2008 Conference preliminary program along
with more instructions about venue etc. have now been
published at [link].
- Kim

Fw: Marburg Journal of Religion: new issue

2008-04-26T03:54:11Z

Note an article on Mormonism in this European journal.
- Kim
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:26 AM

RE: [EMSA] Re: 2009

2008-04-25T16:52:32Z

Ronan:
It was good talking with you in London. What are the dates and venue for the 2008 conference? Also do you have a tentative program?
Best,
Mike
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:46 AM
To: Ronan
Cc: European Mormon Studies Association
I wish I was European based. I am anxious to be involved, and think we should look towards Germany perhaps? Italy? Much work has been done in terms of the history of the LDS Church and the Second World War.

Re: [EMSA] 2009

2008-04-25T13:46:29Z

I wish I was European based. I am anxious to be involved, and think we
should look towards Germany perhaps? Italy? Much work has been done in
terms of the history of the LDS Church and the Second World War.
Where do we have university contacts in Europe? Who could potentially
sponsor our conference?

2009

2008-04-24T20:37:53Z

As we look forward to the Finnish conference, perhaps we can take a
peak into next year? It would be nice to have an agreement in place
for Finland as to where we will meet in 2009.

As you know, EMSA has only an informal government at the moment
(perhaps this will change in the course of the Finland meetings), but

Fw: "Journal of Religion in Europe" 1/1 online

2008-04-14T06:43:48Z

The first issue of the "Journal of Religion in Europe" has been
announced. See [link].
- Kim
----- Original Message -----
Liebe Liste,
Das erste Heft des neuen /Journal of Religion in Europe/ (Leiden &
Boston: Brill) ist nun erschienen und kann über Encarta (s.
[link]) gratis gelesen werden.