EMSA Conference: Programme
July 2, 2007 David
European Mormon Studies Association Conference 2007, University of Worcester, England
‘Periphery and Centre: European Mormons and their Relationship with North America, 1837-2007′
Thursday 2 August 2007
9:00-10:00 Registration and Welcome
10:00-12:00 Session 1 (Session chair: David M. Morris, University of Chichester)
- Introduction to Conference and European Mormon Studies Association (David M. Morris, University of Chichester)
- A Finnish Mormon Temple or ‘America in Karakallio’? The Activation of a Stereotype at an Encounter of Cultures (Kim B. Östman, Åbo Akademi University
- Mormonism and the British Northwest: Tracing the Roots of Mormonism (Stephen J. Fleming, University of California at Santa Barbara)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Isle of Man: A Brief Study of a Peripheral Area and its Relationship to the Main Body of the Church (Martin E. Holden, Independent Scholar)
14:00-16:00 Session 2 (Session chair: Kim B. Östman, Åbo Akademi University)
- An LDS Soundworld for the Twenty-First Century: A Thesis Revisited (Warrick N. Kear, Church Education System)
- Making Adjustments: Babel, Bees, and the Book of Mormon
(Ronan James Head, Johns Hopkins University)
- Identifying Jesus in Mormonism (Douglas Davies, University of Durham)
- Mormons in an ‘Exceptional’ Europe: LDS and the Secularisation Paradigm (Walter E. A. van Beek, African Studies Centre, Leiden)
17.00 Dinner
19.00 Session 3 Keynote Address (Session chair: David M. Morris, University of Chichester)
- Armand L. Mauss, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies Emeritus, Washington State University, and former editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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Friday 3 August 2007
9:00-10:00 EMSA Board Business Meeting
10:00-12:00 Session 4 (Session chair: Ronan James Head, Johns Hopkins University)
- The Rhetoric of the Gathering and Zion: Consistency Through Change 1831-1920 (David M. Morris, University of Chichester)
- The Place of Liverpool in the Mormon Gathering (Fred E. Woods, Brigham Young University)
- The Patterns of Missionary Work and Emigration in Nineteenth Century Buckinghamshire, England (Ronald Bartholomew, Brigham Young University)
- Patriotism and Resistance, Brotherhood and Bombs: The Experience of the German Saints and World War II (Steven Carter, Henderson State University)
14:00-16:00 Session 5 Round Table Discussion (Session chair: Ronan James Head, Johns Hopkins University)
- European Mormonism and the Future of Mormon Studies in Europe: Armand L. Mauss, Douglas Davies, Walter E. A. van Beek
Close of conference and announcements (Kim B. Östman, Åbo Akademi University)
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Saturday 4 August 2007
10:00-15:00 Gadfield Elm Chapel and Church History Tour
- Presentations at Gadfield Elm relating to the history and restoration of the building, and the musical culture of the United Brethren. Visit to Benbow Pond and the Malvern Hills. BBQ lunch.
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Registration
Participants are invited to register for the conference by following this link. Advance registration costs 10 GBP (5 GBP for students).
Arrival and Accommodation
Local airports to Worcester include Birmingham, Coventry, and, to a lesser extent, East Midlands. The budget airlines who fly there are BMI Baby, Thomson (TUI), and Ryanair respectively. Most major carriers fly to Birmingham (BHX). London Heathrow has good bus links to virtually everywhere and Worcester is well-connected to the trains. An excellent budget airlines’ sources is www.skyscanner.net.
For accommodation, visit:
http://www.visitworcester.co.uk/sleep/guesthouses.asp
and:
http://www.worc.ac.uk/about/facilityhire/3402.html
Please let the conference organisers know if you need any help making arrangements. We will be providing help and advice at the conference regarding food, transport to and from the venue, etc.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
David M. Morris, University of Chichester
Conference Coordinator, European Mormon Studies Association
Ph: +44 (0)790 337 4685 Fax: +44 (0)870 132 8807
Email: davidmmorris at euromormonstudies dot com
