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2005 Conference Call for Papers

Joseph Smith and His Complex Legacy

Our 33rd Annual Conference will be held in Springfield, Illinois on the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith's birth. President-Elect and Program Chair Newell G. Bringhurst invites you to submit proposals for papers and entire sessions. Write Newell at newellgb@hotmail.com.

Program Highlights

Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture: Ronald Numbers, author of the Ellen G. White biography, will compare the founding prophets/prophetesses of Latter Day Saintism, Seventh Day Adventism and the Church of Christ, Scientist.

Distinguished Senior Scholar Richard L. Bushman will discuss his long-anticipated book on Joseph Smith.

Program Committee

Newell G. Bringhurst, Chair
Craig Foster
John Hamer
Michael Riggs
William Shepard
Biloine Young

Send proposals to any member of the program committee. Contact Newell at:

Newell G. Bringhurst
Department of History
College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA 93292
559-732-1251 (h)
559-730-3709 (w)
newellgb@hotmail.com