Home >> Annual Meetings   Annual Meetings   Each year JWHA holds a conference, bringing together the latest scholarship on the history of the Latter Day Saint Restoration movement. Our 34th Annual Conference, "Scattering of the Saints: The Diverse Expressions of the Restoration," was held in September of 2006 in Independence, Missouri. Our upcoming 2007 conference will be held in September 2007 in Kirtland, Ohio.   Follow the links below for details about next year's conference or to read the reports and programs from past conferences.   2008 Annual Meeting — Voree (Burlington), Wisconsin — September 25-28, 2007 "1844-1859: A Time of Transition" Call for papers 2008 Restoration Studies Symposium — Independence, Missouri — April 11-12, 2008 Call for papers 2007 Annual Meeting — Kirtland, Ohio — September 27-30, 2007 "Communal Experiments Among Latter Day Saints & Other American Groups" Conference program List of participants 2006 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — September 28-October 1, 2006 "Scattering of the Saints: The Diverse Expressions of the Restoration" Conference report Conference program 2005 Annual Meeting — Springfield, Illinois — September 29-October 2, 2005 "Joseph Smith and His Complex Legacy " Conference reflections by Ken Mulliken, Executive Secretary (2003-2005) Conference report Conference program 2004 Annual Meeting — Omaha/Council Bluffs — September 23-26, 2004 "Places of Decision: The Spatial and Metaphorical Geography of the Restoration" Conference reflections by Mark A. Scherer, Immediate Past President Conference report Conference program 2003 Annual Meeting — Far West, Missouri — September 25-28, 2003 "Mormonism and the Culture of Frontier Violence on the American Frontier" Conference report Conference program Caldwell County tour 2002 Annual Meeting — Nauvoo, Illinois — September 26-29, 2002 Conference report Conference program 2001 Annual Meeting — Saint Louis, Missouri — September 28-30, 2001 Conference report Conference program 2000 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Sept. 22-24, 2000   1999 Annual Meeting — Excelsior Springs, Missouri — Sept. 24-26, 1999   1998 Annual Meeting — Lamoni, Iowa — Sept. 25-27, 1998   1997 Annual Meeting — Kirtland, Ohio — Sept. 26-28, 1997   1996 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Sept. 27-29, 1996   1995 Annual Meeting — Kingston, Ontario, Canada — June 20-24, 1995 (held jointly with MHA)   1994 Annual Meeting — Nauvoo, Illinois — Sept. 23-25, 1994   1993 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Sept. 24-26, 1993   1992 Annual Meeting — Shenandoah, Iowa — Sept. 25-27, 1992   1991 Annual Meeting — Plano, Illinois — Sept. 27-29, 1991   1990 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Sept. 28-30, 1990   1989 Annual Meeting — Lamoni, Iowa — Sept. 22-24, 1989   1988 Annual Meeting — Nauvoo, Illinois — Sept. 23-25, 1988   1987 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Oct. 2-4, 1987   1986 Annual Meeting — Kirtland, Ohio — Sept. 26-28, 1986   1985 Annual Meeting — Lamoni, Iowa — Sept. 27-29, 1985   1984 Annual Meeting — Des Moines, Iowa — Sept. 28-30, 1984   1983 Annual Meeting — Independence, Missouri — Sept. 23-25, 1983   1982 Annual Meeting — St. Louis, Missouri — Sept. 24-26, 1982   1981 Annual Meeting — Lamoni, Iowa — Sept. 25-27, 1981   All contents copyright ©2003-2008 by John Whitmer Historical Association