Explore the many events hosted by JWHA through the years.
Annual Conference
Note: JWHA is aware some of our links within past conferences are currently unavailable. We are working to correct this and will post updates here when available.
2022 JWHA’s 50th Anniversary: a Legacy of Restoration History, Independence, Missouri, September 15 – 18
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2021 Restoration Outpost: Ragged Edge or Oasis? Virtual Conference, October 22-23, 2021
2020 Postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, St. George, Utah
2019 Back to the Burned-Over District 200 Years Later, 1819-2019: Impact of the Second Great Awakening on the Restoration Movements, Fairport, New York, September 26-29
2018 Our Stories Fashion Order Out of Chaos, Blue Springs, Missouri, September 20-23
2017 Restoration Diaspora: All Roads Lead from Nauvoo, Nauvoo, Illinois, September 21-24
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2016 Ye Should Go to the Ohio and from Thence among All Nations, Kirtland, Ohio, September 22-25
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2015 Putting Unity into Community: 150 Years of Discovery, Independence, Missouri, September 24-27
2014 Sacred Places and Zionic Communities: The Ideas and Realities of the Restoration, Lamoni, Iowa, September 25-28
2013 Sojourn in Iowa, Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 26-29
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2012 The Redemption of Zion, Independence, Missouri, September 20-23
2011 Nauvoo “e unum pluribus” (one of one, many), Nauvoo, Illinois – September 22-25
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2010 Emma, Her Sons, Their Church, & the Latter Day Saints, Amboy & Rockford, Illinois – September 23-26
2009 Race, Gender, Ethnicity and the Restoration, Independence, Missouri, September 24-27
2008 1844-1859 A Time of Transition, Old Voree (Burlington), Wisconsin, September 25-28
2007 Communal Experiments Among Latter Day Saints & Other American Groups, Kirtland, Ohio, September 27-30
2006 Scattering of the Saints: The Diverse Expressions of the Restoration, Independence, Missouri, September 28-October 1
2005 Joseph Smith And His Complex Legacy, Springfield, Illinois, September 29-October 2
2004 Places of Decision: The Spatial & Metaphorical Geography of the Restoration, Omaha/Council Bluffs, September 23-26
2003 Annual Meeting, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, September 25-28
2002 Annual Meeting, Nauvoo, Illinois, September 26-29
2001 Annual Meeting, O’Fallon, Missouri, September 28-30
2000 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri – September 22-24
1999 Annual Meeting, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, September 24-26
1998 Annual Meeting, Lamoni, Iowa, September 25-27
1997 Annual Meeting, Kirtland, Ohio, September 26-28
1996 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 27-29
1995 Annual Meeting, Combined Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 20-25 (held jointly with MHA and Canadian Mormon Studies Association)
1994 Annual Meeting, Nauvoo, Illinois, September 23-25
1993 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri – September 24-26
1992 Annual Meeting, Shenandoah, Iowa, September 25-27
1991 Annual Meeting, Plano, Illinois – September 27-29
1990 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 28-30
1989 Annual Meeting, Lamoni, Iowa, September 22-24
1988 Annual Meeting, Nauvoo, Illinois, September 23-25
1987 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, October 2-4
1986 Annual Meeting, Kirtland, Ohio, September 26-28
1985 Annual Meeting, Lamoni, Iowa, September 27-29
1984 Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, September 28-30
1983 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 23-25
1982 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, September 24-26
1981 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 25-27
1980 Annual Meeting, Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 26-28
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1979 Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 28-30
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1978 Annual Meeting, Plano, Illinois
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1977 Annual Meeting, Parkville, Missouri, September 23-25
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1976 Annual Meeting, Lamoni, Iowa, September 24-26
1975 Third Annual Meeting, Independence, Missouri, September 26 – 28
1974 Second Annual Meeting, Lamoni, Iowa, September 27-29
1973 The First JWHA Conference, Nauvoo, Illinois – September 28 -29
Spring Banquet
2016 Independence, Missouri, June 3
2013 Independence, Missouri, April 12
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Restoration Studies Symposium
2014 Of One Heart and Mind: Common Consent in the Restoration Traditions, Independence, Missouri, January 31-February 2
2011 Restoration Studies Symposium, Independence, Missouri, April 15-16
2010 Restoration Studies Symposium, Independence, Missouri, April 8-9
2009 Restoration Studies Symposium, Independence, Missouri, April 17-18
2008 Restoration Studies Symposium, Independence, Missouri, April 11-12
