Please note: the agenda presented here is a draft and subject to change.
Click on the session numbers for abstract and bio.
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Saturday, September 20, 2025 |
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7:30 – 9:15 a.m. . |
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Light Breakfast – included in registration fee |
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Atrium
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W. Cleon Skousen and Hugh B. Brown: Polar Opposites, Or—A view from the Right and Left in LDS Politics |
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8:30 a.m. |
“W. Cleon Skousen: His Life as a Public Intellectual and Influencer” |
Jo Ann Skousen |
WHDC Press Room
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“W. Cleon Skousen and Hugh B. Brown: Polar Opposites, Or—A view from the Right and Left in LDS Politics” |
Matthew L. Harris |
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Women at the Edges of Mormonism |
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8:30 a.m. |
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“Fanny W. Custer: A Case Study of Method and Margins” |
David Golding (pre-recorded) |
Whistlestop Room
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“‘The Name and Blood of His Chosen Ones’: Ina Coolbrith and the Smith Family?” |
Amanda Hendrix-Komoto |
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“Helen Foster Snow at the Edges of Mormonism” |
Spencer Stewart |
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“Susan Stryker: The RLDS Upbringing of a Transgender Historian” |
Makoto Hunter (Scholarship Recipient) |
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Political Legacies and Restoration Visions |
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8:30 a.m. |
“Of Prophets and Presidents: Harry S. Truman and the Smiths” |
Mark A. Scherer |
Auditorium | |
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“The Politics of Restoration: Redeeming America through the Martyred Visions of Joseph Smith Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Sr.” |
Derek R. Sainsbury |
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Restoration on Trial: Legal Battles over Office and Ownership |
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8:30 a.m.
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“‘Jurors and Witnesses who do not Blush to Declare’: County Government in Antebellum Missouri” |
Sherilyn Farnes |
Independence Room
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“The Temple Lot Case: Rightful Owner vs. Rightful Successor” |
Mark Tensmeyer |
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9:45 a.m. |
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Break |
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Honoring Heritage and Fostering Transformation: Exploring Values, Identity, and Evolving Pedagogies in Restorationist Traditions |
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10:15 a.m. |
“Evolving Pedagogies and Historical Consciousness in Restorationist Traditions: A Case Study of the Reorganized Church (Community of Christ)” |
Roger Allen Rose |
Independence Room
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“Fractal Patterns of Values: Reimagining Restoration Curriculum Through History, Theology, and Identity” |
Ken R. Mulliken |
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Latter Day Saints and Local Politics: Free Labor and the Free Press in the Early Restoration |
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10:15 a.m. |
“Saints and Slaves: Patchwork Evidence of Abolitionists Among the Early Mormons” |
Paul DeBarthe |
WHDC Press Room
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“The Saints and Local Politics in 1830s Kirtland” |
Seth L. Bryant |
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Evolutions in Latter-day Saint Religious Education |
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10:15 a.m. |
“Evolving Understandings: The Impact of Changing Definitions of ‘Doctrine’ on Religious Education in the LDS Church” |
T. Kendall Buchmiller |
Auditorium
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“Navigating Doubt: Four Decades of Evolving Approaches in LDS Religious Education” |
Jared M. Halverson |
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“The Politics of Belonging: Gender, Family, and Gatekeeping in LDS Religious Education” |
Iliana Christensen |
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The Reorganized Church and Race |
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10:15 a.m. |
“Black Americans in Community of Christ: A Journey of Hope” |
Gwendolyn Hawks-Blue |
Whistlestop Room
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“A Young Editor Endures Strong Criticism From the RLDS Prophet for Publishing Articles on Civil Rights” |
William D. Russell |
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11:30 a.m. |
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Break |
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12:00-5:30 p.m. |
Historical Sites Tours |
Off Site |
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Kenneth L. Alford |
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Matthew L. Harris |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Presidential Banquet – advanced registration required |
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Whistlestop Room |
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Presidential Address – advanced registration required |
Mark L. Staker |
Auditorium |
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Install 2025 – 2026 Officers & Board Members |
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Auditorium
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