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University of Wyoming

Guest Speakers

The Program of Religious Studies will be bringing in as well as sponsoring distinguished guest speakers throughout the 2006-2007 year. 

 

2009-2010

Fri., September 18

The Clock and the Compass: Steering Toward Zion presented by Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp of UNC-Chapel Hill on September 18th at 7:00 pm, Education Auditorium.

 

2008 - 2009

Thurs., February 12

Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935 – 1943 presented by Dr. Colleen McDannell of the University of Utah on February 12 at 5:10 pm, Classroom Building, Room 133. Check out Dr. McDannell's website here for further information on the lecture.

 

Fri., September 26

Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons. Film screening and discussion with producers Darius Gray and Margaret Blair Young on September 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the UW Classroom Building, Room 133.

From Galatia to Ghana: The Racial Dynamic in Mormon History. Lecture by Armand L. Mauss on September 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the UW Agriculture Auditorium.

 

Mon, October 13

Promises and Perils:  American Indian Religions in the Academy. Public Forum featuring Dr. Ines Talamantez and Dr. Donald Fixico at 9:00 a.m., Mon., October 13, 2008 in the Wyoming Union Family Room.

The Metaphysical Reality of American Indian History presented by Dr. Donald Fixico at 11:00 a.m., Mon., October 13, 2008 in the Wyoming Union Family Room.

Female Rites of Passage: Initiating Apache Girls to the World of Spiritual and Cultural Values presented by Dr. Ines Talamantez at 2:00 p.m., Mon., October 13, 2008 in the Wyoming Union Family Room.

 

 

2007 - 2008

The Meanings of Marriage: Judges, Defendants, and Legal Change in Territorial Utah, March 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the UW Education Auditorium.

 

2006 - 2007

Jan Shipps, "Locating Mormonism on the American Religious Landscape"
October 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the UW Education Auditorium.

 

Wendy Doniger, "Creation Myths in Hinduism"
December 4th at 5:00 p.m. in the Agriculture Auditorium

 

Richard Bushman, "Joseph Smith's Place in History"
March 2nd at 7:00 p.m., Fine Arts Concert Hall