CONFERENCE—Women Making History

Friday, June 28

10am to 5pm

Provo Marriott & Conference Center

Join us for this day of conversation held in honor of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s career in Women’s History. Renowned scholars will focus on the ways comparative women’s history can illuminate our understanding of the legacy of Latter-day Saint women across the world.

This free event is part of the Maxwell Institute’s ongoing Consultation on Latter-day Saint Women in Historical Perspective. No registration required. Free lunch provided for the first 250 guests.

SCHEDULE

SESSION I
10 AM to 11:15 AM
“Through a Glass Less Darkly: The View from a Broader Lens”
Ann Braude and Colleen McDannell

SESSION II
11:30 AM to 12:45 PM
“Women’s History in a Global Context”
Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Hazel O’Brien, and Taunalyn Rutherford, moderated by Blair Hodges

LUNCH
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

SESSION III
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
“Revelations on Meaning and Authority: Food as Material Culture”
Kate Holbrook and Hasia Diner

SESSION IV
3:30 PM 4:45 PM
“Making History”
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

PRESENTERS

*Ann Braude, Harvard Divinity School
*Hasia Diner, New York University
*Melissa Inouye, University of Auckland
*Kate Holbrook, Church History Library
*Colleen McDannell, University of Utah
*Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Washington University in St. Louis
*Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard University
 

CO-SPONSORS

David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies
Claremont Graduate University
Church History Department
Tanner Humanities Center
BYU Women’s Studies