Saturday, November 04, 2006

Parley P. Pratt Conference



BICENTENNIAL
Parley P. Pratt
PERSPECTIVES

 

Gregory Armstrong, Committee Chair
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
garmstro@uafortsmith.edu

Dennis Siler, Program Chair
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
dsiler@uafortsmith.edu

Brooks Green, Program Co-Chair
University of Central Arkansas
 brooksg@uca.edu

Jeanie Pierson, Theater Project
Maumelle, Arkansas
 piersonrichard@sbcglobal.net

Martha Siler, Cemetery Project 
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith marthasiler@msn.com

Shawn Bills, Coordinator
Fayetteville LDS Institute
 billssd@ldsces.org

Barbara Smith, Representative
Fayetteville LDS Institute
smithbw@ldsces.org

 

   Call for Papers

RELIGION AND REACTION: THE LIFE, TIMES, AND LEGACY OF PARLEY PARKER PRATT

April 20-21, 2007
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Inspired by the life of missionary Parley Parker Pratt (1807-1857) whom the Arkansas Intelligencer of May 15, 1857 deemed "…A man of note among the Mormons…," conference organizers seek proposals and abstracts on topics and themes related to the man, his contemporaries, and their impact on history, theology, music, literature, etc. for a conference to be held at the historic King Opera House on Main Street in downtown Van Buren, Arkansas. Submissions that explore other issues and themes related to religious traditions and reaction to them will also be considered. The conference marks the 200th anniversary of Pratt's birth and the sesquicentennial of his death.

Keynote speaker will be acclaimed historian Jan Shipps, professor emerita of history and religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and author of Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition, and Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years Among the Mormons. She is also co-editor of The Journals of William E. McLellin.

Topics for presentation may include, but are not limited to:
Religious persecution and violence
Religious controversies in the press
Missions, especially to native peoples
New theologies and religious traditions
Parley Pratt, author, missionary, apostle

We encourage papers and sessions in the scholarly tradition as well as innovative and interactive sessions. The committee recognizes the importance of engaging the audience in a compelling manner; thus proposals for panels, roundtables, poster or photo sessions, performances, films, and other appropriate formats are welcome. Presentations may vary from twenty minutes to longer sessions and prospective presenters should specify their desired time frame.

Submission procedure.  Proposals should be submitted electronically to dsiler@uafortsmith.edu or mailed to Pratt Conference, 2222 Park Ridge Drive, Van Buren, AR 72956. Submissions should be received by January 1, 2007 and should include the following information:

  • A complete mailing address, email, phone number, and affiliation for each participant,
  • A prospectus or abstract of no more than 250 words for each presentation,
  • A vita of approximately 500 words for each presenter.
See you in Arkansas in April 2007!

2222 Park Ridge Drive
Van Buren, AR 72956

U.S.A.

 
Phone  (479) 788 7961
Fax     (479) 788 7559
E-mail garmstro@uafortsmith.edu
Web site prattconference.org
   


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