Other News
News not directly related to The Interpreter Foundation or its journal, but that may be of interest to our readers.
Call for Papers: BYU Studies, “Evolution and Faith”
The following Call for Papers has been received: There is additional information available at...

Dr. Stephen Houston Speaking on Mayan Warfare at BYU
On Monday, October 28 at 4 pm in the Hinckley Center assembly hall on BYU Campus, Dr. Stephen Houston, the Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University, will give the inaugural John L. Sorenson Lecture: “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution...

Margaret Barker’s Lectures in October, 2018
Two lectures given by Margaret Barker, a Methodist scholar of Bible and Temple Studies, during her visit to Utah in October were recorded and are now available for viewing, as follows: Lead Books found in Jordan Presented Thursday, October 11, at the Church of...

Margaret Barker in Logan
Prior to her visit to Provo on Friday, October 12, (see https://interpreterfoundation.org/spend-a-friday-afternoon-with-margaret-barker-in-provo/), Margaret Barker will be speaking on two occasions in Logan. God and Smog: The Challenge of Preserving Our Planet...

Spend a Friday Afternoon with Margaret Barker in Provo
On October 12, Margret Barker will be here for a brief visit in Provo. She will speak at 2:00 pm, Friday afternoon here on BYU campus, in the J. Reuben Clark Law School, room 303 JRCB. Her topic will be "Creation Theology, Temple, and the Environment." Others...

2018 Church History Symposium

Video of Elder Holland’s Address at Chiasmus Conference: “The Greatness of the Evidence”
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave the concluding address about the power of physical evidence in defending the gospel at the Chiasmus Jubilee conference sponsored by Book of Mormon Central and BYU Studies on August 16, 2017.

Chiasmus Jubilee & Conference Announcement
This year marks the 50th anniversary since John W. Welch discovered Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. This discovery has changed the way we forever approach Book of Mormon scholarship. To celebrate this day, we invite you to join us on August 16th, 7:00 – 9;00 p.m. for a Chiasmus Jubilee hosted and organized by BYU Studies and Book of Mormon Central.
Conference: New Perspectives on Joseph Smith and Translation, 16 March 2017
Come take advantage of a unique, day-long conversation by some of Mormon Studies’ leading minds on this challenging issue of Joseph Smith and his translation of the Book of Mormon.
Skousen and Carmack’s 2016 FairMormon Conference Presentation “Finishing up the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project” Now Available
Royal Skousen and Stan Carmack presented at the 2016 FairMormon Conference on the subject of “Finishing up the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project: An Introduction to The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon.” Their presentation is now available in video and text form at the FairMormon website.