A Festschrift for the 50th Anniversary of Mormon Sisters & Claudia Bushman

The Mormon Studies Initiative and the Tanner Humanities Center present a one day conference at the Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House.

CONFERENCE – MORNING PANELS

8:30 am Doors Open

9:00 am Welcome

Welcome by Paul Reeves, Mormon Studies Initiative and Maxine Hanks, Conference Chair and Independent Scholar

9:15-10:30 am

“Mothering Mormon Women’s History & Feminism”

Jill M. Derr, Judy Dushku, Susan Howe, Martha Bradley Evans, Maxine Hanks (Chair)

15 minute break
10:45 - 12:00 pm

“The Enduring Sisterhood of Exponent II”

Heather Sundahl (Chair), Sylvia Cabus, Margaret Olsen Hemming, Katie Ludlow Rich

12:15-1:30 pm

LUNCH PLENARY SPEAKER

Claudia Lauper Bushman with Caroline Kline

Box lunches

CONFERENCE – AFTERNOON PANELS

1:30 -2:45 pm

“Claudia’s Girls: the Next Generation”

Kristine Haglund, Janiece L. Johnson, Rebekah Clark, Katie C. Blakesley, Amy Hoyt (Chair)

15 minute break

3 - 4:15 pm

“Furthering the Work of LDS Women’s Histories”

Taunalyn Ford, Andrea Radke-Moss, Jenny Reeder, Caroline Kline (Chair)

15 minute break

4:30 pm- 5:45 pm

“Expanding Mormon Women’s & Gender Studies”

Jana Riess, Tina Hatch, Taylor G. Petrey (Chair), Hannah Jung

5:45-7:30 pm Dinner Break
Dinner options include local restaurants on edge of campus.

7:30 pm - 9 pm

STERLING McMURRIN LECTURE

Dr. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "A Mormon Woman Has Her Say"

Q & A discussion with Laurel & Claudia

Please contact the organizers, Maxine Hanks, Caroline Kline and Amy Hoyt, with any questions at [email protected]

*Parking is free in the Alumni House lot, but come early to get a space and keep it all day, since parking is tight at the University of Utah and there is another conference the same day.

Host or Publisher Maxine Hanks