Association for Mormon Letters Conference 2016 Schedule

Friday, March 4^th   (10:00 am-3:30 pm and 6:30 pm-7:00 pm — Registration/info. table open in the Heber J. Grant Building)

10:30 – Welcome/Opening by AML President Joe Plicka – Heber J. Grant Building (HGB) 133

10:45-12:00 – Session 1 – HGB 133

           SURVEYING THE LITERATURES

          “Mormon Literature in Japan” – Andrew Hall, Kyushu University, Japan

          “The Mormon Maritime Migration in Meter” – William Brugger, BYU-Idaho

          “Housewifery Literature and Application: A Folklife Project” – Kristi Bell, BYU-Provo

12:15-1:00 – Session 2

          MORMONISM IN CONVERSATION: 20^TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS

          “Black Skin, White Shirts: American and Igbo Mormonisms,” – Russell Stevenson, Michigan State University

          “Framing Conversion: Edgar Reitz’s Mahlzeiten (1965) and the Mormons” – Mason Kamana Allred, Joseph Smith Papers

1:00-1:30 – BREAK – Lunch in the HGB

1:30-2:30 – LUNCHTIME PANEL DISCUSSION —“Mormon Literature Today/My Favorite Mormon Book” with Scott Hales (Mormon Literature Scholar, Church History Department), Andrew Hall (Kyushu University, AML Awards Director), Margaret Young (BYU-Provo, LDS author) – HGB 133

2:45-3:30 – Session 2 – HGB – 133

          MISSIONARIES ABROAD AND AT HOME

          “Returning with Honor: How Blogging Enables Early Returned LDS Missionaries to Adopt a Positive Identity” – Lauren           Baldwin, BYU-Idaho

          “Dan and Back Again: Reverse Culture Shock” – Daniel Christensen, University of Utah

3:45-5:00 – Session 3 – HGB 133

          CONTEMPORARY MORMON POETS

          “Ezer Kenegdo” – Jim Richards, BYU-Idaho

          Selected poems – Jim Papworth, BYU-Idaho

          “Reliquaries Lost and Found: The Gathering and Scattering of Faith” – Scott Cameron, BYU-Idaho

5:00-7:00 – BREAK

7:00 – Keynote Address/University Welcome by BYU-Hawaii President John Tanner – HGB 275

8:30 – Screening of Freetown – Introduction and Q and A with filmmaker Garrett Batty, director of Freetown (2015) and The Saratov Approach (2013) – McKay Auditorium

 

 

Saturday, March 5^th   (7:30 am-3:00 pm — Registration/info. table open in the Heber J. Grant Building)

7:30-9:00 – Continental breakfast in the Heber J. Grant Building (HGB)

8:00-9:15 – Session 4 – HGB 135

21^ST CENTURY: TRENDS, PORTRAYALS, REACTIONS

          “The Image of Mormonism: How 21^st Century Media Portrays Mormonism” – Trevor Alvord, BYU-Provo

          “Art and Performance: Responses to the LGBT Policy Change” – Rixa Freeze, Wabash College

          “MormonsIntoMedia.com: How a Digi-zine Demonstrates the Trend from Congregation to Interpretative Community” – Dan Stout, BYU-Hawaii

9:30-10:45 – Session 5 – HGB 135

          CONTEMPORARY MORMON ESSAYS AND MEMOIR

          “Turning on City Lights: (a memoir)” – Amanda Wallace, BYU-Hawaii

          Selected essays – Sheldon Lawrence, BYU-Idaho

          Hemingway on a Bicycle (2014 AML Award Winner, Creative Nonfiction) – Eric Freeze, Wabash College

11:00-12:00 – AML Awards Ceremony – HGB 135

12:00-12:30 – BREAK – Lunch in the HGB

12:30-1:30 – LUNCHTIME PANEL DISCUSSION —“Balancing Art and Life: an LDS Perspective” with Rebecca Carlson, Dan Bradshaw, Melissa Glenn, Kealohilani, Jeff Merrill, Margaret Young, and Garrett Batty – HGB 135

1:45-3:00 – Session 6 – HGB 135

          MORMON IDENTITIES – TRANSLATED ACROSS TIME AND SPACE

          “Phyllis Barber and T.R.I.P.S.: The Relational Intimate Permeating Self” – Angel Chaparro Sainz, University of the Basque Country

          “The Narrative Art of Mark’s Passion Narrative and Some Implications for Mormon Readers” – Julie M. Smith, Independent Scholar

          “’Are We Americans?’: Nephi Anderson, the Novel, and Global Mormon Identity” – Scott Hales, Church History Department

3:15-4:15 – Session 7 – HGB 135

LDS UNDERCURRENTS IN POPULAR ART

          “The Rule of Equity” (a novel) – Jonathan Neville, Author

          “’Coracao’ by the National Parks: Collaborating Across Mediums” (A sneak peek at The National Parks’ latest music video) – Jake Cutler (BYU-Hawaii, band manager), Brady Parks (singer), and Tay Steele (director of photography)

4:15-6:00 – BREAK

6:00-7:00 – Banquet Dinner – TBA

7:30 – Keynote Address by Terryl and Fiona Givens – “Beauty for Ashes” – HGB 275

AML 2016 Conference Registration Form

This program is subject to change, but is mostly set. To all those who expressed interest in viewing the sessions remotely: stay tuned.

I originally thought it would be a one day conference, maybe Friday evening/Saturday all day. But, the program ballooned in the last month from about 12 presenters to about 22. We here in Laie are excited about the positive response, and so far about 50 non-presenters from the school and community have registered to attend. It should be a full and hopeful couple of days for AML. Thanks to all those who have gotten involved!