JMH Special Multilingual Issue

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In recent years, the Mormon History Association has spearheaded several initiatives to support scholars outside of the United States. This includes instituting the best article and best book on international Mormon history, hosting Global Mormon Studies (GMS) at the annual MHA conference, adding the Global Outreach Chair on the Board of Directors, and through living streaming conference sessions, plenaries, and events. In addition, the Journal of Mormon History has published a historic and special issue of the journal devoted to scholarship in languages other than English. This issue features one article in Portuguese and two in French, which can now be downloaded, here.

“Com Valor Marchemos: Ordain Women e a Reivindicação de Espaços Físicos e Simbólicos por Mulheres Mórmons,” by Adille Rigoni Massimini.

Adille Rigoni Massimini holds a master’s degree in communication and Consumption Practices from ESPM, Brazil. Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, communication and power relations within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication with emphasis in Advertising and Marketing from ESPM, Brazil.

“Vodou, voodoo, et mormonisme : l’histoire des saints des derniers jours en Haïti et les idées discriminatoires contre le vodou haïtien,” by Catherine S. Freeman and Erik J. Freeman.

Catherine S. Freeman recently moved to Sanpete County, Utah, after earning a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies and French Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She is currently workings as a Student Success Coach at Snow College.

Erik J. Freeman is an assistant professor of history at Snow College in Ephraim, UT. He recently earned a PhD in History at the University of Connecticut, where he defended his dissertation titled “The Mormon International: Communitarian Socialist Politics and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1890.”

“Édifier Sion : quelques leçons de l’histoire de l’Église en France,” by Christian Euvard.

Christian Euvrard, from Paris, France, is the former Director of the Paris Institute of Religion. He
earned a BA and master’s in philosophy from the University of Paris XII. He then obtained another master’s in Sciences and Theologies of Religions from the Catholic University of Paris. He received a PhD in Religious Studies (History and Sociology of Religion) from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris, Sorbonne). Besides many articles, he published a biography of Louis Auguste Bertrand, one of the first LDS converts in France (1850). He is finalizing a 2-volume Socio-History of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints in French speaking Europe.

The Mormon History Association expresses their appreciation and congratulations to the authors and to the editors: Christopher James Blythe, Julie Allen, and Vinna Chintaram.

We invite members of the Mormon History Association to help support our continued efforts towards global outreach and inclusion by donating. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the MHA Global Initiative, please contact the MHA Executive Director, Christine Blythe at  christine@mormonhistoryassociation.org.