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Church History in the Pacific and Asia Conference

2025 Conference Schedule

February 21-22, 2025 on campus at Brigham Young University–Hawaii

Friday
Saturday

5:30-6pm

Registration/Check-in at BYUH


Please go to the Heber Grant Building (HGB) on the 2nd Floor

6-6:50pm

Conference Opening & Welcome


HGB 273/275:

-Keynote Address-BYU-Hawai’i AVP & Historian Dr. Isaiah Walker

7-7:50pm

First Breakout Session



HGB 133:

-HokiAtu, HokiMai: Tāngata-based Church History, Karamea M. Wright & Dr. Debbie Hippolite Wright

HGB 123:

-Church Center and Gathering Place in Taipei, Dr. Po Nien (Felipe) Chou, Dr. Petra MSW Chou, Deneille Martin
-From the Past to Present: Key Church Buildings in Hong Kong, Dr. Po Nien (Felipe) Chou & Dr. Petra MSW Chou

HGB 113:

-The gathering of Israel during the roaring 20's on the Hawaiian islands through the lens of LDS missionaries, Dr. Fred E. Woods

HGB 115:

-Places of Gathering and Refuge in Micronesia, R. Devan Jensen, Dr. Richard O. Cowan, Dr. Rose M. Ram

8-8:25pm

Second Breakout Session




HGB 133:

-The Purported Bombing of the La'ieHawaii Temple -Dismantling the Mythology, Steven W. Baldridge


HGB 123:

-Kapaka Farms:  A Latter-Day Saint Gathering Place of Stewardship, Sustainability, and Self-Reliance, Dr. Brian H. Stone


HGB 113:

-The Church’s Sense of Place in Hawaii –A Visual Tour of Harold Burton’s Architectural Gems, Brian S. O’Brien


HGB 115:

-Early Home-Churches in India, Santhosh James (with Mentor Dr. Rose M. Ram)

7:30-8am

Registration/Check-in at BYUH


Please go to the Heber Grant Building (HGB) on the 2ndFloor

8-8:50am

General Session


HGB 273/275:

-Global Mormonism Series Publication Opportunities with University of Illinois Press, Spencer S. Wells
-Researching with the Church History Library, W. Tyson Thorpe

9-9:50am

Third Breakout Session



HGB 133:

-The Maori Agricultural College: Its Role in Latter-day Saint History in the South Pacific, Dr. Riley M. Moffat

HGB 123:

-Important Gathering Places for the Church in Mongolia, Dr. Po Nien (Felipe) Chou, Dr. Petra MSW Chou, Tserennyam Sukhbataar, Deneille Martin
-Church Headquarters in Indonesia, Dr. Po Nien (Felipe) Chou, Dr. Petra MSW Chou, Jessika Santoso

HGB 113:

-Stories of Conceptualizing, Building, Maintaining, and Caring for the Wa'a Kaulua, Iosepa: A place of refuge, Dr. Jerusha N.P. Magalei

HGB 115:

-In Homes and Hotels: Precious Pearls Form to Adorn Zion in Vietnam, Dr. Lewis A. Hassell, An Thi Thuy Vu


HGB 135:

(Pre-recorded)

-The Value of Creating Accessible Gathering Places for Young Adults in Melbourne Australia, Taylor D. Johnston
-Refuge in Karachi: Asia’s Early Branch and Today’s Inheritance, Clinton D. Christensen

10-10:50am

Fourth Breakout Session





HGB 133:

-By Right of Blood: The Battle over the Church College of New Zealand, Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp
-Depicting Faith: Early Hawaiian Chapels Through the Art of Al Rounds, Tui Faith Folau

HGB 123:

-Solomon Islands:From Battleground to Gathering Place, Dr. Casey Griffiths, Zoe Moore, Michael Van Tassell
-Finding Refuge in Sauniatu, Dr. Mark D. Ogletree


HGB 113:

-Cook Islands: The Orphan of the Pacific Finds a Home in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dr. Mary Jane Woodger


HGB 115:

-Building & Labor Missions in Asia, Euijeong Son
-Gathering to Hear a Prophet’s Voice in Port Vila, Vanuatu, Dallan C. Manscill


HGB 135:

(Pre-recorded)

-A Legacy of Faith: Iosepa, an LDS Hawaiian immigrant colony in Skull Valley, Utah, Jaimee M. Neel

11-11:25am

Fifth Breakout Session





HGB 133:

-Gathering to Temples Across Oceania: The Stories and Consecration of Members to Obtain Temple Ordinances, Dr. Craig Manscill


HGB 123:

-The Church College of Pesega, Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner

HGB 113:

-The Japanese Mission in Hawai’i: A Place of Gathering and Refuge, Dr. Christian Heimburger


HGB 115:

-Springboard of Missionary Work in Asia: 40 Years of the Philippines Missionary Training Center, Liel A. Maala

11:30am-12:30:pm

Endnote Address



HGB 273/275:

-Places of Power, Neill F. Marriott (former second counselor in the Young Women General Presidency)

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