David M. Morris (historian)

David M. Morris is a Ph.D. Researcher at the University of Chichester, whose writings include articles on the relationship between class and religion in Victorian Britain and the place of Mormonism in British non-conformity. He is also the editor of British Mormon historical website at www.mormonhistory.org.

David M. Morris is a co-founder of European Mormon Studies Association and also founder and General Editor of the International Journal of Mormon Studies. Both of which are considered as significant in the study of European Mormon Studies.

Education

University of Chichester M.Phil. / Ph.D. 2005 - Present (Ph.D. Completion Expected 2010)
Staffordshire University P.G.C.Research Methodology 2004 - 2005
Staffordshire University B.A. Hnrs History 2001 - 2004

Articles

"Joseph Fielding," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign July 2007
"Alfred Cordon," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign August 2007
"Charles W. Penrose," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign September 2007
"George Q. Cannon," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign December 2007
"Ruth May Fox," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign January 2008
"The Rhetoric of the Gathering and Zion: Consistency Through Change 1831-1920," British Journal of Mormon Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring 2008. 153-169.
"Richard Ballantyne," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign February 2008
"Hunters and Gatherers: Nineteenth-Century Mormon Leadership in the British Isles" CIHEC British-Dutch Colloquim, Canterbury, 10-13 April 2008, Canterbury, Kent.
"Dan Jones,"British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign June 2008
"George Teasdale," British Isles Insert Pages, Ensign July 2008
"Nineteenth Century British Evangelicalism & Progressive Conversion: A Mormon Perspective", European Mormon Studies, 2008 Conference, Turku, Finland.

Books

  • Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star Volumes (1840-1846) Reprinted 1-7 Hardbound, 2007

Book Reviews

Cynthia Doxey, Robert C. Freeman, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, and Dennis A. Wright, eds. Regional Studies in Latter–day Saint Church History, Volume 7: The British Isles(Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Center), 2007 in British Journal of Mormon Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring 2008. 174-181

Positions & Appointments

  • General Editor, British Journal of Mormon Studies
  • Co-Founder, European Mormon Studies Association
  • Visiting Scholar / Research Fellow - Summer 2006 Seminar "Mormon Thought, 1845-1890: Dealing With the Joseph Smith Legacy", Neal A. Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, USA,
  • Conference Co-ordinator, European Mormon Studies Asosciation 2007 Confererence, Worcester England.

Associations

  • American Historical Association
  • British Mormon Historic Society
  • European Mormon Studies Association

Websites