Introducing “Reckoning International U/UU Histories” The Legacy of the Polish Brethren A Note from your Editor about our Upcoming Journal DUUB 2020-2021 Prize Competition Polish Brethren Contest Announcement President’s Message Announcing the Conrad Wright Lecturer 2021 Become a Member of UUHHS Today Introducing “Reckoning International U/UU Histories” Claudia Elferdink, Reckoning U/UU Project Convener “Reckoning International… Read More »
On behalf of the Socinus Endowment Fund, the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society is pleased to announce a 2021 contest for scholarly papers that address some aspect of the history and influence of the Polish Brethren—their theology, ecclesiology, social ethics, or organizational history and the relevance of their ideas for modern Unitarian Universalist thought… Read More »
We are offering a video by Susan Bartlett Foote who tells the story of Unitarians in Minnesota reforming the state mental health system. The story is full of lessons about how to conduct a successful social justice campaign. Susan Bartlett Foote tells the story well. Susan Bartlett Foote, a professor emerita in the School of Public Health… Read More »
What’s in this Issue 2020 Conrad Wright Lecture Report Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography Announces 2021 Prizes News from the James Luther Adams Foundation Calling All Congregational Historians! President’s Message Unexamined History Project Changes the Narrative Become a Member of UUHHS Today 2020 Conrad Wright Lecture Report Dr. Nicole C. Kirk, Vice President of… Read More »
You are invited to register for a virtual continent-wide celebration of the 250 years of Universalism and its impact now and for the future. The online sestercentennial celebration will be held October 2 – 4, 2020. Register Now Sponsored by the Murray Grove Retreat and Renewal Center, there will be a rich array of programs, talks, workshops… Read More »
The Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society is delighted to announce the winner of our 2020 History Research Prize for Future Leaders: Lóre Stevens, for her essay, “‘Strong at the Broken Places’: A History of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, 1992-2019.” Stevens is a queer Latinx atheist, a second-year MDiv candidate at Harvard… Read More »
What’s in this Issue? The Journal is On its Way From the President of UUHHS News from the Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biographies UUHHS Annual Membership Meeting Become a Member of UUHHS Today Conrad Wright Lecture at General Assembly The Journal is On Its Way News from Our Journal Editor, Kathleen Parker The significance of… Read More »
$500 to be awarded in 2020 This prize will be awarded for the best research essay on Unitarian Universalist history. Essays should be approximately 15-25 pages in length, and they must draw on primary sources and be organized around a clear thesis. They should use rigorous scholarship in support of the growing edges of Unitarian… Read More »
What’s In This Issue How is the DUUB Doing? President’s Post The 2019 Convocation of UU Studies How is the DUUB Doing? by Jim Nugent How useful is the Dictionary of Unitarian Universalist Biography (the DUUB)? How do web surfers find the DUUB? What biographies are the most popular? And who uses it? Fortunately, there… Read More »