Weber Historical Society Lecture Series
The Weber Historical Society offers an array of lectures that cover topics from across the globe and around the state.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Spring 2022
Three Portraits and One Subject: Ogden's Bernard DeVoto
Russell Burrows, Val Holley, & David Rich Lewis
Bernard DeVoto is Ogden's most distinguished literary native son, the first Utahn to win a Pulitzer Prize. This lecture by three DeVoto scholars is part of a larger effort to pay tribute to DeVoto during the 125th anniversary of his birth in Ogden, Utah.
Sponsored by Weber Historical Society, WSU Alumni Association, & the Bernard DeVoto Commemoration Committee.
January 24, 2022
7 PM, Dumke Hall - Hurst Learning Center
B. H. Roberts: A Life in the Public Arena
John Sillito
At one point, B. H. Roberts was arguably the best-known Mormon in America. John Sillito, retired university archivist and professor, explores why Roberts remains one of the most complex, compelling, controversial, and interesting individuals in Utah and Mormon history.
February 7, 2022
7 PM, Dumke Hall - Hurst Learning Center
The Rodriguez Family Tragedy: Police Violence and Domestic Violence
Katherine Bynum
While investigating the police murder of Santos Rodriguez in 1973, Chicana activist Frances Rizo uncovered a long history of domestic violence in the Rodriguez family life, leading her to campaign against domestic violence and for a battered woman's shelter.
March 14, 2022
7 PM, Dumke Hall - Hurst Learning Center
“Death, Inheritance, and the Tudor Family”
Stephen Francis
How did families in Tudor England react to the disruptions of death and mourning? How were the relationships of family members affected as communities and families reshaped themselves amid loss and the transfer of inherited goods?
April 11, 2022
7 PM, Dumke Hall - Hurst Learning Center