Add to Calendar
When:
March 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
America/Los Angeles Timezone
2020-03-10T18:00:00-07:00
2020-03-10T19:30:00-07:00
Where:
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
Humanities and Social Sciences Building
UCSB
Humanities and Social Sciences Building
UCSB
Cost:
Free
Lecture by Benjamin E. Park: “Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier”
At its peak, the Mormon city of Nauvoo, nestled along the Mississippi River in Illinois during the 1840s, boasted nearly 20,000 people. Within a few years, it was a ghost town. But more than a fascinating and violent tale, the rise and fall of Joseph Smith’s kingdom reveals much about early American debates over religious freedom and democratic rule. Kingdom of Nauvoo is the first book devoted to the topic for a public audience in over fifty years, and it draws from sources that have long been sequestered. This presentation will highlight some of the key lessons from this crucial, if often overlooked, crisis
