Printed Treason Lecture

How can publishing a history book be an act of treason? Join book historian Chelsea Reutcke as she explores the production and circulation of some of the most seditious rare books and pamphlets held in the USU Merrill-Cazier Library’s Special Collections. The lecture will be at 3:00 on Thursday, November 7th, in Merrill-Cazier Library Room 101, and on Zoom.
 

Learn how a book banned by Elizabeth I became a bestseller in Europe, what it has to do with the Spanish Armada, and how it still influences how we remember the past today! Come along for scandalous stories and to see why defining the past has always been a battle.

Chelsea Reutcke is the Gordon B. Hinckley Postdoctoral Fellow in British Studies at the University of Utah, and the assistant editor for the Journal of British Studies. Dr. Ruetcke’s lecture is the second in a Tanner Talks series, Biscuits and Botany: Transforming the Early Modern Book. A collaboration between the departments of English and History, the series showcases co-sponsor USU Library’s rich collection of books on early modern religion, science, politics, and magic, demonstrating how books can be vehicles for creative, meaningful transformation.