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What's On

Painting of a woman with her Black slave next to giant tropical fruits.

Trading Enslaved People in the Spanish and British Atlantic Empires

On June 2–3, leading and emerging historians of the Atlantic slave trade will gather for a conference at The Huntington titled “Slave Trading in the Spanish and British Atlantic Worlds” in order to present research on the trafficking of African people in these two imperial spheres.

A two-story building with a four-column portico and a staircase.

Introducing the 2023–24 Huntington Fellows

Each year, The Huntington hosts roughly 150 long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive, peer-review process that provides nearly $2 million in awards.

A Chinese brush painting depicting a bitter melon growing on a plant, accompanied with painting instructions in Chinese.

New Exhibition Will Explore Art Education in Early Modern China

A new exhibition will provide visitors with the opportunity to gain insight into early art education in China through painting manuals originally published in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Cover of Honolulu map with Japanese writing.

Nekketsu Takei’s Japanese Maps of Hawaiʻi

When Nekketsu Takei (1879–1961) traveled by steamship to Honolulu in late 1903, he was one of hundreds of migrants on board escaping economic hardships in rural Japan for employment opportunities in Hawaiʻi. Three years later he produced maps of Hawaiʻi to attract Japanese immigrants as well as to help newcomers familiarize themselves with the islands. The Huntington holds two of Takei’s maps as part of its Pacific Rim collections.

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