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Academic Conferences and Lectures


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The Huntington hosts academic conferences and lectures every year that are open to the public. Information and dates may be found on the calendar. For conferences, program details are typically available two months before the conference date; Conference registration does not include entrance to the research library.

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Upcoming Conferences

2025–2026

  • Dec. 5–6, 2025 
    “Historias Radicales: Latinx Identity and History in Southern California”
    Conveners Dennis Carr and Diego Godoy
  • Jan. 23–24, 2026
    Making the Body in Renaissance Italy”
    Conveners Shannon McHugh and Jessica Maratsos.
  • Feb. 27–28, 2026
    “Early Modern Queenship”
    Conveners Amanda Herbert and Vanessa Wilkie
  • March 6–7, 2026
    Old Women, Race, and Power in the Atlantic World, 1600–Present”
    Conveners Cori Field and Kimberly Hamlin
  • April 17–18, 2026
    Extinction Revealed: Tracing the Legacies of Lost Species”
    Conveners Dan Lewis and David Bottjer
  • May 1–2, 2026
    Disability and Care in Medieval and Early Modern France”
    Conveners Alani Hicks-Bartlett and Cynthia Nazarian

Upcoming Lectures

2025–2026

  • Oct. 15, 2025
    Catherine Ceniza Choy, LA Times Distinguished Fellow Lecture
  • Nov. 6, 2025
    Dustin Tahmahkera, Billington Lecture of the American West
  • Nov. 12, 2025
    Nancy Rao, Cheng Foundation Lecture
  • Dec. 10, 2025
    Craig Perez, Avery Distinguished Fellow Lecture
  • Jan. 29, 2026
    Meredith Martin, Robert Wark Lecture in the History of Art on Ballet des Porcelaines 
    Performances by Oakland Ballet to be announced
  • Feb. 4, 2026
    Helen Thompson, Dibner Distinguished Fellow Lecture
  • Feb. 18, 2026
    Sonya Postmentier, Ridge Lecture
  • March 11, 2026
    Sandy Rodriguez, Hannah and Russell Kully Distinguished Fellow Lecture
  • March 18, 2026
    Josh Piker Ritchie Distinguished Fellow Lecture
  • March 25, 2026
    Deborah Levy, Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture
  • April 22, 2026
    Aaron Pratt Zeidberg Lecture in the History of the Book
  • April 29, 2026
    Karen Harvey, Fletcher Jones Distinguished Fellow Lecture


Past Conferences

2025

2024

2023

2022