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Join Susan Scott Parrish, professor at the University of Michigan and R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow in the Humanities at the Huntington Library, for a lecture on the role that Black artisans and artists played in the transformation of eastern U.S. forests into built environments and painted landscapes.

Join Roy Ritchie, senior research associate at The Huntington, for a four-part lecture series that examines the road to independence in early American history.

Join Susan D. Amussen, distinguished professor of history and UC Merced Presidential Chair in the Humanities, for a discussion on how 17th-century portraits illuminate the experiences and identities of London’s growing African population, particularly enslaved children.

Lorraine Wilcox, professor at Emperor’s College, presents the writings of three female doctors from late imperial China.

Ashley Brown, winner of the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize, discusses her biography of Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player to win titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals.