Videos and Recorded Programs

Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences

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Video

A Conversation with Kevin Kwan - “Lies and Weddings: A Novel”

Sat., June 15, 2024
Kevin Kwan, author of the New York Times bestseller “Crazy Rich Asians,” speaks about his new book, “Lies and Weddings: A Novel,” with Christina Nielsen, director of The Huntington’s Art Museum.
Video

"Homage to Nature" by Mineo Mizuno

Wed., June 5, 2024 | Aric Allen
California-based Japanese American artist Mineo Mizuno’s site-specific sculpture, titled "Homage to Nature," is crafted from fallen timber gathered in the forests of the Sierra Nevada, where the artist lives and works.
Events

Why It Matters: Carol T. Christ in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., April 30, 2024
The importance of empathy and the power of language were recurring themes in a wide-ranging conversation between Carol Christ, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and Huntington President Karen Lawrence. Topics addressed included the Pac-12 collegiate athletic conference, the impact of digital technology on education, and free speech.
Video

Highlights from Why It Matters: Carol T. Christ in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., April 30, 2024
The importance of empathy and the power of language were recurring themes in a wide-ranging conversation between Carol Christ, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and Huntington President Karen Lawrence. Topics addressed included the Pac-12 collegiate athletic conference, the impact of digital technology on education, and free speech.
Lectures

In Isherwood’s Footsteps: Seeing the World in the Round

Thu., April 25, 2024
In this lecture video, Pico Iyer, who has read Christopher Isherwood’s writings for half a century and introduced a book of Isherwood’s travels, takes off from his elder’s example to explain why travel, always a great luxury, is ever more a moral necessity.
Watch & Listen

Hdoc: Finding Judith

Thu., March 28, 2024 | Aric Allen
Honor Sachs, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder, is a historian of early America whose research focuses on slavery, law, and family. She is currently writing a multigenerational history of an enslaved family that sued for freedom claiming Indigenous ancestry.
Lecture

The Japanese Shōya House: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Architecture

Thu., March 28, 2024
Yukio Lippit, professor of Japanese art and architecture at Harvard University, discusses how The Huntington’s Shōya House offers a unique opportunity to explore an abundance of ideas and elements about Japanese architecture as a whole.
Library

Multi-Storied Library: Lasting Impressions – Hand Printing in Practice

Fri., March 22, 2024
The Huntington holds one of the largest collections of William Morris’ Kelmscott Press books in the world. Join Library staff for a deep dive into Morris’ artistic philosophy and handmade approach to printing during a time when the industry was moving toward mass production.
Lectures

The Role of the Japanese Tea Hut in Understanding the Way of Tea

Fri., March 22, 2024
Bruce Sosei Hamana, a tea ceremony expert with the Urasenke Tankokai Federation, discusses the “chashitsu,” the traditional tearoom.
Art

Sargent Claude Johnson–California School for the Blind Commission

Mon., March 18, 2024
In 1933, Sargent Johnson began a monumental architectural installation for the California School for the Blind in Berkeley. It was commissioned by the federally sponsored Public Works of Art Project—part of the New Deal.
Events

Highlights from Founders’ Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024
On Feb. 22, 2024, Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence sat down with Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, for a conversation that looked back at The Huntington’s past five years under Lawrence’s leadership and forward at the institution’s strategic aspirations.
Events

Huntington Founders Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024
The 2024 Founders’ Day program marked The Huntington’s fifth anniversary under the leadership of President Karen R. Lawrence.