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Lecture
The New Battlefield History of the American Revolution
Fri., Oct. 28, 2016
Woody Holton, professor of American history at the University of South Carolina, offers a preview of research from his forthcoming book about the battlefields of the American Revolution.
Video
Real American Places: Edward Weston and 'Leaves of Grass'
Thu., Oct. 27, 2016
In 1941, the Limited Editions Book Club approached Edward Weston to collaborate on a deluxe edition of Walt Whitman's poetry collection, "Leaves of Grass." Weston accepted the assignment and set out on a cross-country trip that yielded a group of images that mark the culmination of an extraordina
Conference
Early Modern Literary Geographies
Mon., Oct. 24, 2016
Experts in the literature, history, geography, and archaeology of 16th- and 17th-century Britain examine four key geographic sites—body, house, neighborhood, and region—to illuminate the important spatial structures and concepts that define the early modern engagement with the world.
Video
Highlights from the Fielding Collection of Early American Art: Collecting
Sun., Oct. 16, 2016
Jonathan and Karin Fielding talk about what they collect and why and their interest in the pieces with respect to how they were made and how they were used.
Lecture
Becoming Gay in the 1960s: Reading “A Single Man”
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
Novelist Edmund White (A Boy's Own Story) discusses the lasting impression that Christopher Isherwood's groundbreaking novel "A Single Man" had on him as a young author assembling his gay identity in the pre-Stonewall era.
Lecture
The United States from the Inside Out and Southside North
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
Steven Hahn, professor of history at New York University and the Rogers Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, considers what the history of the United States would look like, especially for the 19th century, if we travel east and west from the middle of the country and north from Mexico and...
Lecture
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Chinese Woodblock Prints of the Late Ming and Qing Periods
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
June Li, curator emerita of the Chinese Garden at The Huntington, will look at some of the functions of printed images in China from the late 16th through the 19th centuries, using examples from the exhibition "Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints."
Lecture
Physics and Belles Lettres
Tue., Sept. 27, 2016
Landscape architect Edmund Hollander, author of "The Good Garden," discusses how the design process for a residential landscape is informed by the interaction of natural site ecology, architectural ecology, and human ecology.
Conference
Ben Jonson, 1616–2016
Mon., Sept. 26, 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the landmark folio "The Works of Ben Jonson," experts in the field explore the English dramatist's impact in his own time and his reputation down to the present.
Conference
The Complete Street: Wrongs and Rights of Way
Wed., Sept. 21, 2016
The Los Angeles Region Planning History Group presents a symposium examining the Complete Streets movement. Speakers discuss how urban planners are exploring ways to recapture the public rights of way for pedestrians, bicycles, and public transit.
Lecture
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
Tue., Sept. 20, 2016
Karl Jacoby, professor of history at Columbia University, uses the story of the remarkable Gilded Age border crosser William Ellis to discuss the shifting relationship between the United States and Mexico in the late 19th century.
Video
Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting
Mon., Sept. 19, 2016
June Li, co-curator of the exhibition "Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints," explains how the "Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting" (ca. 1633–1703) directly relates to founder Henry E. Huntington's own scholarly mission to collect art, books, and plants.