Botanical
Bee Mine?
Wed., Feb. 9, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
The story of pollination seems pretty basic: Plants provide incentives—most often sustenance in the form of nectar and pollen—to entice various animals to transport pollen from flower to flower.
Conference
Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”- Performance of song cycle set to James Joyce's Pomes Penyeach, composed by Evan Vidar
Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
This video is part of the proceedings of the "Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses" conference, which took place at The Huntington to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in February 2022.
Conference
Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”
Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
Celebrate the publication centennial of James Joyce's Ulysses in a two-day conference at The Huntington.
Conference
Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”- "Language of Flowers" Guided Walk
Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
This video is part of the proceedings of the "Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses" conference, which took place at The Huntington to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in February 2022.
Library
Interview with Octavia E. Butler Fellow Alyssa Collins
Wed., Feb. 2, 2022 | Kevin Durkin
Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English language and literature and African American studies at the University of South Carolina, is The Huntington's first Octavia E. Butler Fellow for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.
Lecture
Spatial Theory in "Ulysses" and Post-Colonial Literature
Wed., Feb. 2, 2022
The Ridge Lecture in Literature featuring Ato Quayson
Announcements
Reconstructing the Japanese Heritage House
Thu., Jan. 27, 2022 | Lynne Heffley
The Huntington's reconstruction of a 17th-century Japanese magistrate's house, shipped to the U.S. in pieces in 2020 from Marugame, Japan, has made remarkable progress since a formal Shinto roof-raising ceremony marked the historic building's early stage of reassembly in May 2021.
Video
Building the Oldest Japanese House in California
Thu., Jan. 27, 2022
A 322-year-old house from Marugame, Japan is being added to the Japanese Garden. This well-preserved structure is an exquisite example of a working magistrate's residence that once served as the center of village life and home to generations of the same family.
Lecture
Reading Fragmentary Traces of the Writer’s Hand: Tekagami
Thu., Jan. 20, 2022
Edward Kamens, professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University, considers the aesthetics of viewing and reading early modern Japanese calligraphy albums—tekagami—in which fragmentary samples of writing by notable writers are brought together for appreciation and display.
Blue Boy Mania: How Gainsborough’s Masterpiece Colored Pop Culture
Wed., Jan. 12, 2022 | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
What is it about Blue Boy that appeals to advertisers, entertainers, and interior decorators? His youth? His fancy clothes? Nostalgia? Notoriety? Over the years, he has served as a stand-in for boyhood, Britain, and fine art itself. American Anglophiles consumed Blue Boy tchotchkes the way they might consume Downton Abbey...
Announcements
2021 Through the Lens of The Huntington
Tue., Dec. 28, 2021 | Kevin Durkin
The year 2021 proved to be filled with both challenges and hope. As we look back at Verso stories from the past year, we remind ourselves of where we have been and contemplate where we are headed.
Video
YOU ARE HERE: A Multilingual Map of the Greater Los Angeles Area
Thu., Dec. 16, 2021
Sandy Rodriguez’s YOU ARE HERE / Tovaangar / El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula / Los Angeles is a multilingual map of the greater Los Angeles area, representing the topography, language, flora, fauna, and land stewardship in the region over time and illus