Conferences
A History of the Medical Book
Wed., Nov. 7, 2018 | Mary E. Fissell
When we analyze an early-modern medical book nowadays, we often read it on Early English Books Online (EEBO), Google Books, or a similar platform. While such digitization has opened up all kinds of scholarly opportunities, it has also meant that we less frequently encounter a historical medical book as a...
Video
Rituals of Labor and Engagement: Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr.
Wed., Nov. 7, 2018
L.A. artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr.
Lecture
America's Costliest Natural Disaster: Rust
Tue., Nov. 6, 2018
Jonathan Waldman, author of "Rust: The Longest War," provides an illuminating look at the unsung heroes—engineers—who are working to keep our modern world from wasting away due to rust, which has been called "the great destroyer." Rust consumes cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house fires
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Song of Eight Drinking Immortals – Calligraphy Demonstration by Tang Qingnian
Sun., Nov. 4, 2018
Contemporary artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 demonstrates his calligraphy, which enlivens past traditions with a modern aesthetic sensibility. Originally from Beijing, Tang was at the forefront of China's "New Wave" art movement in the 1980s before relocating to the United States.
Lecture
Calligraphy Demonstration by Tang Qingnian
Sun., Nov. 4, 2018
Contemporary artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 demonstrates his calligraphy, which enlivens past traditions with a modern aesthetic sensibility. The art of ink and brush calligraphy has long been prized in China as a form of creative expression and an embodiment of scholarly culture.
Lecture
My Father, Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Makeup
Tue., Oct. 30, 2018
Sara Karloff, daughter of the screen legend whose iconic performance as the Frankenstein Monster set the standard, shares his more human side.
Library
The Spirit of Party
Tue., Oct. 30, 2018 | Olga Tsapina
Few documents of the Founding era were more admired in the United States before the Civil War than George Washington's Farewell Address. Americans liked to think of themselves as the same nation to which its first president appealed in 1796—patriotic citizenry with "reflecting and virtuous minds" whose "love of liberty"...
Lecture
Atoms, Lies, and Hands with Eyes: Daniel Sennert’s Chymical Reform of 17th-Century Medicine
Sun., Oct. 28, 2018
Joel A. Klein, the Molina Curator for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at The Huntington, explores the work of Daniel Sennert (1572–1637), professor of medicine at Wittenberg University, who sought to reform 17th-century medicine through alchemy, atomism, and experimentation.
Beatrix Farrand at The Huntington
Wed., Oct. 24, 2018 | Ann Scheid
Documentary filmmaker and six-time Emmy Award-winner Karyl Evans will present a screening of her film "The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12 in The Huntington's Rothenberg Hall. In anticipation of the screening, we have invited historian Ann Scheid to write about the work.
Exhibitions
News Release - New Huntington-Inspired Works by Artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. to go on View Nov. 10
Wed., Oct. 24, 2018
Two Los Angeles-based artists—Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. —debut new work beginning Nov. 10 as part of an ongoing contemporary arts initiative at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Lecture
Reader, Can You Assist Me?: John James Audubon and the Origins of Citizen Science
Wed., Oct. 24, 2018
Gregory Nobles, professor emeritus of history at Georgia Institute of Technology, explores the role of ordinary observers in scientific developments from Audubon's era in the 19th century to the present day. This program is a Ritchie Distinguished Fellow Lecture.
Lecture
Ohara School of Ikebana
Sun., Oct. 21, 2018
Hiroki Ohara, fifth-generation headmaster of the Ohara School of Ikebana, presents a lecture-demonstration of the Japanese art of ikebana flower arranging in celebration of the school's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles.