William Camargo’s Protest Pictures Give Voice to History
Tue., Nov. 7, 2023 | Deborah Miller Marr
Photographer William Camargo has a talent for transporting the viewer to a precise moment in time, often delivering a jarring history lesson in the process. His series Origins and Displacements amplifies issues of gentrification and the invisible labor in his hometown of Anaheim, California.
Reflecting on Daguerreotypes
Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 | Linde B. Lehtinen, Ph.D.
There are more than 70 daguerreotypes in The Huntington’s collection, each with stories as unique as the daguerreotype process itself. These miniature portals into 19th-century life preserve vital histories and allow viewers to engage in their own contact with the past.
Rethinking Maritime History from Below
Tue., Oct. 24, 2023 | James Davey and Kevin Dawson
The academic conference “Maritime History from Below: Rethinking Societies and the Sea” (Nov. 3–4) offers new stories of humankind’s relationship to the sea, including the experiences of sailors, transported prisoners, enslaved people, and Indigenous Americans.
Lectures
Troubles Below the Waterline: Native Land, Contaminated Water, and Solutions to Global Hunger from Mexico’s Yaqui Valley
Wed., Oct. 18, 2023
In this lecture video, Gabriela Soto Laveaga, professor of history at Harvard University and Dibner Distinguished Fellow, examines Mexico's pivotal role in addressing global hunger in the mid-20th century, revealing the significant but often overlooked consequences that continue to haunt us today.
Events
Highlights from Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence
Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
Watch this highlight reel of the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, where Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.
Sharing the Love with Hilton Als
Tue., Oct. 17, 2023 | Sandy Masuo
Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about his career as a critic and curator, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.
Events
Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence
Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
For the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.
Lectures
Behind the Scenes: Screenwriting Disney Classics
Tue., Oct. 10, 2023
In celebration of the exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” join Beauty and the Beast screenwriter Linda Woolverton for an in-depth conversation with Wolf Burchard, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art i
Lectures
The Making of Disney's “Beauty and the Beast”
Tue., Oct. 10, 2023
Exhibition curator Wolf Burchard from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in conversation with producer Don Hahn, animator Glen Keane, and art director Brian McEntee.
Library
Family Archivists: Letters from Jane Austen’s Mom
Mon., Oct. 9, 2023
Letters from Jane Austen’s mother reveal more than just a glimpse into the famous author’s family—they highlight the importance of archives and those who tend to them.
Library
Josh Garrett-Davis Appointed as The Huntington’s H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History
Wed., Oct. 4, 2023
The Huntington announced today the appointment of Josh Garrett-Davis as the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History. Garrett-Davis has served for the past seven years as the Gamble Curator of Western History, Popular Culture, and Firearms at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.
Lectures
How the Yellow Peril Became Brown: The 1965 Immigration Act and the Remaking of Racial Illegality in the US
Wed., Oct. 4, 2023
In this lecture video, Madeline Hsu, director of the Center for Migration Studies, discusses the transformative impacts of the 1965 Immigration Act and how the law shifted racial anxieties and hostilities that once targeted Asians toward Mexicans and Latinos as “brown perils.”