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News Release - Exhibition on Contemporary British Artist Celia Paul to Come to The Huntington

Tue., Dec. 4, 2018

Seven paintings by contemporary British artist Celia Paul (born 1959) will be on view Feb. 9 to July 8, 2019, at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. The eponymously titled exhibition "Celia Paul," is curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als

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The Prayer Book of Mary, Queen of Scots

Mon., Dec. 3, 2018 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.

The family feud between England's Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) and her cousin, the Scottish Queen Mary (1542–1587)—not "Bloody" Mary, Elizabeth's half-sister—has fascinated people since the 16th century.

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Resplendent Reunion

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018 | Thea Page

Something rare and golden will be unveiled in the Huntington Art Gallery this weekend. Beginning Dec. 1, four tempera-with-gold-leaf panels from an altarpiece by Florentine Renaissance master Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507) can be seen reunited on the same wall, hung in a beautiful new display after more than 200 years of separation.

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Rituals of Labor and Engagement

Wed., Nov. 21, 2018 | Carribean Fragoza

When push comes to shove, there are two kinds of people in the world. The kind who will either run away from a fire or a fist fight, and the kind who will run toward it to get a closer look.

Videos and Recorded Programs

A History of the Medical Book

Fri., Nov. 16, 2018

This conference brings together a range of perspectives on medical texts that emphasize their lives as books, bringing together the disciplines of the history of medicine and of book history. Speakers will explore a wide variety of medical genres in diverse chronological contexts, posing questions about change and continuity in the nature of the medical book.

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The Curious Afterlives of Ambroise Paré

Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 | Seth LeJacq

The French surgeon Ambroise Paré occupies a curious place in medical history. He is a towering figure in Renaissance medicine and the history of surgery, and yet relatively unknown, especially next to prominent contemporaries like the anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) or the nonconformist thinker Paracelsus (d. 1541).

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Government and Family Life: The Unintended Consequences of the English Poor Relief System, 1660–1780

Wed., Nov. 14, 2018

Naomi Tadmor, professor of history at the University of Lancaster and the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, discusses the sophisticated system of social welfare developed in 17th- and 18th-century England aimed to assist the poor and its impact on local government and the lives of families and communities.

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New Explorations in Tea History: Putting Women and Children First

Tue., Nov. 13, 2018

Rebecca Corbett, Japanese studies librarian at USC, explores aspects of tea culture in Japan’s Edo period (1603–1868) and its use in children’s education. Corbett’s current project focuses on the Buddhist nun and artist Tagami Kikusha (1753–1826) and the transmission of her work in modern Japan. This program is part of the East Asian Garden Lecture series.