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CONFERENCE: “Medieval Peasants Revisited" May 16 -- 17, 2008 (Friday -- Saturday), 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. In response to a resurgence of interest by historians in the subject of medieval peasantry, an international group of scholars will examine the peasant experience -- agrarian, economic, and social -- from a wide variety of perspectives. $25. Registration: skrasnoo@huntington.org or 626-405-3432.
CONFERENCE: “Moguls, Millionaires, and Movie Stars: Hollywood between the Wars, 1920-1940" May 30 -- 31, 2008 (Friday -- Saturday), 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, together with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is sponsoring a two-day conference examining Hollywood between the two World Wars. $50. (Graduate students $25.) Registration: kmatsuna@usc.edu or 800-200-5566.
CONFERENCE: “This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs" June 21, 2008 (Saturday), 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibit, this symposium features artists, writers, curators, and academics who will explore the exhibition themes of landscape, body, and regional artistic practice as they relate to the long history of Los Angeles photography. $10. Registration: skrasnoo@huntington.org or 626-405-3432. |
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