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Videos and Recorded Programs


Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.

Exhibitions

Wang Mansheng Makes His Own Paint Brushes

Tue., July 8, 2025 | Aric Allen
Artist Wang Mansheng discusses the imperfection and beauty of the brushes he handcrafted for his exhibition “Without Us.” Watch the artist at work and learn how experimentation has shaped his distinctive practice.

Shapiro Book Prize Lecture - “Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson”

Wed., May 14, 2025
Ashley Brown, winner of the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize, discusses her biography of Althea Gibson, the first African American tennis player to win titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals.

American Affections: The Life, Loves, and Letters of Mary Fish

Wed., May 7, 2025
Serena Zabin, professor at Carleton College, discusses the life of Mary Fish, who composed an essay called “A Portrait of a Good Husband,” which described her marriages, her widowhoods, and the epic crises of the 18th century.
Lecture

Life’s “Continual Vibrations”: Asian American Artists and the Natural World

Wed., April 30, 2025 | Nayan Shah
Nayan Shah, professor of American studies & ethnicity and history at USC, gives a talk on how Asian artists found different ways to create that attuned their sensitivity to the natural world’s rhythms.
Lecture

The Ancient Domestic Medico-Culinary Traditions of China (and Beyond)

Thu., April 24, 2025
Explore the relationships between medicine and culinary traditions in China past and present, with Vivienne Lo, professor emeritus at University College London.
Events

Sowing Community: Living with Octavia E. Butler’s Parables

Founders’ Day 2025

Tue., April 22, 2025
The Huntington, which holds Octavia E. Butler’s archive, hosted a special conversation on March 26, 2025, about Butler’s novels “Parable of the Sower” and “Parable of the Talents,” which focus on themes of resilience, community, and social change. Moderator Monique Thomas and panelists Nikki High, Tamisha A. Tyler, and John Williams explored Butler’s call to community building, her influence on writers and activists, and how her fiction does—and doesn’t—speak to the present moment.

Three Women Doctors of Late Imperial China

Thu., April 10, 2025
Lorraine Wilcox, professor at Emperor’s College, presents the writings of three female doctors from late imperial China.
Lecture

Early Books’ Migration: European Upheaval and American Collections

Wed., April 9, 2025

This lecture presents the ongoing investigation of the consequences—intended and unintended, direct and indirect—of historical policies and political events on the European book heritage that migrated to the United States, with a specific focus on 15th-century printed books, the so-called incunabula.