Library
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.
Art
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...
Exhibitions
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.
Conference
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.
Library
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).
Lecture
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
Lecture
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.
Lecture
A Rare Book Rogue in Texas
Thu., Nov. 8, 2018
Michael Vinson, author and proprietor of Michael Vinson Americana, shares the tale of John Holmes Jenkins III (1940–1989), a Texas antiquarian bookseller, publisher, historian, and gambler who, in 1971, helped the FBI recover a valuable set of original colored engravings of Audubon's The Birds of
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
Video
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.