Videos and Recorded Programs
Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.
Events
Why It Matters: Daring Mighty Things with Charles Elachi
Wed., Oct. 9, 2024Charles Elachi, the former director of NASA and Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talked with Huntington President Karen Lawrence about the importance of daring to take risks, environmental stewardship, and the mutually enriching interactions among the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Lecture
Nineteenth-Century Nature and Contemporary Photography
Tue., Oct. 8, 2024Contemporary voices in the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” bring forward questions of environmental history to the present. This conversation covers topics such as land extraction, human influence on plants, environmental injustice, immigration, photographic technologies, and reparative histories.
Art
Rebeca Méndez on “Storm Cloud,” John Ruskin, and a Perfect Sky
Fri., Sept. 27, 2024 | Aric AllenArtist, designer, and UCLA professor Rebeca Méndez discusses her work Any-Instant-Whatever (2020), which is featured in “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis,” one of The Huntington’s exhibitions for PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
Botanical
41st Annual Succulent Plants Symposium
Fri., Aug. 30, 2024Notable speakers from around the world cover diverse topics including succulents of South Africa, Madagascar, and Taiwan, the history of Agaves in the Southwestern United States, an enduring scholarly legacy, and a new campaign against the illegal plant trade.
Research
The Huntington’s Exchange Fellowships Partners Webinar
Tue., Aug. 13, 2024Huntington Exchange Fellowship partners discuss the archives and collections available to prospective applicants and the application process.
Events
A Conversation with Kevin Kwan - “Lies and Weddings: A Novel”
Sat., June 15, 2024Kevin Kwan, author of the New York Times bestseller “Crazy Rich Asians,” speaks about his new book, “Lies and Weddings: A Novel,” with Christina Nielsen, director of The Huntington’s Art Museum.
Video
"Homage to Nature" by Mineo Mizuno, 2024, carbonized California oak, steel, and ceramic
Wed., June 5, 2024 | Aric AllenCalifornia-based Japanese American artist Mineo Mizuno’s site-specific sculpture, titled "Homage to Nature," is crafted from fallen timber gathered in the forests of the Sierra Nevada, where the artist lives and works.
Events
Why It Matters: Carol T. Christ in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence
Tue., April 30, 2024The importance of empathy and the power of language were recurring themes in a wide-ranging conversation between Carol Christ, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and Huntington President Karen Lawrence. Topics addressed included the Pac-12 collegiate athletic conference, the impact of digital technology on education, and free speech.