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Videos and Recorded Programs


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

Events

Huntington Founders Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024

The 2024 Founders’ Day program marked The Huntington’s fifth anniversary under the leadership of President Karen R. Lawrence. Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, sat down with Lawrence to discuss the responsibilities of leading a cultural organization, The Huntington’s recent evolution, and how founders Henry E. and Arabella Huntington’s intention for their collections to be put to use—by researchers,...

Lectures

Indigenous and Black Fridays: What Robinson Crusoe Tells Us about Race

Wed., Feb. 7, 2024
In this lecture video, David Roediger, professor of history at the University of Kansas and 2024's R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow, considers the circumstances and limits of Robinson Crusoe’s Friday character and what it says about the history of race.
Art

Hdoc: Books of Pictures & Pictures of Books

Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Museums have an origami-like relationship with time because visitors can fold together different eras while navigating the galleries. Two exhibitions currently on view, ”Paintings in Print” and “In Our Time,” are perfect for this folding process. They cover three centuries and half the globe, but both contain works that were criticized in their time for not being art because they were printed.

Events

Highlights from the 2023 Haaga Program: Ramesh Srinivasan and Todd Presner on Generative AI

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023

On Nov. 20, 2023, digital democracy advocate Ramesh Srinivasan and digital humanities scholar Todd Presner joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about the rise of generative AI, focusing on the ethical implications of its aggregation of data at an unprecedented scale. The panel addressed issues ranging from algorithmic bias to the question of whether computers can produce original artistic expression, as well...

Events

2023 Haaga Program: Ramesh Srinivasan and Todd Presner on Generative AI

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023

On Nov. 20, 2023, digital democracy advocate Ramesh Srinivasan and digital humanities scholar Todd Presner joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about the rise of generative AI, focusing on the ethical implications of its aggregation of data at an unprecedented scale. The panel addressed issues ranging from algorithmic bias to the question of whether computers can produce original artistic expression, as well...

Video

A Family Story from Native California: The Wright Family, Kinship and Mobility In California, 1849-1941

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
William Bauer, professor of history at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, examines one family's story as part of the experience of Native peoples between the “abyss” of the 19th century and their return and revival in the 20th.
Video

Aristotle in Pieces: A Medieval Manuscript’s Journey from Italy to Pasadena

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
Book historian Lisa Fagin Davis traces the journey of three pieces of a medieval manuscript written by Aristotle from 13th-century Italy to 20th-century America and The Huntington.
Art

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
This short documentary film explores artist Betye Saar’s process creating “Drifting Toward Twilight,” a site-specific installation at The Huntington, and her recollections of her life and career.