Videos and Recorded Programs

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

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Lecture

Blasting into Space: The Poetics of Faith and Astronomy in 17th-Century England

Wed., Feb. 16, 2022
In this lecture, Wendy Wall, Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University, describes how 17th-century woman Hester Pulter, while sick and confined to her bedroom after giving birth to her 15th child, sought solace in an unusual way: she wrote poems about taking off into space to explore
Conference

Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”

Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
Celebrate the publication centennial of James Joyce's Ulysses in a two-day conference at The Huntington.
Conference

Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”- "Language of Flowers" Guided Walk

Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
This video is part of the proceedings of the "Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses" conference, which took place at The Huntington to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in February 2022.
Conference

Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of “Ulysses”- Performance of song cycle set to James Joyce's Pomes Penyeach, composed by Evan Vidar

Thu., Feb. 3, 2022
This video is part of the proceedings of the "Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses" conference, which took place at The Huntington to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in February 2022.
Lecture

Spatial Theory in "Ulysses" and Post-Colonial Literature

Wed., Feb. 2, 2022
The Ridge Lecture in Literature featuring Ato Quayson
Video

Building the Oldest Japanese House in California

Thu., Jan. 27, 2022
A 322-year-old house from Marugame, Japan is being added to the Japanese Garden. This well-preserved structure is an exquisite example of a working magistrate's residence that once served as the center of village life and home to generations of the same family.
Lecture

Reading Fragmentary Traces of the Writer’s Hand: Tekagami

Thu., Jan. 20, 2022
Edward Kamens, professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University, considers the aesthetics of viewing and reading early modern Japanese calligraphy albums—tekagami—in which fragmentary samples of writing by notable writers are brought together for appreciation and display.
Video

YOU ARE HERE: A Multilingual Map of the Greater Los Angeles Area

Thu., Dec. 16, 2021
Sandy Rodriguez’s YOU ARE HERE / Tovaangar / El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula / Los Angeles is a multilingual map of the greater Los Angeles area, representing the topography, language, flora, fauna, and land stewardship in the region over time and illus
Lecture

Drinking and Scribbling in the Garden: Xu Wei's Wild Cursive Calligraphy

Thu., Nov. 18, 2021
Peter Sturman, professor of art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses the artistic polymath Xu Wei (1521–1593) and his uninhibited style of calligraphy, known as kuangcao, or "wild cursive." Sturman introduces Xu's calligraphy—particularly, three scrolls that
Video

Kehinde Wiley: “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman” Artist Remarks

Tue., Nov. 2, 2021
The Huntington celebrated American artist Kehinde Wiley with a reception in honor of his painting A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, commissioned by The Huntington as a contemporary response to Thomas
Video

Reading the Lotus: A Garden of Words

Mon., Nov. 1, 2021
Wang Shixiang 王世襄 was 93 years old when he created the inscription “Love for the Lotus Pavilion” for The Huntington. The original handscroll is currently on view as part of the exhibition “A Garden of Words: The Calligraphy of Liu Fang Yuan.”