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Lecture
Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China
Thu., Feb. 17, 2022
In his book, Ordering the Myriad Things, Nicholas K.
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.”