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Of Rats and Men

Wed., March 27, 2019 | Olga Tsapina, Ph.D.
In the spring of 1838, Henry Meigs (1782–1861)—a veteran of the War of 1812, former U.S. Representative, and a successful lawyer—discovered that he was sharing his house
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The Power of Objects

Wed., March 27, 2019

Jennifer Van Horn, assistant professor at the University of Delaware, discusses the goods Anglo-Americans purchased and used in the 18th century, from dressing tables to portraits to peg legs in this Wark Lecture.

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Sino-Buddhist Medicine: A Missing Link in the Global History of Medicine

Tue., March 26, 2019
C. Pierce Salguero, associate professor of Asian History and Religious Studies at Penn State Abington, provides an introduction to the principles of Sino-Buddhist medicine, the product of centuries of cross-cultural exchange between medieval India and China, with particular focus on pharmacology and medicinal plants.
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The Difficulty of Being Blue

Mon., March 25, 2019

Internationally renowned botanist David Lee, emeritus professor at Florida International University, discusses blue pigments in plants and why they are so rare. Lee is the author of Nature’s Fabric: Leaves in Science and Culture.

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Guardians of the Spirit

Wed., March 20, 2019 | Lisa Blackburn
Ask any bonsai aficionado to name the most famous bonsai in North America, and the answer will almost certainly be "Goshin."
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News Release - Artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 Named 2019 Cheng Family Foundation Artist-in-Residence

Wed., March 20, 2019
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has named Beijing-born visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年as the Cheng Family Foundation Artist-in-Residence for 2019.
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Of Lizards, Laboratories, and History: The Making and Knowing Project

Wed., March 20, 2019

Pamela H. Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and Director of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, tells of her adventures with the Making and Knowing Project in hands-on history and in the experimental history of art and science in this Dibner Lecture.

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Painted Schrank

Tue., March 19, 2019

What’s a schrank and why do we have one? Elee Wood, Fielding Curator/Educator of Early American Art explains.