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The academic conference “Maritime History from Below: Rethinking Societies and the Sea” (Nov. 3–4) offers new stories of humankind’s relationship to the sea, including the experiences of sailors, transported prisoners, enslaved people, and Indigenous Americans.

In this lecture video, Gabriela Soto Laveaga, professor of history at Harvard University and Dibner Distinguished Fellow, examines Mexico's pivotal role in addressing global hunger in the mid-20th century, revealing the significant but often overlooked consequences that continue to haunt us today.

Watch this highlight reel of the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, where Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.

For the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.

Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about his career as a critic and curator, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.

In celebration of the exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” join Beauty and the Beast screenwriter Linda Woolverton for an in-depth conversation with Wolf Burchard, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, but that’s only one of the firsts that Linda Woolverton includes among her accomplishments: the first woman to write an animated feature film; the first female screenwriter with a sole writing credit on a film that grossed $1 billion dollars for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland; and playwright of Disney’s first Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast, for which she received a Tony Award nomination and won an Olivier Award). Other Disney classics credited to Woolverton include: The Lion King, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Maleficent, and Maleficent: Mistress of All Evil.

This program was recorded on March 9, 2023.

Exhibition curator Wolf Burchard from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in conversation with producer Don Hahn, animator Glen Keane, and art director Brian McEntee.

In celebration of the exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” exhibition curator Wolf Burchard, Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, leads an illuminating conversation about the creation of the animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991) and the diverse sources of inspiration that informed its design, aesthetic, and screenplay.

Featured speakers:

• Don Hahn, Producer, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
• Glen Keane, Animation Director, Glen Keane Productions
• Brian McEntee, Art Director, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

This program was recorded on March 6, 2023.

Letters from Jane Austen’s mother reveal more than just a glimpse into the famous author’s family—they highlight the importance of archives and those who tend to them.