Videos and Recorded Programs

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

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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.
Lectures

The Poisoning: A War Crime in Early Virginia and the Origins of English America

Wed., Nov. 8, 2023
In this lecture video, Peter Mancall, distinguished professor of history at USC, discusses the increasing scale of violence between Native Americans and newcomers in eastern North America during the formative era of colonization in North America.
Lectures

Troubles Below the Waterline: Native Land, Contaminated Water, and Solutions to Global Hunger from Mexico’s Yaqui Valley

Wed., Oct. 18, 2023
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.
Events

Highlights from Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
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.
Events

Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
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.
Lectures

The Making of Disney's “Beauty and the Beast”

Tue., Oct. 10, 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.
Lectures

Behind the Scenes: Screenwriting Disney Classics

Tue., Oct. 10, 2023
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 i
Library

Family Archivists: Letters from Jane Austen’s Mom

Mon., Oct. 9, 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.
Lectures

How the Yellow Peril Became Brown: The 1965 Immigration Act and the Remaking of Racial Illegality in the US

Wed., Oct. 4, 2023
In this lecture video, Madeline Hsu, director of the Center for Migration Studies, discusses the transformative impacts of the 1965 Immigration Act and how the law shifted racial anxieties and hostilities that once targeted Asians toward Mexicans and Latinos as “brown perils.”
Library

A Thousand Years of Books: Printed in 1085

Tue., Aug. 29, 2023
Some people assume that the Gutenberg Bible is the oldest printed book at The Huntington. But there’s a much older one that dates back almost 1,000 years ago! Curator Li Wei Yang explores the connections between the printing cultures of China and Europe.
Library

Multi-Storied Library: Positively One of a Kind - The Creation and Care of Daguerreotypes

Wed., July 26, 2023
Join Huntington Library staff for an introduction to the creation and care of daguerreotypes, an early photographic process that’s increasingly popular today as an artistic medium.