This publishing season, books on the American Revolution and Founding Fathers have garnered tough reviews and a little controversy, but one book stands out as a once-in-a-generation reassessment of scholarship on that subject: The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution. The volume, which came out in late November, features essays … Continue reading
Category Archives: Conferences
LECTURES | An Intellectual Feast
Check out what’s coming up in the way of conferences and lectures this fall at The Huntington. Many visitors might not know about the array of offerings, but every year, as the academic year gets under way, The Huntington bustles with an array of rich intellectual events that are free … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | Things I’d Like to Know About Los Angeles
Huntington conferences often bring together scholars who present research in progress and then go on to gather the material into a volume of essays for a new book. On Sat., Sept. 8, The Huntington hosts a conference that acts as a kind of afterword to a book published in 2010. … Continue reading
Around the World of Succulents
Two men who are arguably better acquainted than anyone else with the renowned Desert Garden at The Huntington will be featured speakers at the 29th Succulent Plants Symposium on Sept. 1. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, Aug. 28, so be sure to sign up soon to take advantage of … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | Woody Guthrie Beyond 100
It’s not often that you go to an academic conference and a concert breaks out, but that’s what happened in April when scholars, musicians, and writers gathered at USC for “This Great and Crowded City: Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles.” The famed folk singer would have turned 100 on July 14, … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | Woody Guthrie’s “Great and Crowded City”
Folk singer Woody Guthrie famously roamed and rambled the country in the 1930s and ’40s, writing and singing about the downtrodden caught between the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. He also found inspiration in Los Angeles. On Sat., April 14, a group of scholars and musicians will gather at … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | Finding a New Place for the Frontier Thesis
Erik Altenbernd and Alex Young are just now completing their graduate coursework at UC Irvine and USC, respectively. They both study California and the American West, Altenbernd as a historian and Young as a literary scholar. Before diving into their dissertations they have been pondering the granddaddy thesis of them … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | Between Roy Ritchie and the Deep Blue Sea
Earlier this month, a group of historians gathered to give thanks to Robert C. Ritchie, the recently retired director of research at The Huntington. “The New Maritime History: A Conference in Honor of Roy Ritchie” paid tribute to a man who not only fostered great research but also conducted a … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | The Civil War Lives
In her introductory remarks at the conference “Civil War Lives” this past weekend, co-convener Joan Waugh explained the objective of the presenters: “This conference showcases the importance of individuals—men and women, white and black, soldiers and politicians, unionists and confederates. We want to get at the big issues of the … Continue reading
CONFERENCES | When Every Day is Labor Day
Echoes of a conference held at The Huntington in April continue to reverberate this Labor Day weekend. “Guest Workers: Western Origin, Global Future” spun out of a traveling Smithsonian exhibition currently on view at the Museum of History and Art, in Ontario, Calif. Continue reading