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Saturday, May 31, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Americas’ Civil War Era: Diverse Histories click for more information »
This two-day conference will bring themes once seen as peripheral to the center of attention, reshaping overall understandings of the Civil War Era. Studies of the American Civil War, argued historian Jim Downs over a decade ago, had become too confined to familiar topics such as military history an...
Event Location: The Huntington's Education and Visitor Center, Rothenberg Hall
Cost: $35.00
Friday, May 30, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Americas’ Civil War Era: Diverse Histories click for more information »
This two-day conference will bring themes once seen as peripheral to the center of attention, reshaping overall understandings of the Civil War Era. Studies of the American Civil War, argued historian Jim Downs over a decade ago, had become too confined to familiar topics such as military history an...
Event Location: The Huntington's Education and Visitor Center, Rothenberg Hall
Cost: $35.00
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Alliance & Collectivity: Retracing the Vibrant History of Asian American Artistic Communities in Interwar California click for more information »
Art historian ShiPu Wang discusses how American artists of Asian descent in pre-World War II California made vital yet still-overlooked contributions to modernism, navigated exclusionary laws, built transcultural collectives, and organized exhibitions that redefined artistic belonging in 20th-centur...
Event Location: The Huntington's Education and Visitor Center, Rothenberg Hall
Cost: Free with reservation
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The South Sea Company and the Atlantic Slave Trade click for more information »
This two-day conference aims to transform understandings of the South Sea Company by shifting attention away from its famous stock bubble and towards its primary business: buying and selling human beings. The South Sea Company (SSC), founded in London in 1711, was one of history’s largest slaving ...
Event Location: The Huntington's Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center, Haaga Hall
Cost: $35.00
Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The South Sea Company and the Atlantic Slave Trade click for more information »
This two-day conference aims to transform understandings of the South Sea Company by shifting attention away from its famous stock bubble and towards its primary business: buying and selling human beings. The South Sea Company (SSC), founded in London in 1711, was one of history’s largest slaving ...
Event Location: The Huntington's Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center, Haaga Hall
Cost: $35.00
