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Why It Matters: Drew Gilpin Faust and Karen R. Lawrence
Advance reservations for this event are full. We will have a standby line on Thursday evening, and if seats are available, we will accommodate walk-ups on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence speaks with Drew Gilpin Faust, Civil War scholar and former president of Harvard, about the importance of the humanities.
Karen R. Lawrence, President of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Karen R. Lawrence assumed her position as the ninth president of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens on Sept. 1, 2018, following a decade as president at Sarah Lawrence College, a small, highly regarded liberal arts college in Yonkers, NY. President Lawrence's Huntington position marks her return to Southern California, where she led the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) as its dean from 1998 to 2007. Throughout her career, she has been a forceful advocate for the liberal arts. She has served as president of the International James Joyce Foundation and the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature. She currently serves on the board of the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle, NC.
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LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Rothenberg Hall (View)
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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