The Center for Black Studies Research will host a viewing of Martin Luther King Jr.'s reading of his Letter from Birmingham Jail and the documentary I Am Not Your Negro. The film explores race in America through James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript, connecting his reflections on civil rights leaders to present-day racial issues.

Victor Seow, Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, will talk about the history of industrial psychology in China from the 1930s to the 1990s, focusing on how this science of work reflected shifts in the meaning and value of labor over those decades. Seow specializes in China and Japan in their global contexts. This lecture is a part of the IHC's 'The Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Series.'

The Glass Box Gallery, a student-run exhibition space hosted by the Art Department, will feature a showcase by the MAT Graduate Program from January 13–17. The opening reception will include live performances by CREATE Ensemble, Yifeng Yvonne Yuan, and Lucian Parisi.

In 1949, CBS faced pressure from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who accused the network of promoting socialism and communism, leading CBS to fire suspected communists and implement a loyalty oath for employees. This event will showcase two pieces of CBS broadcasting from the era; a discussion with Carol Stabile (University of Oregon, author of The Broadcast 41) and Patrice Petro (Dick Wolf Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center will follow.

The Classics Department will be hosting a celebration for the opening of its LOREL Lab. There will be coffee, lunch, and guest speakers Nick Bartos (UCLA) and Mark Algee-Hewitt (Stanford University).

This exhibition features Hiruko and the Puppeteers: A Tale of Sea Wanderers, a series of oil paintings and collages created in 2008. Tomiyama Taeko portrays a troupe of wandering minstrels, puppeteers, and musicians who journey from the South Pacific to the waters of East Asia and beyond. The exhibition will run from January 18 to April 27.