the January Series 2026
Monday, January 19
Tuesday, January 20
Wednesday, January 21
Thursday, January 22
Friday, January 23
Monday, January 26
Tuesday, January 27
Wednesday, January 28
Thursday, January 29
Friday, January 30
The award-winning January Series of Calvin University is one of the leading lecture and cultural arts series in the country. By promoting education, civic engagement, and open inquiry, we’re growing a community of lifelong learners who seek to be active participants in creating a better, more inspired, more inclusive world.
Join us in the Beardsley Theater, inside the Frauenthal Center, for these engaging, FREE, live presentations.
JAN 19 – Monday REV. NAOMI TUTU: Our Shared Humanity: Creating Understanding Through the Principles of MLK
JAN 20 – Tuesday KAITLIN CURTICE: Journeying with Story
JAN 21 – Wednesday MAJORA CARTER: Developing Healthy, Equitable Cities for All
JAN 22 – Thursday DR.VIVEK MURPHY: Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
JAN 23 – Friday HARRY SMITH: Less is More. More or Less.
JAN 26 – Monday DAVID BROOKS: The Path to Cultural Repair
JAN 27 – Tuesday DR. SAMANTHA NUTT: Conflicted? The World of War
JAN 28 – Wednesday WU MAN: The Pipa- A Musical Bridge Between Cultures
JAN 29 – Thursday TOM MEDEMA: America at 250: How Our National Parks Inspire a More Perfect Union
JAN 30 – Friday SABRINA LITTLE: Sports as a Laboratory for Virtue
