‘World From Here’ Programs

All public programs scheduled in conjunction with “The World From Here” exhibition are free and open to the public and will be at the UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. (310) 443-7000.

“An Infinity of Good, Singular and Remarkable Books,” lecture by Nicolas Barker, former head of conservation at the British Library. Sunday, 3 p.m.

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“The Great American Treasure Hunt,” lecture by Neil Harris, author of “The Artist in American Society,” “Building Lives” and other books. Next Thursday, 7 p.m.

Gallery talk focusing on items related to the Japanese American internment during World War II by Karen Higa, senior curator of art at the Japanese American National Museum. Oct. 28, 3 p.m.

“The Songbook as an L.A. Product,” lecture by Jim Jimirro, founding president of the Disney Channel. Nov. 1, 7 p.m.

“XFR: Experiments in the Future of Reading,” lecture by Anne Balsamo, a principal scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

Gallery talk on Bertolt Brecht’s writing by Pakistani playwright Shahid Nadeem, focusing on politics and the experience of the writer-in-exile. Nov. 11, 3 p.m.

“A Granny for All Seasons,” a staged reading of the play by Shahid Nadeem that was banned in Pakistan. Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

“Dissecting the Making of a Book,” lecture by Barbara Hodgson, a writer, designer and photographer whose works include “The Sensualist” and “The Tattooed Map.” Nov. 18, 1 p.m.

“Nature Revealed: Print and Science, 1500-1800,” lecture by Margaret C. Jacob, a historian of science and professor of history at UCLA. Nov. 18, 3 p.m.

“[North-]Westward Ho! Cultural Movement From the Antique World to Shakespeare’s London,” discussion with Michael J.B. Allen, former director of the UCLA Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies, and A.R. Braunmuller, scholar and critic of contemporary and Renaissance theater. Moderated by David Rodes, director of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. Nov. 29, 7 p.m.

“A Conversation on Writing,” discussion with poet Tim Steele, whose collections include “Uncertainties and Rest” and “Sapphics Against Anger and Other Poems,” and Mark Salzman, author of “Iron and Silk,” “Lying Awake” and other works of fiction and nonfiction. Dec. 2, 1 p.m.

Gallery talk on architectural materials by Wim de Wit, head of special collections and visual resources at the Getty Research Institute. Dec. 2, 3 p.m.

“Wartime California,” lecture by Eames Demetrios, writer, filmmaker and multimedia designer. Dec. 5, 7 p.m.

“The Treasures Tell a Story,” lecture by Carolyn Kozo Cole, curator for photographs at the Los Angeles Public Library, and Stephen Johnson, principal architect at Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Dec. 6, 7 p.m.

“The Magical Library: Magic, Scholarship and Collecting in Renaissance Europe,” lecture by Anthony Grafton, author of “The Footnote: A Curious History” and “Leon Battista Alberti.” Jan. 8, 7 p.m.

“Communicating Practice: Texts and Images in Medicine, 500-1850,” lecture by Robert Frank Jr., professor of medical history and history at UCLA. Jan. 10, 7 p.m.