Taft Research Center
@taftcenter.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary hub for conversations and collaborations that span the humanities, social sciences, and beyond at the University of Cincinnati
Join us for the opening reception of our fall exhibition Public Collectors Publication Survey (9/4-11/4) featuring a lecture by @marc-fischer.bsky.social on 9/4, a zine workshop on 9/5, and two tables at the Cincinnati Art Book Fair 9/6–7! Register: taft-uc.trumba.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join us for the opening reception of our fall exhibition Public Collectors Publication Survey (9/4-11/4) featuring a lecture by @marc-fischer.bsky.social on 9/4, a zine workshop on 9/5, and two tables at the Cincinnati Art Book Fair 9/6–7! Register: taft-uc.trumba.com
Interested in working collaboratively across the humanities and social sciences and with local community organizations?
Sign up now for our fall Taft Research Seminar on Repair (HUM/SOSC 4010 & 7010)with @harshco.bsky.social and help produce a community-sourced zine in partnership with SWELL! 1/3
Sign up now for our fall Taft Research Seminar on Repair (HUM/SOSC 4010 & 7010)with @harshco.bsky.social and help produce a community-sourced zine in partnership with SWELL! 1/3
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Interested in working collaboratively across the humanities and social sciences and with local community organizations?
Sign up now for our fall Taft Research Seminar on Repair (HUM/SOSC 4010 & 7010)with @harshco.bsky.social and help produce a community-sourced zine in partnership with SWELL! 1/3
Sign up now for our fall Taft Research Seminar on Repair (HUM/SOSC 4010 & 7010)with @harshco.bsky.social and help produce a community-sourced zine in partnership with SWELL! 1/3
We are committed to supporting scholars with the structure and community they need to advance their writing goals. From writing retreats and weekly write-on-sites to workshops and accountability groups, see our September offerings and register at taft.center/writes.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We are committed to supporting scholars with the structure and community they need to advance their writing goals. From writing retreats and weekly write-on-sites to workshops and accountability groups, see our September offerings and register at taft.center/writes.
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Taft is excited to offer a new research seminar for Fall 2025, open to all advanced undergrad and early grad students at University of Cincinnati!
🧵 Repair 🛠️
Dr. Harshavardhan Bhat (@harshco.bsky.social)
Tuesdays 4–6:50pm | 3 credits
HUM/SOSC 4010-001 & 7010-001
Taft Research Center
🧵 Repair 🛠️
Dr. Harshavardhan Bhat (@harshco.bsky.social)
Tuesdays 4–6:50pm | 3 credits
HUM/SOSC 4010-001 & 7010-001
Taft Research Center
April 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Taft is excited to offer a new research seminar for Fall 2025, open to all advanced undergrad and early grad students at University of Cincinnati!
🧵 Repair 🛠️
Dr. Harshavardhan Bhat (@harshco.bsky.social)
Tuesdays 4–6:50pm | 3 credits
HUM/SOSC 4010-001 & 7010-001
Taft Research Center
🧵 Repair 🛠️
Dr. Harshavardhan Bhat (@harshco.bsky.social)
Tuesdays 4–6:50pm | 3 credits
HUM/SOSC 4010-001 & 7010-001
Taft Research Center
TODAY at Taft!
⚰️ Archiving LGBTQ+ Stories in Francophone Cultures: A Look at Cemeteries and Social Media in Morocco
Denis Provencher, NC State University
📅 Thursday, April 17, 4pm
This Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures departmental lecture is free and open to the public!
⚰️ Archiving LGBTQ+ Stories in Francophone Cultures: A Look at Cemeteries and Social Media in Morocco
Denis Provencher, NC State University
📅 Thursday, April 17, 4pm
This Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures departmental lecture is free and open to the public!
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TODAY at Taft!
⚰️ Archiving LGBTQ+ Stories in Francophone Cultures: A Look at Cemeteries and Social Media in Morocco
Denis Provencher, NC State University
📅 Thursday, April 17, 4pm
This Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures departmental lecture is free and open to the public!
⚰️ Archiving LGBTQ+ Stories in Francophone Cultures: A Look at Cemeteries and Social Media in Morocco
Denis Provencher, NC State University
📅 Thursday, April 17, 4pm
This Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures departmental lecture is free and open to the public!
Don't miss these two events happening TONIGHT at Taft!
🗣️ Data Say What? with Elissa Yancey from A Picture's Worth and Viann Barnett from HER Cincinnati, 6pm.
🧶 Untangling Data, featuring artifacts presented by students in @harshco.bsky.social's Race and Data Taft Research Seminar, 6-9pm.
🗣️ Data Say What? with Elissa Yancey from A Picture's Worth and Viann Barnett from HER Cincinnati, 6pm.
🧶 Untangling Data, featuring artifacts presented by students in @harshco.bsky.social's Race and Data Taft Research Seminar, 6-9pm.
April 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Don't miss these two events happening TONIGHT at Taft!
🗣️ Data Say What? with Elissa Yancey from A Picture's Worth and Viann Barnett from HER Cincinnati, 6pm.
🧶 Untangling Data, featuring artifacts presented by students in @harshco.bsky.social's Race and Data Taft Research Seminar, 6-9pm.
🗣️ Data Say What? with Elissa Yancey from A Picture's Worth and Viann Barnett from HER Cincinnati, 6pm.
🧶 Untangling Data, featuring artifacts presented by students in @harshco.bsky.social's Race and Data Taft Research Seminar, 6-9pm.
We are hiring! Application review for our 2025–27 Postdoctoral Fellowship begins May 1! Applications for our 2025–27 Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Assistantship are due April 14! taft.center/m/apply
April 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We are hiring! Application review for our 2025–27 Postdoctoral Fellowship begins May 1! Applications for our 2025–27 Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Assistantship are due April 14! taft.center/m/apply
🔍 Data Say What? Research for Community Impact
Elissa Yancey, A Picture’s Worth & Viann Barnett, Recovery Services at HER Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 16, 6pm
Hear insights about working with community experts and how they define and collect data through a lens of trust-based research.
Elissa Yancey, A Picture’s Worth & Viann Barnett, Recovery Services at HER Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 16, 6pm
Hear insights about working with community experts and how they define and collect data through a lens of trust-based research.
April 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🔍 Data Say What? Research for Community Impact
Elissa Yancey, A Picture’s Worth & Viann Barnett, Recovery Services at HER Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 16, 6pm
Hear insights about working with community experts and how they define and collect data through a lens of trust-based research.
Elissa Yancey, A Picture’s Worth & Viann Barnett, Recovery Services at HER Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 16, 6pm
Hear insights about working with community experts and how they define and collect data through a lens of trust-based research.
🌊 Tide Over
Saturday, April 12, 10:15a–6p
Village Green Foundation & Boxelder Community Room, Northside
📋 Full schedule & register: taft.center/4j3OteO
A one-day, multi-site gathering to explore questions of entanglement, interdependence & care through reading & writing circles, workshops & a walk.
Saturday, April 12, 10:15a–6p
Village Green Foundation & Boxelder Community Room, Northside
📋 Full schedule & register: taft.center/4j3OteO
A one-day, multi-site gathering to explore questions of entanglement, interdependence & care through reading & writing circles, workshops & a walk.
April 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🌊 Tide Over
Saturday, April 12, 10:15a–6p
Village Green Foundation & Boxelder Community Room, Northside
📋 Full schedule & register: taft.center/4j3OteO
A one-day, multi-site gathering to explore questions of entanglement, interdependence & care through reading & writing circles, workshops & a walk.
Saturday, April 12, 10:15a–6p
Village Green Foundation & Boxelder Community Room, Northside
📋 Full schedule & register: taft.center/4j3OteO
A one-day, multi-site gathering to explore questions of entanglement, interdependence & care through reading & writing circles, workshops & a walk.
⏳ In Process: Amy Lind with Margaret Power
Anti-Fascist Solidarity Movements and Political Memory in Authoritarian Chile, 1970-1980s
Thursday, April 10, 10am–noon
Join us for our next works-in-progress discussion featuring Taft Center Fellow Amy Lind! 💬
📅 More info & RSVP here: taft.center/3CCk7Re
Anti-Fascist Solidarity Movements and Political Memory in Authoritarian Chile, 1970-1980s
Thursday, April 10, 10am–noon
Join us for our next works-in-progress discussion featuring Taft Center Fellow Amy Lind! 💬
📅 More info & RSVP here: taft.center/3CCk7Re
In Process: Amy Lind with Margaret Power
works-in-progress seminars with our Taft Center & Classics Fellows and invited interlocutors
taft.center
April 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
⏳ In Process: Amy Lind with Margaret Power
Anti-Fascist Solidarity Movements and Political Memory in Authoritarian Chile, 1970-1980s
Thursday, April 10, 10am–noon
Join us for our next works-in-progress discussion featuring Taft Center Fellow Amy Lind! 💬
📅 More info & RSVP here: taft.center/3CCk7Re
Anti-Fascist Solidarity Movements and Political Memory in Authoritarian Chile, 1970-1980s
Thursday, April 10, 10am–noon
Join us for our next works-in-progress discussion featuring Taft Center Fellow Amy Lind! 💬
📅 More info & RSVP here: taft.center/3CCk7Re
Today!
The Opioid Crisis and How to Avoid Another One
A roundtable organized by Isaac Campos featuring
David Courtwright, University of North Florida
David Herzberg, University of Buffalo
Joel Sprunger, University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 2, 4–6pm
300 Braunstein Hall
The Opioid Crisis and How to Avoid Another One
A roundtable organized by Isaac Campos featuring
David Courtwright, University of North Florida
David Herzberg, University of Buffalo
Joel Sprunger, University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 2, 4–6pm
300 Braunstein Hall
April 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today!
The Opioid Crisis and How to Avoid Another One
A roundtable organized by Isaac Campos featuring
David Courtwright, University of North Florida
David Herzberg, University of Buffalo
Joel Sprunger, University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 2, 4–6pm
300 Braunstein Hall
The Opioid Crisis and How to Avoid Another One
A roundtable organized by Isaac Campos featuring
David Courtwright, University of North Florida
David Herzberg, University of Buffalo
Joel Sprunger, University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 2, 4–6pm
300 Braunstein Hall
We're hiring! The Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce a search for a 2025–27 Taft Postdoctoral Fellow. We've made some exciting changes to this year's program! jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
jobs.uc.edu
April 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're hiring! The Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce a search for a 2025–27 Taft Postdoctoral Fellow. We've made some exciting changes to this year's program! jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Cincinnati-area undergrads: Join the Taft Research Center & Department of Sociology May 5–9 to expand your research horizons and professional networks while gaining experience working with different methods of data collection & analysis.
Applications due April 11: taft.center/41KOZHY
Applications due April 11: taft.center/41KOZHY
March 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Cincinnati-area undergrads: Join the Taft Research Center & Department of Sociology May 5–9 to expand your research horizons and professional networks while gaining experience working with different methods of data collection & analysis.
Applications due April 11: taft.center/41KOZHY
Applications due April 11: taft.center/41KOZHY
minor theory
March 27, 7pm
Downbound Books
4139 Apple Street, Northside
RSVP: taft.center/40Hrw9O
Join us for a series of discussions about the university, cultures of thought and study, and community building amidst political and environmental uncertainty.
March 27, 7pm
Downbound Books
4139 Apple Street, Northside
RSVP: taft.center/40Hrw9O
Join us for a series of discussions about the university, cultures of thought and study, and community building amidst political and environmental uncertainty.
March 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
minor theory
March 27, 7pm
Downbound Books
4139 Apple Street, Northside
RSVP: taft.center/40Hrw9O
Join us for a series of discussions about the university, cultures of thought and study, and community building amidst political and environmental uncertainty.
March 27, 7pm
Downbound Books
4139 Apple Street, Northside
RSVP: taft.center/40Hrw9O
Join us for a series of discussions about the university, cultures of thought and study, and community building amidst political and environmental uncertainty.
Taxonomía
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30–5pm
Taft Research Center
Join us for a translingual performance art piece crafted by Javier Cardona Otero. Free & open to the public, registration required. taft.center/4gjkY75
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30–5pm
Taft Research Center
Join us for a translingual performance art piece crafted by Javier Cardona Otero. Free & open to the public, registration required. taft.center/4gjkY75
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Taxonomía
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30–5pm
Taft Research Center
Join us for a translingual performance art piece crafted by Javier Cardona Otero. Free & open to the public, registration required. taft.center/4gjkY75
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30–5pm
Taft Research Center
Join us for a translingual performance art piece crafted by Javier Cardona Otero. Free & open to the public, registration required. taft.center/4gjkY75
Worldbuilding & Radical Worldmaking Symposium
Thursday, March 27, 10am–4pm
Taft Research Center
Join our 2024–25 Taft Dissertation Fellows for cross-disciplinary conversation about their research, methods, and practices. Moderated by 2024–25 Taft Center Fellows. Free and open to the public!
Thursday, March 27, 10am–4pm
Taft Research Center
Join our 2024–25 Taft Dissertation Fellows for cross-disciplinary conversation about their research, methods, and practices. Moderated by 2024–25 Taft Center Fellows. Free and open to the public!
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Worldbuilding & Radical Worldmaking Symposium
Thursday, March 27, 10am–4pm
Taft Research Center
Join our 2024–25 Taft Dissertation Fellows for cross-disciplinary conversation about their research, methods, and practices. Moderated by 2024–25 Taft Center Fellows. Free and open to the public!
Thursday, March 27, 10am–4pm
Taft Research Center
Join our 2024–25 Taft Dissertation Fellows for cross-disciplinary conversation about their research, methods, and practices. Moderated by 2024–25 Taft Center Fellows. Free and open to the public!
TODAY, 4pm at Taft, attend the lecture How to Love a Rat: Detecting Bombs in Postwar Cambodia with Darcie DeAngelo. 🐀 Learn how former war combatants use explosive-sniffing rats to detect decades-old hidden bombs across mine-ridden Cambodian land. 💣 FREE & open to the public!
March 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
TODAY, 4pm at Taft, attend the lecture How to Love a Rat: Detecting Bombs in Postwar Cambodia with Darcie DeAngelo. 🐀 Learn how former war combatants use explosive-sniffing rats to detect decades-old hidden bombs across mine-ridden Cambodian land. 💣 FREE & open to the public!
Due to illness, tonight’s Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination session has been CANCELLED. We apologize and hope to see you at future Taft events!
Playtime isn't over yet! Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto, this Wednesday, 3/12, 4-6pm! 🎲 Explore how interactive play and worldbuilding can incubate revolutionary thought. FREE & open to the 18+ public, registration required: taft.center/4aIHJ3a
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
Radical Play: Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto
explore how play and world-building can be used as an incubator for revolutionary thought
taft.center
March 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Due to illness, tonight’s Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination session has been CANCELLED. We apologize and hope to see you at future Taft events!
📆 *DATE CHANGE* IN PROCESS featuring Siaham Bouamer and Denis M. Provencher has been RESCHEDULED to Thursday, April 17, 10am-12pm.
IN PROCESS is a works-in-progress series with Taft Center & Classics Fellows & invited interlocutors. Advanced registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/in-process...
IN PROCESS is a works-in-progress series with Taft Center & Classics Fellows & invited interlocutors. Advanced registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/in-process...
In Process: Siham Bouamer with Denis M. Provencher
works-in-progress seminars with our Taft Center & Classics Fellows and invited interlocutors
www.eventbrite.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📆 *DATE CHANGE* IN PROCESS featuring Siaham Bouamer and Denis M. Provencher has been RESCHEDULED to Thursday, April 17, 10am-12pm.
IN PROCESS is a works-in-progress series with Taft Center & Classics Fellows & invited interlocutors. Advanced registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/in-process...
IN PROCESS is a works-in-progress series with Taft Center & Classics Fellows & invited interlocutors. Advanced registration required:
www.eventbrite.com/e/in-process...
Playtime isn't over yet! Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto, this Wednesday, 3/12, 4-6pm! 🎲 Explore how interactive play and worldbuilding can incubate revolutionary thought. FREE & open to the 18+ public, registration required: taft.center/4aIHJ3a
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
Radical Play: Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto
explore how play and world-building can be used as an incubator for revolutionary thought
taft.center
March 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Playtime isn't over yet! Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto, this Wednesday, 3/12, 4-6pm! 🎲 Explore how interactive play and worldbuilding can incubate revolutionary thought. FREE & open to the 18+ public, registration required: taft.center/4aIHJ3a
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
🗺️ 123 E McMicken Ave, 2nd Floor - OTR
Come see the #TurnawayPlay on UC's campus! Based on the Turnaway Study – an abortion research project exploring experiences of people denied abortion care and those who could access it. Followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers. Co-sponsored by UC Sociology, WGSS and CCM Acting.
March 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Come see the #TurnawayPlay on UC's campus! Based on the Turnaway Study – an abortion research project exploring experiences of people denied abortion care and those who could access it. Followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers. Co-sponsored by UC Sociology, WGSS and CCM Acting.
TODAY, Monday, 3/3, 11:30am at Taft: Don't miss the 2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Inaugural Lecture, The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC featuring Dr. Anne Delano Steinert! 📖🗣️ Reception to follow.
Register for the FREE event here: taft.center/4jECEwY
Register for the FREE event here: taft.center/4jECEwY
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC
Join us for the inaugural lecture of the 2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Anne Delano Steinert
taft.center
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
TODAY, Monday, 3/3, 11:30am at Taft: Don't miss the 2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Inaugural Lecture, The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC featuring Dr. Anne Delano Steinert! 📖🗣️ Reception to follow.
Register for the FREE event here: taft.center/4jECEwY
Register for the FREE event here: taft.center/4jECEwY
Today! 1:30pm, Taft Research Center
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown in celebration of her new book SAY HER NAME: CENTERING BLACK FEMINISM & BLACK WOMEN IN SPORT.
Free & open to the public!
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown in celebration of her new book SAY HER NAME: CENTERING BLACK FEMINISM & BLACK WOMEN IN SPORT.
Free & open to the public!
February 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today! 1:30pm, Taft Research Center
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown in celebration of her new book SAY HER NAME: CENTERING BLACK FEMINISM & BLACK WOMEN IN SPORT.
Free & open to the public!
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown in celebration of her new book SAY HER NAME: CENTERING BLACK FEMINISM & BLACK WOMEN IN SPORT.
Free & open to the public!
Join us 2/21, 10am–3pm, FEC & Zoom for Taft Faculty Writes! Open to all UC faculty, we'll work on independent writing projects alongside one another, taking short breaks to set goals, report progress, and move around. Co-sponsored with FEC. Register via OneStop: ce.uc.edu/FacDev/Works...
February 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Join us 2/21, 10am–3pm, FEC & Zoom for Taft Faculty Writes! Open to all UC faculty, we'll work on independent writing projects alongside one another, taking short breaks to set goals, report progress, and move around. Co-sponsored with FEC. Register via OneStop: ce.uc.edu/FacDev/Works...
🌎 Friday, 3/7, 6pm 🌍 2025 Worldbuilding and Radical Worldmaking Keynote, Incubating Imagination: Possibilities & Practices Toward Liberatory Learning with award-winning scholar, writer and educator Dr. Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social
Learn more & register for FREE here:
www.uc.edu/news/article...
Learn more & register for FREE here:
www.uc.edu/news/article...
2024 MacArthur Fellow Ruha Benjamin to speak at UC
Renowned scholar, writer and educator Ruha Benjamin will visit the University of Cincinnati on March 7 to deliver the Taft Research Center’s annual keynote lecture.
Benjamin is a sociologist and a p...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌎 Friday, 3/7, 6pm 🌍 2025 Worldbuilding and Radical Worldmaking Keynote, Incubating Imagination: Possibilities & Practices Toward Liberatory Learning with award-winning scholar, writer and educator Dr. Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social
Learn more & register for FREE here:
www.uc.edu/news/article...
Learn more & register for FREE here:
www.uc.edu/news/article...