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.
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
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!
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! 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...
We're excited to partner with the National Commission for Black Arts & Entertainment to host RADICAL PLAY 3/5 & 3/12! Come play Monsterhearts 2 & discuss Imagination: A Manifesto before and after @ruha9.bsky.social's keynote on 3/7. Register for all events here: taft.center/m/events
February 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We're excited to partner with the National Commission for Black Arts & Entertainment to host RADICAL PLAY 3/5 & 3/12! Come play Monsterhearts 2 & discuss Imagination: A Manifesto before and after @ruha9.bsky.social's keynote on 3/7. Register for all events here: taft.center/m/events
TONIGHT! 2/17 5:30PM CCH 5280
Join us for a roundtable discussion about current initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples in Amazônia to support conservation, self-determination, and creative media making in a digital age.
Presented with SEaS & the Neihoff Center for Film & Media Studies
Join us for a roundtable discussion about current initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples in Amazônia to support conservation, self-determination, and creative media making in a digital age.
Presented with SEaS & the Neihoff Center for Film & Media Studies
February 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
TONIGHT! 2/17 5:30PM CCH 5280
Join us for a roundtable discussion about current initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples in Amazônia to support conservation, self-determination, and creative media making in a digital age.
Presented with SEaS & the Neihoff Center for Film & Media Studies
Join us for a roundtable discussion about current initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples in Amazônia to support conservation, self-determination, and creative media making in a digital age.
Presented with SEaS & the Neihoff Center for Film & Media Studies
TODAY! 2/13, 1:30pm, Taft Research Center
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cassandra Jones in celebration of her new book BLACK SPECULATIVE FEMINISMS: MEMORY AND LIBERATED FUTURES IN BLACK WOMEN'S FICTION.
Free & open to the public!
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cassandra Jones in celebration of her new book BLACK SPECULATIVE FEMINISMS: MEMORY AND LIBERATED FUTURES IN BLACK WOMEN'S FICTION.
Free & open to the public!
February 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
TODAY! 2/13, 1:30pm, Taft Research Center
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cassandra Jones in celebration of her new book BLACK SPECULATIVE FEMINISMS: MEMORY AND LIBERATED FUTURES IN BLACK WOMEN'S FICTION.
Free & open to the public!
Join us for a talk by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cassandra Jones in celebration of her new book BLACK SPECULATIVE FEMINISMS: MEMORY AND LIBERATED FUTURES IN BLACK WOMEN'S FICTION.
Free & open to the public!
Join us Monday, March 3 at 11:30am for the inaugural lecture of the 2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Anne Delano Steinert: "The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC."
RSVP: taft.center/4jECEwY
RSVP: taft.center/4jECEwY
February 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Join us Monday, March 3 at 11:30am for the inaugural lecture of the 2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Anne Delano Steinert: "The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC."
RSVP: taft.center/4jECEwY
RSVP: taft.center/4jECEwY
Mark your calendars!
Friday, March 7, 1–3pm
3230 Campus Recreation Center
Join us for a staged reading of the #TurnawayPlay, followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers.
Co-sponsors UC Sociology, CCM Acting & UC WGSS
Friday, March 7, 1–3pm
3230 Campus Recreation Center
Join us for a staged reading of the #TurnawayPlay, followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers.
Co-sponsors UC Sociology, CCM Acting & UC WGSS
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mark your calendars!
Friday, March 7, 1–3pm
3230 Campus Recreation Center
Join us for a staged reading of the #TurnawayPlay, followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers.
Co-sponsors UC Sociology, CCM Acting & UC WGSS
Friday, March 7, 1–3pm
3230 Campus Recreation Center
Join us for a staged reading of the #TurnawayPlay, followed by expert panel discussion with abortion researchers.
Co-sponsors UC Sociology, CCM Acting & UC WGSS
Tomorrow! Wednesday, February 5, 12–2:30pm
Join Dr. Felicia Denaud for an interactive seminar on Black Power politics across the revolutionary 1960s.
Register: taft.center/40so570
Join Dr. Felicia Denaud for an interactive seminar on Black Power politics across the revolutionary 1960s.
Register: taft.center/40so570
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Tomorrow! Wednesday, February 5, 12–2:30pm
Join Dr. Felicia Denaud for an interactive seminar on Black Power politics across the revolutionary 1960s.
Register: taft.center/40so570
Join Dr. Felicia Denaud for an interactive seminar on Black Power politics across the revolutionary 1960s.
Register: taft.center/40so570
Today! Critical Walk in conversation with Viral Justice
Join us for winter walk and reflection on themes from Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, co-sponsored with the School of Environment and Sustainability. Meet at Sitwell's Act II at 12:30pm
taft.center/40mw0m0
Join us for winter walk and reflection on themes from Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, co-sponsored with the School of Environment and Sustainability. Meet at Sitwell's Act II at 12:30pm
taft.center/40mw0m0
February 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today! Critical Walk in conversation with Viral Justice
Join us for winter walk and reflection on themes from Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, co-sponsored with the School of Environment and Sustainability. Meet at Sitwell's Act II at 12:30pm
taft.center/40mw0m0
Join us for winter walk and reflection on themes from Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, co-sponsored with the School of Environment and Sustainability. Meet at Sitwell's Act II at 12:30pm
taft.center/40mw0m0