CLASSICS

Accessing a Career in Archaeology: Lessons from the Field and the Classroom

Tuesday, October 7, 12:30 | Taft Research Center 

The MetaClassics lecture series aims to provide self-reflective explorations of the discipline of Classics, celebrating innovative approaches and contributions to the field and encouraging an expansive vision of the materials and methods that we bring to bear on our understanding of ancient and modern worlds. This year’s speaker is Dr. Nadhira Hill, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and Archaeology at Randolph-Macon College. Co-hosted with UC Classics. 

SWELL

everyday-theory

Wednesday, October 8, 7pm | Swell, 2936 Colerain Avenue

Join us for a new reading/making group that centers everyday knowledge now. 

Inspired by The Swell Reader quarterly theme Repair, our monthly sessions will take up recent books that theorize from the everyday and imagine methods for a livable world. Taft Postdoctoral Fellow Harshavardhan Bhat will facilitate the sessions, sharing excerpts from the books and guiding discussion and reflection/making activities. 

On October 8 we will discuss Rupa Mayra and Raj Patel’s 2021 book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. After shared reading and discussion, participants will make recipe zines that engage the inflammation we experience connected by and addressed through different recipes. All are welcome to attend. All zine materials will be provided. Copies of Inflamed are available via CHPL.

THE CARNEGIE

Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us

KADIST & The Carnegie | October 18, 6–9pm, Covington Plaza, 1 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 

Taft is proud to sponsor The Carnegie and KADIST's collaborative exhibition that explores placemaking, shapeshifting, and the temporalities of Kentucky through the Ohio River. Thinking of movement, fluidity, ephemerality, and environmental activation, this exhibition consists of outdoor pop-up video exhibitions that spans six venues across six cities in Kentucky, once a month from June to November 2025. The traveling exhibition is composed of two videos and a soundscape that represent international and regional voices that interweave disruption and contemplation through placid yet subversive temporalities. Learn more here. 

SWELL

everyday-theory

Wednesday, November 19, 7pm | Swell, 2936 Colerain Avenue | Register

Join us for a new reading/making group that centers everyday knowledge now. 

Inspired by The Swell Reader quarterly theme Repair, our monthly sessions will take up recent books that theorize from the everyday and imagine methods for a livable world. Taft Postdoctoral Fellow Harshavardhan Bhat will facilitate the sessions, sharing excerpts from the books and guiding discussion and reflection/making activities. 

On November 19 we will discuss Christina Sharpe's 2023 book Ordinary Notes. After shared reading and discussion, participants will develop their own postcard-length reflections on processing what constitutes a note based on an observation or reading. All are welcome to attend. Copies of Ordinary Notes are available via CHPL.