Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Kari Gunter-Seymore! Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour will discuss literature derived from the 32 Ohio counties “nestled within the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.” The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities to members. Some of our … Read More
Learning from Dr. Joe Stahlman
Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Joe Stahlman! Dr. Joe Stahlman (Tuscarora/Pennsylvania Dutch) is an anthropologist, historian, scholar, and researcher. He has over 30 years of research experience working with First Peoples and allies. His research focuses on culture and history, as well as … Read More
Aldus Society Speaker Series: Rhiannon Knol
Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Rhiannon Knol! Rhiannon Knol will speak about the role wrong ideas have played in Renaissance and early modern science, focusing on the writings of Aristotle, Christopher Columbus, and Athanasius Kircher—and reactions by their readers, from Galileo and Harvey to Sor Juana de la Cruz—and … Read More
Vietnam 101: Performed by the Children’s Theatre Workshop of Toledo
Come visit the Children’s Theatre Workshop in Toledo (CTW) to see students perform the play Vietnam 101! Vietnam 101 is a historically based play by Rich Orloff. This play is a documentary theatre piece about the events of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the students at the Oberlin College campus, and was written with the help of firsthand … Read More
Aldus Society Speaker Series: Alan Farmer
Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Alan Farmer! Farmer will discuss recent advances in estimating the numbers of lost books to consider how lost books might reshape our view of the early modern English book trade and the cultural history of England from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. The … Read More
In These Hills
The Over-the-Rhine Museum is excited to display its latest project: “In These Hills.” Come check it out March through June 2025! “In These Hills” is an examination of the Appalachian families who came to the neighborhood in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s in search of work. Dr. Deborah R. Weiner is working with past residents and museum staff to tell … Read More
Aldus Society Speaker Series: Roger Jerome
Join the Aldus Society of Central Ohio at the Thurber Center for a speaker event with Roger Jerome! Roger Jerome will speak about Charles Dickens in Ohio. Few people know that the great novelist visited most parts of Ohio in 1842 and wrote about it. Roger has studied his travels in detail and promises original details. The Aldus Society brings … Read More
Unsettling Museums and Re-Story-ing Indigeneities
Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Paul Edward Montgomery Ramírez! Dr. Montgomery Ramírez is a Monimboseño person from what is currently Nicaragua, raised in diaspora in the United States. He is a decolonial heritage specialist and Indigenous public archaeologist, with a PhD in Archaeology … Read More
Transcending NAGPRA: Indigenizing Collections Care and Repatriation
Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Courtney Little Axe! The University of Montana Anthropological Curation Facility (UMACF) has been working in collaboration with the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers from each Montana tribe to formulate policies and procedures in accordance with cultural protocols for repatriation. The … Read More
Jefferson’s America: Divided but ONE | Interview with Jefferson for Adult Audiences
Thomas Jefferson makes his debut in Cleveland, OH to discuss his life’s purpose as founding father, profound thinker, inquisitive innovator, and author of freedom. Northeast Ohio will learn how one man’s intellectual ambition shaped a nation in the midst of strong national division. This event is a Living History program for the general public, college students, high school students, and … Read More