September 5, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingResearch fellowships in the humanities The Harry Ransom Center is now receiving applications for its 2013–2014 research fellowships in the humanities. The application deadline is February 1, 2013. Information about the fellowships and the application process is available online. More than 50 fellowships in the humanities are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support… read more
August 30, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsPhil Patton offers reading recommendations relating to “Visions of the Future” In conjunction with the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, the Harry Ransom Center hosts “Visions of the Future,” the tenth biennial Flair Symposium. The Flair Symposium honors the ideals set forth by Fleur Cowles and her landmark Flair magazine. From November 1-3, the Ransom… read more
August 27, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsEditor recounts working with David Foster Wallace on 1996 U.S. Open piece In 1995, Jay Jennings, a former editor of Tennis magazine, commissioned David Foster Wallace to write an article about the U.S. Open, which was published as “Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open” one year later. In 2010, Jennings contributed a file of corrected proofs and correspondence to the… read more