May 10, 2012, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Scholar studies the Sandinista revolution and the Contra War through the lenses of photojournalists Ileana Selejan, Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, recently spent time in the Magnum Photos collection with a dissertation fellowship from the Ransom Center. Selejan’s work focuses on aesthetics in war photography and protest art at the turn of the 1980s, specifically on the Sandinista… read more
May 8, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsMaking It New: The Bible and Modernist Book Arts Although the focus of The King James Bible: Its History and Influence is on the 400th anniversary of the Bible, the occasion presented an ideal opportunity to display early English Bibles from the Ransom Center’s collections and some of the finest examples of modern book design featuring Biblical texts. Co-curators… read more
May 3, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsThe Adventure of the Immortal Detective: Discovering Sherlock Holmes in the Archives The BBC’s modernized television adaptation Sherlock and the steampunk-inspired Hollywood blockbuster Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows are only two of the most recent incarnations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective. The Ransom Center holds an eclectic array both of Sherlockiana and of materials illustrating Doyle’s diverse pursuits. Doyle… read more
