March 27, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingMichael Ondaatje, author of “The English Patient,” discusses work with fellow writer Acclaimed novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje converses with writer Geoff Dyer in a Harry Ransom Lecture on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. The event takes place in the Jessen Auditorium, in Homer Rainey Hall, across the plaza from the Ransom Center. Although he is best known as a novelist,… read more
March 24, 2015, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Research + TeachingNational Endowment for the Humanities awards grant to preserve and enhance access to sound recordings The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Ransom Center a $18,900 grant to preserve and enhance access to the Ransom Center’s non-commercial sound recordings. The grant allows the Ransom Center to complete a preservation survey of more than 13,000 archival sound recordings to establish and document preservation… read more
March 24, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyFeatured “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” artist Abelardo Morell delivers Amon Carter Lecture Photographer Abelardo Morell, whose work is featured in the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland exhibition, delivers the Amon Carter lecture on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at the Ransom Center. Morell’s work has been collected and shown at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the… read more
March 23, 2015, Filed Under: Research + TeachingIncreased access to collections with new Saturday hours for Reading and Viewing Room Beginning Saturday, April 4, the Ransom Center increases its Saturday operating hours for its Reading and Viewing Room and will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The times are an increase from the Center’s prior Saturday hours of 9 a.m. to noon. The Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing… read more
March 23, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingNotes from the Undergrad: Feeling Samuel Beckett’s pain and “Godot” in German Lily Pipkin was a Plan II student in Dr. Elon Lang’s “Drama in the Archives” course. In the class, students used resources at the Harry Ransom Center to better understand plays, texts, dramatists, cultures from which they are drawn, and the archival process itself. Below, Pipkin shares her experience in… read more
March 18, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Photography, Research + TeachingUndergraduates in the archives Students at The University of Texas have the opportunity to enhance their studies with the Ransom Center’s collections. Andrea Gustavson, PhD candidate in American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, designed an entire class around the Ransom Center’s collections, and she writes about how the primary source materials… read more
