April 15, 2021, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingWhat is research but a conversation in search of the truth? by IRIS JAMAHL DUNKLE This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Biography is a long, slow process of careful research … Reading diaries and letters and sifting through artifacts … I found the answers to these questions by carefully examining each document and artifact, and slowly… read more
April 10, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingETCHED ARCHIVE: Windows at the Harry Ransom Center by ANNE TERRILL This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Buildings tell stories. When Victorian-era critic John Ruskin looked at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, he saw a building that reminded him of an illuminated book, intended to be legible to a visitor. The façade created… read more
March 31, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingTeaching research online during a pandemic by ANDI GUSTAVSON This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Since the start of the pandemic, the Instructional team of the Harry Ransom Center has met every two weeks to figure out how to alter our teaching for virtual instruction. With each new class, our educators… read more
March 29, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Film, Photography, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellowships awarded to UT-Austin faculty and graduate students The Harry Ransom Center has awarded over a dozen fellowships for 2021-2022 to The University of Texas at Austin faculty and graduate students through the Center’s new UT-Austin Fellowship program. The new fellows reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Center’s collections and represent a wide range of departments, programs, and… read more
March 25, 2021, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1, Research + TeachingNOT SPEED READING: The slow pleasures of research by JULIA PANKO This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Lately, I have been dreaming of archives. I have never visited the Harry Ransom Center in person, but I recently perused its finding aids and made a checklist for a future trip. Noting the items from… read more
March 18, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingSlowly, and then round again by SIMON LOXLEY This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? During my time as a researcher, I have always been a working graphic designer. I suspect that, as a consequence, my underlying mindset has always been very results-driven. As a designer, if you want to get… read more