November 20, 2017, Filed Under: Research + TeachingHarriet de Onís y la traducción de la literatura latinoamericana En diciembre del 1948, el New York Times publicó un artículo sobre la traductora Harriet de Onís con el título “La señora de Onís traduce el folclore latinoamericano, e incorpora recetas latinas en su cocina”.
November 15, 2017, Filed Under: Meet the StaffMaggie Gilburg joins Harry Ransom Center as director of development The Ransom Center has appointed Maggie Gilburg as director of development.
November 15, 2017, Filed Under: Meet the StaffThe Advancement of a Development Director Maggie Gilburg is the Harry Ransom Center’s new director of development. She comes from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, where she held a similar position. Gilburg received her bachelor’s in English from Carleton College and an MBA and master’s in Arts Administration… read more
November 9, 2017, Filed Under: ArtExploring Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” in the Ransom Center’s collection On January 6, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a powerful State of the Union address. In it the president explained his decision to supply arms and materials to the Allied war effort. Occurring 11 months prior to U.S. entry into World War II, Roosevelt’s speech described the support as a… read more
November 1, 2017, Filed Under: Research + TeachingBorges, Beowulf, and Texas How did an Argentine poet like Jorge Luis Borges end up reading and writing about Old English poetry?
October 23, 2017, Filed Under: UncategorizedHarry Ransom Center acquires Dean F. Echenberg War Poetry collection The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin is now home to the Dean F. Echenberg War Poetry Collection. The collection was started in the early 1970s by Dean Echenberg, a flight surgeon during the Vietnam War who later became the director of disease control for the… read more
