August 10, 2016, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFive UK scholars receive fellowships for research at the Ransom Center Five scholars from the United Kingdom will conduct research at the Ransom Center as part of the 2016-2017 International Placement Scheme (IPS) administered and funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
August 10, 2016, Filed Under: Research + TeachingExploring Don DeLillo’s novels from the “long nineties”
July 19, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsHorace and presocratic manuscripts on display Classical Studies and Western Philosophy Collections Classics-related holdings at the Ransom Center range from second century Ptolemaic Greek papyri fragments to medieval manuscripts, from early printed editions and translations to squeezes
July 12, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsThe Jenson Bible joins the Gutenberg Bible’s page turning Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. Biblia Latina. Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, 1454–55. Genesis, Chapter I. Volume I:5r Among the most striking features of the two volume Gutenberg Bible is the consistency of its printing and the elegance of its letterforms: the rich black ink,… read more
June 28, 2016, Filed Under: Art, Research + TeachingFellows Find: Painter and muse Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams’s dramatic opus as well as his abundant correspondence have been minutely and well systematized, interpreted, and to a large extent published, during the decades before and after his death.
June 20, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyExhibition presents unprecedented study of renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt’s life and work The Ransom Center presents the exhibition Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World from August 15, 2016, to January 1, 2017. Featuring more than 200 photographs, it is the first exhibition drawn from the extensive Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection, acquired by the Ransom Center in 2015. It is the most comprehensive examination… read more
