November 12, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events“Sis and Jock’s Hot as Hell West Texas Tour!”: Docent takes a 1,318 mile road trip in Frank Reaugh’s footsteps Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides that lead free daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization… read more
November 11, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsCelebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Things They Carried 2015 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
November 10, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsListen: Travel with Frank Reaugh to his favorite sketching spots One of the most popular visitor features of our current exhibition Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West is the “guide by cell” audio tour for visitors. This audio tour lets visitors call in and hear informational snippets about the paintings on display. Ransom Center Curator of Art… read more
November 3, 2015, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsQ & A with scholar Jonathan Bate Ted Hughes’s will stipulates that there be no official biography of his life. Scholar Jonathan Bate worked with the Hughes’s estate for four years to create an account of a “literary life.” The result is Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life (Harper, October 2015). When the estate suddenly revoked its permission… read more
October 28, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmWestern Film Series The Harry Ransom Center presents its Western Film Series in conjunction with the current exhibition Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, on view through November 29.
October 27, 2015, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events“Los Mundos Políticos de Gabriel García Márquez”: Con Lina del Castillo Lina del Castillo es profesora en el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos Teresa Lozano Long (LLILAS) y el Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Ella será la moderadora del panel “Los Mundos Políticos de Gabriel García Márquez” este viernes, Oct. 30, en el simposio Gabriel García Márquez:… read more
