August 4, 2023, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFinding Henry Street: the Broadway Revival of Funny Girl and New York City Dramaturgy by BARRIE GELLES My heart was racing because I had just bolted through the New York City theatre district. As far as I was concerned, there was an archival emergency. I recognize the absurdity and humor in claiming that I was having a musical theatre crisis, but the urgency felt… read more
June 20, 2023, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1Archive of Poet James Fenton Acquired The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of English poet James Fenton, whose body of work reflects on the political upheavals of our time, including the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the suppression of political protest in China’s Tiananmen Square, and Northern Ireland’s fratricidal bloodletting. His papers include notebooks… read more
May 9, 2023, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellowships Awarded to 52 Scholars The Ransom Center has awarded 52 fellowships for the upcoming year to postdoctoral, dissertation and independent researchers studying a wide array of topics, from Tennessee Williams’ visual self portraits to 1980s Hollywood Gothic, Deborah Hay and the choreographer as archivist, literary estates and copyright, the Nigerian Civil War and Nigerian… read more