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Marlene Renz

Video: Fellow looks into never-made Selznick film of Hersey’s The Wall

October 8, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Jeremy Treglown video image

Jeremy Treglown is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies at the University of London.  He has visited the Ransom Center on multiple occasions, including time spent researching Roald Dahl. [Read more…] about Video: Fellow looks into never-made Selznick film of Hersey’s The Wall

Filed Under: Research + Teaching Tagged With: David Selznick, Dorot Foundation, Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Jewish Studies, Jeremy Treglown, John Hersey

Video: Fellow discusses role of white South African writing in the human rights struggles in South Africa

September 22, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Gareth Griffiths is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong. He came to the Ransom Center to begin researching the South African writer Stephen Gray’s archive. Griffiths wanted to examine “the role of white South African writing in the human rights struggles in South Africa.” [Read more…] about Video: Fellow discusses role of white South African writing in the human rights struggles in South Africa

Filed Under: Research + Teaching Tagged With: apartheid, Australia, bisexual, Fellowships, gay, human rights, literature, prejudice, South Africa, Stephen Gray

Meet the staff: Curator of Art Peter Mears

August 11, 2015 - Marlene Renz

Peter Mears checking color match prints for the Reaugh book, Windows on the West, with Ellen McKie at UT Press.

Meet the Staff is a Q&A series on Cultural Compass that highlights the work, experience, and lives of staff at the Harry Ransom Center.

Peter Mears served in the United States Army before receiving his Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. After traveling through Central America he arrived in Austin and gained experience at what is now called the Contemporary Austin Museum. Mears joined the Ransom Center in 1995 and serves as Curator of Art. [Read more…] about Meet the staff: Curator of Art Peter Mears

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Meet the Staff Tagged With: army, artists, arts and crafts movement, arts curator, Books, Cranbrook Academy of Art, curator of art, exhibition, Exhibitions, fine arts, Frank Reaugh, Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, Meet the Staff, Mexico, Peter Mears, Windows on the West Categories: arts

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