November 3, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events"Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster Wallace" The Harry Ransom Center commemorated the opening of the David Foster Wallace archive with readings of Wallace’s work by writers and actors on September 14, 2010. Readers Wayne Alan Brenner, Elizabeth Crane, L. B. Deyo, Doug Dorst, Owen Egerton, Chris Gibson, Kurt Hildebrand, Shannon McCormick, and Jake Silverstein shared selections… read more
October 19, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography, Research + Teaching"The Lives and Work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim" Tonight, J. B. Colson, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Fellow of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and Roy Flukinger, Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography, discuss the lives and work of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim at the Ransom Center. This event will be held in conjunction with… read more
October 14, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsCharles R. Larson on African literature Tonight, Charles R. Larson of American University speaks about his collection of African, African American, and Native American literature, acquired by the Harry Ransom Center> in 2009. Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin emeritus professor of English, hosts the conversation. Here Larson shares how he became interested in African… read more
