September 5, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingResearch fellowships in the humanities The Harry Ransom Center is now receiving applications for its 2013–2014 research fellowships in the humanities. The application deadline is February 1, 2013. Information about the fellowships and the application process is available online. More than 50 fellowships in the humanities are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support… read more
August 15, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingKraus map collection now accessible The Ransom Center recently launched an online database for its Kraus map collection. The 36-map collection, acquired in 1969 by Harry Ransom from the New York antiquarian dealer Hans P. Kraus, features a wide range of individual maps of Europe and America, atlases, a rare set of large terrestrial and… read more
August 2, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingPostcards from France: Paul Fussell and the Field Service “Form-letter” May 23, 2012, marked the passing of literary scholar and public intellectual Paul Fussell, whose monumental 1975 study of World War I, The Great War and Modern Memory, brought widespread attention to how the experience of trench warfare helped foster a modern, ironic sensibility that still influences art and culture… read more
