October 5, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingNotes from the Undergrad: Signature Course delves into works, life of Russell Banks Dillon Welch is an undergraduate student studying violin performance at the Butler School of Music. He researched the Ransom Center’s Russell Banks archive for a class devoted to the author’s works. During the course, Banks was on campus for an event at the Ransom Center, and Welch was given… read more
September 27, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRemembering Penelope Fitzgerald: “We Can Only Hope It Keeps Going.” Philip Christensen, College Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at Suffolk County Community College, maintained a seven-year correspondence with novelist Penelope Fitzgerald, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center. Christensen recently donated the letters from their correspondence to the Ransom Center, and in this essay, he shares some of the… read more
September 15, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingSignature Courses offer freshmen opportunity to experience primary materials and archival research Bibiana Gattozzi recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Masters in Musicology. Last year, she was a Teaching Assistant for a Signature Course entitled “Music, Art, and Ritual in Mexican Catholicism.” Designed for first-year undergraduates, Signature Courses are interdisciplinary seminars taught by professors from across the… read more
