February 8, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingJorge Luis Borges muses on his desert island book selections Ever since Daniel Defoe set the paradigm for the shipwreck in Robinson Crusoe, desert-island lists have remained a popular setting for apocalyptic scenario decisions. Considering the books he would choose should he suffer the fate of the character, the poet André Gide included Cousin Bette, Dangerous Liaisons, and Madame Bovary. Faced… read more
January 4, 2011, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: Elizabeth Bowen and the Discourse of Propaganda Stefania Porcelli of Libera Università- San Pio V in Rome, Italy, recently visited the Ransom Center on an Alfred A. and Blanche W. Knopf fellowship to research the Elizabeth Bowen collection. She shares some of her findings. With the support of an Alfred A. and Blanche W. Knopf fellowship, I… read more
December 9, 2010, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingFellow goes behind the scenes of motion pictures Andrew Scahill, of George Mason University, discusses his research on still photographer Jack Harris and the role of “still men” in Hollywood. Scahill’s research, “Cogs in the Dream Machine: Jack Harris and the Role of the ‘Still Man,’” was funded by the Robert De Niro Endowed Fund. The Ransom Center… read more
