May 25, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingBiographer discusses researching Somerset Maugham biography Writer and journalist Selina Hastings is the author of four literary biographies, including The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, which was released today in the United States. Hastings recently wrote an article for Ransom Edition about her work in the Ransom Center’s collections and the “uneasy friendship” between Maugham and… read more
May 20, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingMore than 60 research fellowships awarded The Ransom Center has awarded more than 60 research fellowships for 2010–11. The fellowships support research projects in the humanities that require substantial use of the Center’s collections of manuscripts, rare books, film, photography, art and performing arts materials. The scholars, almost half of whom will be coming from abroad,… read more
May 10, 2010, Filed Under: Research + TeachingDoctoral theses of anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss acquired by the Ransom Center The Ransom Center has acquired the manuscripts of anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss’s major and minor doctoral theses. The typed theses, annotated with handwritten corrections, were presented by Lévi-Strauss at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1948 upon completion of his doctorate in humanities. Lévi-Strauss’s major thesis, “Les structures élémentaires de la… read more
