Research + Teaching

November 16, 2022, Filed Under: Research + Teaching

A Greek fragment is the first-known New Testament papyrus written on the front side of a scroll

by GEOFFREY S. SMITH A Fragment Makes History A few months ago, I received a much-anticipated email that read, “The courier is scheduled to deliver the Willoughby Papyrus to the Ransom Center tomorrow.” The next morning, I anxiously watched as members of the Center’s conservation staff carefully removed from the… read more

ABOUT GEOFFREY S. SMITH

Geoffrey S. Smith is Associate Professor, Fellow of the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC) in the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

July 25, 2022, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing Arts

Interpreting “Fringe” in the Mel Gordon Papers

Mel Gordon’s Notes on Expressionism with 1917 clipping, Mel Gordon Collection, Box 12, Harry Ransom Center. by MACAELLA GRAY In 2018, The New York Times lauded historian, curator, and writer Mel Gordon as a “drama scholar of the fringe.” At first glance, the so-called “fringe” certainly seems to find a… read more

ABOUT MACAELLA GRAY

Macaella Gray received her B.A in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin and is the Visual Materials Intern at the Harry Ransom Center. Her research lies primarily in the modern and contemporary arts, with a focus on early queer histories, post-war print media, and experimental film cultures. She is also the recipient of the Ronald Schuchard Undergraduate Archival Research Prize and the John F. Newnam Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art and Art History.

July 13, 2022, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Research + Teaching

Dr. Clare Hutton: Q&A on Women and the Making of Joyce’s Ulysses

In an interview for Ransom Center Magazine, Dr. Clare Hutton explores how the exhibition, Women and the Making of Joyce’s Ulysses, investigates the important and largely unacknowledged role of women in helping Joyce’s novel gain widespread notoriety and success—including Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, Harriet Shaw Weaver, and Sylvia Beach.