May 9, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRansom Center to host more than 80 scholars in fellowship program’s 25th year The Ransom Center will support more than 80 research fellows for 2014–2015, the 25th anniversary of the fellowship program. Since the program’s inception, the Center has awarded fellowships to more than 900 scholars from around the world. The fellowships support research projects in the humanities that require substantial on-site use… read more
April 30, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging, Research + TeachingT. C. Boyle papers, now open for research, show his passion for literature and literacy In a contribution to George magazine titled “If I Were President,” T. C. Boyle states that as President of the United States, he would establish a litocracy, fight to change the illiteracy that has America in its grip, and replace currency with books. Although Boyle has not achieved the presidency,… read more
April 21, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFall symposium to explore American cultural life during Civil War The Ransom Center announces the 11th Flair Symposium, “Cultural Life During Wartime, 1861–1865” to take place September 18–20. The symposium is organized in conjunction with the Ransom Center’s upcoming fall exhibition, The Making of Gone With The Wind, which opens September 9. In the 75 years since the film’s release,… read more
