September 24, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography, Research + TeachingTeaching Magnum: What we can learn from Magnum Photos Photojournalist Susan Meiselas broke tradition when she photographed the “people’s revolt” in Nicaragua in color. In 1981, black and white was still the accepted medium in which to depict conflict. Yet, she described the choice as best capturing “the vibrancy and optimism of the resistance.” Learn more about Meiselas’s photograph… read more
September 5, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingUniversity of Texas at Austin partners with online learning initiative When University of Texas at Austin Professor of Philosophy Daniel Bonevac and Ransom Center Senior Research Curator of Photography Roy Flukinger taught the course “Ideas of the Twentieth Century” last fall, they had 100 students.
September 3, 2013, Filed Under: Research + TeachingApplication process open for Ransom Center’s fellowships The Harry Ransom Center invites applications for its 2014–2015 research fellowships in the humanities. Information about the fellowships and the application process is available online. The deadline for applications, which must be submitted through the Ransom Center’s website, is January 31, 2014, at 5 p.m. CST. More than 50 fellowships… read more
