September 2, 2009, Filed Under: Research + TeachingApply for a fellowship at the Ransom Center and "watch works develop in their different stages" The Ransom Center announces its application process for the more than 50 fellowships that are awarded annually to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities. Applicants must apply by February 1, 2010, and demonstrate the need for substantial on-site use of the Center’s collections. Recent fellow Daniel… read more
November 1, 2007, Filed Under: UncategorizedInsider’s Perspective: The Ransom Center in literature In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Ransom Center has published Collecting the Imagination: The First Fifty Years of the Ransom Center, a richly illustrated chronicle of its history. The following is an excerpt from Collecting the Imagination.
October 1, 2007, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyItems from Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815-1879) The Rising of the New Year, 1872 Albumen print Julia Margaret Cameron did not take up photography until she was 48 and the last of her children had left for college. Over the next 14 years she made over 1,200 images. She promoted her photography… read more
