May 24, 2019, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsGutenberg Misbound When Johann Gutenberg and his team published their Bible in the mid-1450s, what they were selling to buyers were sets of sheets, sheets of either paper or parchment that had text printed on them. What they were not selling were books—not, at least, if we take “book,” as we usually do,… read more
May 10, 2019, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellowships awarded to 51 scholars The Ransom Center has awarded 51 fellowships for the upcoming year to postdoctoral, dissertation and independent researchers studying such diverse topics as civil liberties, nineteenth-century Latinx arts and literature, cookbooks, and more.
April 25, 2019, Filed Under: Research + TeachingThe ‘Court of Last Resort’ Ian Burney, a former Ransom Center fellow, was recently awarded a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation.
