November 24, 2009, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingFellow’s Find: Screenwriter Warren Skaaren What do Batman, Top Gun, and Beverly Hills Cop II have in common? All were rewritten by versatile screenwriter and “script doctor” Warren Skaaren. As a fellow at the Ransom Center last summer, Alison Macor, independent scholar and former film critic for The Austin Chronicle and the Austin American-Statesman, immersed… read more
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
April 21, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingTHRESHOLD ECOLOGIES: On Earth (and on Earth Day) A day turns into a week into a month, and more. Over the past year, our sense of time has extended into ongoing uncertainty from a global pandemic. For those grounded close to home, if we are lucky, our environments have become circumscribed by thresholds and windows, actual and virtual,… read more
