Erik Mortenson discusses his book Ambiguous Borderlands and the pervasiveness of shadow imagery in Cold War materials. Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture (Southern Illinois University Press, 2016) investigates the role shadows play in Cold War literary and popular texts. Informed by research at the Ransom Center,… read more
Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Jewish Studies
Video: Fellow looks into never-made Selznick film of Hersey’s The Wall
Jeremy Treglown is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies at the University of London. He has visited the Ransom Center on multiple occasions, including time spent researching Roald Dahl.
Application process opens for Ransom Center’s fellowships
![Image: Attributed to Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, [Geisha having her photograph taken], not dated, color woodblock; Alfred Junge, scene conception for The Barretts of Wimpole Street, 1956; Fred Fehl, still featuring Sara Yarborough from a production of Cry, 1974; Clement Smith & Co., Hercat’s New and Startling Illusion, 1888; Julia Margaret Cameron, [May Prinsep], 1870, albumen print.](https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/files/2014/10/2015_large.jpg)
The Harry Ransom Center invites applications for its 2015–2016 research fellowships. More than 50 fellowships will be awarded for projects that require substantial onsite use of the Center’s collections, supporting research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. Information about… read more