July 28, 2015, Filed Under: Photography, Research + TeachingVideo: Fellow discusses further research in photographic albums Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes is a visual anthropologist based at the University of Cambridge as an affiliated lecturer and research associate at the Centre of South Asian Studies and a research fellow at Clare Hall College. She is currently working on her research project, “Visual priming and Ceylonese identities since the late… read more
July 23, 2015, Filed Under: Research + TeachingUK postgraduates receive fellowships to work with Ransom Center collections The Harry Ransom Center will host six scholars from the United Kingdom as part of the 2015-2016 International Placement Scheme conducted and funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The AHRC provides fellowships to doctoral students and early-career researchers from the United Kingdom to study at international… read more
July 16, 2015, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingFellow learns origin of set design in Black Narcissus Charles Drazin is a senior lecturer in film studies at Queen Mary University of London. He visited the Harry Ransom Center to research filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for his book, The Films of Powell and Pressburger.