March 4, 2014, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsWorld War I-era Russian propaganda posters portray food as evil Food was in high demand during the First World War, especially in Russia. The food shortages were so constant that they were ultimately one of the factors that helped to incite the revolutions of 1917. Although seemingly minor compared to the famine Eastern Europe would later experience under Stalin, food… read more
November 20, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsRansom Center partners with Texas Exes on World War I-themed anniversary tour 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, a watershed event that claimed millions of lives and changed the course of the twentieth century. The Ransom Center’s exhibit The World at War, 1914–1918 will illuminate the lived experience of the world’s first global war,… read more
August 2, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingPostcards from France: Paul Fussell and the Field Service “Form-letter” May 23, 2012, marked the passing of literary scholar and public intellectual Paul Fussell, whose monumental 1975 study of World War I, The Great War and Modern Memory, brought widespread attention to how the experience of trench warfare helped foster a modern, ironic sensibility that still influences art and culture… read more
