November 1, 2016, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellows find: Letters of St. John Ervine, playwright for a tumultuous Ireland I visited the Harry Ransom Center for two weeks to access the collection of St. John Ervine (1883–1971), an enigmatic, occasionally-forgotten figure who nonetheless casts a spell over a select band of Irish scholars and historians. His personal story fuses both the culture and politics of his Ireland.
June 25, 2015, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellows Find: Audio interviews with British actors and actresses reveal rare insight into George Bernard Shaw productions Jennifer Buckley, an assistant professor of rhetoric at the University of Iowa, visited the Ransom Center to work in the George Bernard Shaw collection. Her research was funded by the Limited Editions Club Endowment, and she shares some of her findings below. The Ransom Center is celebrating the 25th anniversary of… read more
October 16, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingContemporary debates on vaccination policies have historical parallels in Ransom Center’s collections Recently, The New York Times published an article on vaccination that has highlighted a resurging controversy. In late June 2014, a federal judge upheld a New York City policy barring unimmunized children from public schools, and objectors have decried the policy as an infringement upon their rights. In the United… read more
