Watch the 2024 Don Davis lecture by Brewster Kahle live at 4:30: youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsBUg…

'Digital Libraries for Thinking Machines'

Apply for a funded fellowship at an institution in China, Japan or the US.

Our International Fellowships for Doctoral and Early Career Researchers 2024 scheme is now open for applications.

Find out more: ukri.org/opportunity/in…

From the hottest weather to the warmest hospitality, Abdel-Wahab Khalifa shares his experience as a ransomcenter Fellow UT Austin. He recalls uncovering untold stories in the archives & connecting with scholars during his time here: utx.global/3uz8pm1.

A sneak preview of THE BOOK FORGER in the bumper Christmas issue of Literary Review, featuring a bombshell of a letter that I believe Aaron T. Pratt currently has on show ransomcenter.
literaryreview.co.uk/he-steals-them…

✨Meet 22 Texas authors, buy their latest books, and enjoy festive treats at the annual Humanities Texas HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR! ✨bit.ly/hbf2023 #htxbookfair 📚

Join us online for the 2023 Pforzheimer lecture with Dr. Alan B. Farmer at 4:30 CT: youtube.com/watch?v=kVoMBx…

We’re pleased to announce the LRB @RansomCenter Fellowship for 2024/5.

A 1-3 month funded opportunity to consult the Harry Ransom Center’s archive of LRB editorial files and year-by-year correspondence.

Applications by 15 January.

Details here: hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/lr…

Pages from Lewis Carroll’s commonplace book (ransomcenter)

Come join us at the ransomcenter at 7pm on November 11th for a celebration of Isaac Bashevis Singer's 120th Birthday, with short film made by Singer and a performance by Austin's own klezmer band, Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour!

We're hiring an exhibition technician, a project archivist, and a few other roles. Check out all open positions at the Harry Ransom Center: hrc.utexas.edu/jobs/

Promo Alert: Explore the history of books at the ransomcenter new exhibition. Learn more: bit.ly/3M1pcUL

When asked why he’s donated his literary collection to ransomcenter, ROBERT SCHENKKAN said it was important for him and to give back to UT Austin which “really has prepared me and is responsible in many ways for the life and career I have.” Meet Schenkkan at the Center on 10/19.

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Louise Glück (1943-2023). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her poems from our archive.

theparisreview.org/authors/26185/…

We wheeled out all six sheets of the ⁦ransomcenter⁩’s de’ Barbari map of Venice (2nd state, ca. 1514). This thing is so very bonkers.

Some subtle changes ransomcenter as we enter October...

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New GBerg display ransomcenter, which chimes w/ the themes of my larger exhibition, The Long Lives of Very Old Books.

W/ the Bible is the 1499 Cologne Chronicle. It is the first document we have that connects Gutenberg w/ a Bible, IDing it as the first substantial printed book.

Hattie McDaniel's lost Oscar:

indiewire.com/awards/industr…

Interested in working at the Harry Ransom Center? We've recently posted several new job openings, including HR Assistant, Library Assistant, and Preservation Technician roles: hrc.utexas.edu/jobs/