El Salvador and the Cold War
Associate Professor of History Virginia Burnett speaks with exhibitions intern Joey Kolker about memory and human rights in El Salvador, 15 years after the signing of peace accords that ended the country's civil war. Burnett is a co-organizer of the April 2008 conference Image, Memory, and the Paradox of Peace, jointly sponsored by the University's Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the School of Journalism, and the Harry Ransom Center. As part of this collaboration, the Ransom Center presents the photography exhibition Inside El Salvador.
Scroll Manuscript for On the Road
Molly Schwartzburg, Curator of British and American Literature at the Ransom Center, curated the current exhibition On the Road with the Beats. She talks about Jack Kerouac's scroll manuscript of On the Road, on loan from the collection of Jim Irsay, which will be on display from March 7 through June 1. The first 48 feet of this 120-foot "page" will be visible in the gallery. This visually stunning first draft has no paragraph or chapter breaks, and the characters are referred to by their real names.
Photo by
Anthony Maddaloni
David Mamet Visits Campus
Writer and director David Mamet visited campus in February to speak and meet with students in the James A. Michener Center for Writers and the departments of Radio-Television-Film, Theatre and Dance, and English. Amanda Tufano, intern for the Public Affairs department at the Ransom Center, interviews Mamet about what it means to have his life's work housed at the Ransom Center and what advice he has for young writers.
The Legacy of Watergate
During their March 2007 visit to the Ransom Center, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein discussed their archive of reporting on Watergate.
The American Twenties
The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition The American Twenties explored the decade's profound cultural and social changes, including ambiguities, contradictions, contrasts and conflicts as well as the many ideas and ideologies that were born or came to fruition in the 1920s. Featuring more than 400 items that highlight and define the era, the exhibition illuminated the achievements and events that characterized the period. The exhibition was on display from January 30, 2007 through July 29, 2007.
