Dear colleagues,
I would like to share this opportunity to apply for a research fellowship
at the Harry Ransom Center. Please note that application materials must
be submitted by January 31, 2014, 5 p.m. CST in order to be
considered for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Please feel free to forward this information.
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The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research
library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards
over 50 fellowships to support research projects in all areas of the
humanities. Each year, the Robert De Niro Endowed Fund, Warren
Skaaren Film Research Endowment, and Filmscript Acquisitions
Endowment fund a number of projects focusing on the Center’s film
collections.
The Center’s film collections include the papers of producers David O.
Selznick and Lewis Allen, director Nicholas Ray, actors
Gloria Swanson and Robert De Niro, screenwriters Ernest
Lehman and Paul Schrader, acting teacher Stella Adler,
special effects master Norman Dawn, and the Interstate Theatre
Circuit, among others. For more information about the Center’s
film collections, visit
http://budurl.com/tcjg.
The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000
per month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and
dissertation fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. During the
fellowship, scholars will work on-site in the Center’s collections in
Austin, Texas. Austin is home to a thriving film community including the
Austin Film Festival, Austin Film Society, and the South
by Southwest Film Conference and Festival.
The Ransom Center is currently accepting fellowship applications for the
2014-2015 academic year. Applications must be submitted through the
Center’s website by January 31, 2014, 5 p.m. CST.
The 2014-2015 academic year will mark the 25th anniversary of the Ransom
Center’s fellowship program. Since the program's inauguration in 1990,
the Center has supported the research of more than 800 scholars through
fellowships.
More information about the fellowships and the Ransom Center’s
collections is available online at
http://budurl.com/qdvk. Questions
about the fellowship program or application instructions should be
directed to [log in to unmask]
Janet Staiger
William P. Hobby Centennial Professor Emeritus in Communication and
Professor
Emeritus of Women's and Gender Studies
Department of Radio-Television-Film (CMA 6.158)
University of Texas at Austin
One University Station A0800
Austin, TX 78712
http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/janet-staiger