Nathan Gorelick, currently an Assistant Professor of English at Barnard, recently visited the RBML to explore the Otto Rank papers. Rank’s theories of the doppelgänger, leadership in the International Psychoanalytic Association, and long association (and then falling out) with Freud place him as both an important– and controversial– figure in the history of psychoanalysis. Below, […]
Meet me at the Sundial
“Meet me at the Sundial.” It’s heard all over campus, but have you ever wondered how that platform on College Walk is (or was) a sundial? Well, the Sundial is missing its “dial” or a 7-foot granite sunball that used to tell time. […]
Research at the RBML | Hannah Klimas on Mirra Ginsburg’s translations of Mikhail Bulgakov
Hannah Klimas, PhD Candidate at the School of Languages, Cultures, and Societies at the University of Leeds, recently visited the RBML to examine materials for her research on Mirra Ginsburg and her translations of Mikhail Bulgakov, best known as the author of The Master and Margarita. Klimas’ project, entitled “Breaking the ‘fifth’ wall: The role […]
Research at the RBML | Max Lewontin on CLR James and Darcus Howe
PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University, Max Lewontin recently visited the RBML as part of his project titled, “Poor people all over the world are clamouring for a change”: Migration, Race, and Transnational Circuits of Black Power. Below Max talks about his research in the CLR James and Darcus Howe papers, unearthing documents related to the […]
Now Available | The JoAnn Winsten Papers
The JoAnn Winsten papers document her advocacy work on behalf of the University’s administrative staff. An administrative assistant and later director of administration of the Applied Physics Department until her retirement in 2017, Winsten served on the Commission on the Status of Women, the University Senate and the Columbia Administration Staff Association (CASA), among other […]