Rare Book School

Rare Book School

provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and skill levels to study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.

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Program Schedule

Sep
12
2025

Famous & Forgotten Exhibition Opening, Film Screenings & Workshops
Presented by:
Suite 230, Edgar Shannon Library, University of Virginia • 12–6:30 p.m.
May
22
2025

SoFCB Keynote Lecture: Transporting Visions, Transcending Boundaries
Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School
McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Lecture Hall, 3355 Woodland Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 • 9:15–10:45 am
May 19
/
Nov 12
2025

Famous & Forgotten: The Game of Authors
Curated by: Barbara Heritage & Zoe Langer
Held by Rare Book School on the second floor of the Edgar Shannon Library of the University of Virginia

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RBS News

RBS Scholarship and Fellowship Applications Are Now Open

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is now accepting applications for its 2025 scholarship and fellowship cycle.

Applications are open for:
- All RBS-awarded scholarships (for both first-time and returning RBS students). See the Scholarships page for descriptions of the various scholarships available. For questions about scholarships, please email rbs_scholarships@virginia.edu. Scholarship applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, 2 November 2025.
- The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. The Lang Fellowship is a two-year program open to faculty and librarians at liberal arts colleges and small universities in the United States (i.e.,
Posted on September 10, 2025 by RBS
Video and Audio of RBS Summer 2025 Lectures Now Available

Rare Book School proudly presents the video and audio recordings of talks from our Summer 2025 Lecture Series. The list, with links, is below.

A Parallel History of Books and Blooks
Watch on YouTube
Listen on SoundCloud
Mindell Dubansky, Conservator, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jane Austen on the Cheap
Watch on YouTube
Listen on SoundCloud
Janine Barchas, Chancellor’s Council Centennial Professor in the Book Arts, University of Texas at Austin
The 2025 Kenneth W. […]
Posted on August 18, 2025 by RBS

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