Program Schedule
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Oct
302025Famous & Forgotten Exhibition Closing Reception & EventsPresented by: Rare Book School
Suite 230, Edgar Shannon Library, University of Virginia • 4–6:30 p.m.
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Oct
292025Informational Session (2025): M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical SourcesPresented by: Rare Book School
Zoom • 6:00 pm
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Oct
172025RBS Fall Open HousePresented by: Rare Book School
Rare Book School, Suite 230, UVA Shannon Library, 160 McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA 22904 • 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET
RBS News
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Rare Book School Mourns the Passing of William T. Buice III
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of William T. Buice III on 10 November 2025. A lawyer and book collector, Bill was an outspoken advocate for Rare Book School (RBS) as well as for the book collecting community and the wider nonprofit world.
As the second Chair of the RBS Board of Directors (2008–2014), Bill helped build the Board in ways that propelled its culture of philanthropy and fiduciary oversight. Among his many accomplishments as Board Chair was overseeing the successful transition of RBS’s directorship from Terry Belanger to Michael F. Suarez, S.J., in 2009. […]
Posted on November 17, 2025 by RBS -
SoFCB Junior Fellows Gain Hands-On Experience at NYC Field School
Founded in 2017, the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) is a Rare Book School program that seeks to advance the study of texts, images, and artifacts as material objects through capacious, interdisciplinary scholarship. Each year, the Society, which now numbers more than 100 members, selects ten early-career scholars to join the program as Junior Fellows through an open application process that considers their work with textual artifacts. Junior Fellows come from a variety of fields ranging from literature, medieval studies, history, and art history to musicology, anthropology, religious studies, classics, and more. […]
Posted on November 12, 2025 by RBS