Program Schedule
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Mar
62026Traditions of East Asian Typography ConferencePresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia; and the Korean Heritage Library, Korean Studies Institute, and East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California
Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California • 9:30 am–4:30 pm PT
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Feb
42026RBS Winter 2026 Open HousePresented by: Rare Book School
Rare Book School, Suite 230, UVA Shannon Library, 160 McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA 22904 • 2:00–4:00 p.m. ET
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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.
RBS News
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RBS Treasurer Victoria D. Harker Elected Vice Rector of UVA Board of Visitors
On 20 February, RBS Board Treasurer Victoria D. Harker was unanimously elected Vice Rector of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors (BOV), effective immediately.
In a recent UVA Today story, Harker said, “It is an honor to be selected to serve as the vice rector of the Board of Visitors. I am grateful to my colleagues for the trust they have placed in me, and I look forward to working alongside Rector Brown and the entire board to support this great institution and advance its important education, research and health care mission.”
Read more about Harker and her previous 17 January appointment to the BOV by Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger on the RBS website. […]
Posted on February 23, 2026 by RBS -
Remembering Joan M. Friedman
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Joan M. Friedman on 14 February 2026. With professional talents spanning rare book curation and general accounting, Joan was an ardent early supporter of Rare Book School (RBS) and a long-serving Treasurer from 2007 to 2019.
Her early association with RBS goes back to its Columbia University origins at the School of Library Service, co-teaching the illustration processes course (I-20) with Terry Belanger from 1983 into the late 1980s. That class annually made a highly memorable field trip to New Haven, where Joan was Curator of Rare Books at the Yale Center for British Art. […]
Posted on February 19, 2026 by RBS