Program Schedule
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Oct
112025From Scroll to Screen: Archiving Zoroastrian Manuscripts in the Digital WorldPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography & the Zoroastrian Association of Houston
Zoom • 12:00 pm ET / 11:00 am CT
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Sep
122025Famous & Forgotten Exhibition Opening, Film Screenings & WorkshopsPresented by:
Suite 230, Edgar Shannon Library, University of Virginia • 12–6:30 p.m.
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May
222025SoFCB Keynote Lecture: Transporting Visions, Transcending BoundariesPresented 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
RBS News
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RBS Now Accepting Applications for Mellon SoFCB Junior Fellows Program
Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) invites applicants to its 2026 cohort of Junior Fellows. The SoFCB is a community of scholars working across disciplines to advance the study of texts, images, and artifacts as material objects. Ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join the SoFCB in 2026; they may become Senior Fellows after completing two years of the fellowship’s required activities in good standing. The application deadline for the SoFCB Junior Fellows Program is Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET. […]
Posted on October 1, 2025 by RBS -
RBS Offers Fall Online Course About Thinking Bibliographically
Paying attention to the physical characteristics of texts is broadly useful for studying any printed works of the Western hand-press period (roughly 1450-1800). But how does one start to think bibliographically, noticing such characteristics and knowing what questions they might lead to?
Applications are currently being accepted for Rare Book School’s Fall 2025 online course, G-15v: A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period, which answers this question and more. This 22-hour course, taught by Sarah Werner, runs on Sunday afternoons from 19 October to 14 December (except for 30 November). The application deadline is Friday, […]
Posted on September 26, 2025 by RBS