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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Summer Positions Available: 2026 Rare Book School Summer Assistants
Rare Book School is hiring summer assistants to provide support in managing course sessions, catering, and other tasks related to the running of our 2026 summer programming in Charlottesville. This is an exciting opportunity to participate in a leading humanities organization and aid in the RBS’s mission of creating a “community equipped to advance historically informed understandings of our cultural heritage.”
RBS is seeking conscientious, detail-oriented, and service-driven undergraduate and graduate students as well as early-career professionals to work as summer assistants in Charlottesville during the following weeks and weekends: […]
Posted on December 11, 2025 by RBS -
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