Program Schedule
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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
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May 19
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Nov 122025Famous & Forgotten: The Game of AuthorsCurated by: Barbara Heritage & Zoe Langer
Held by Rare Book School on the second floor of the Edgar Shannon Library of the University of Virginia -
Mar
52025Bibliographic Performances and Surrogate Readings: Author Janelle Rebel in Conversation with Alison FraserPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
RBS News
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Watch Newly Posted RBS Summer 2025 Lecture Videos
Video recordings of our first two summer lectures are now available to watch online!
A Parallel History of Books and Blooks
Watch on YouTube
Mindell Dubansky, Conservator, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtJane Austen on the Cheap
Watch on YouTube
Janine Barchas, Chancellor’s Council Centennial Professor in the Book Arts, University of Texas at Austin
The Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed LectureIf you like what you see, please join us—either in person or over Zoom—when our lecture series resumes in July. […]
Posted on June 13, 2025 by RBS -
Summer Protocols Regarding Infectious Illness
Rare Book School Guidelines and Recommendations Regarding Infectious Illness
Rare Book School is very excited to welcome back to Charlottesville—and to our partner institutions in Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill, Chicago, New Haven, Oxford (England), Philadelphia, Princeton, and Upperville, VA—the faculty, students, and lecturers who form the RBS community. In order to protect the health and well-being of this wonderful community of like-minded learners, we ask all those attending in-person courses and programs this summer to adhere to some basic public health precautions recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health experts at each course location. […]
Posted on May 29, 2025 by RBS