Program Schedule
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Nov
162021Ink under the Fingernails: Author Corinna Zeltsman in Conversation with Alex Hidalgo on Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century MexicoPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
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Oct
152021Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography: Junior Fellows Program Informational SessionPresented by: SoFCB fellows and RBS staff
Zoom • 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
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Oct
112021The Power of the Brush: Author Hwisang Cho in Conversation with Ben Nourse on Epistolary Practices in Chosŏn KoreaPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
News
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RBS Receives $100,000 NEH Grant to Prepare Curators and Teachers for the U.S. Semiquincentennial
Rare Book School has been awarded a grant for $100,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program “Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan.”
RBS was one of 292 recipients among the 937 eligible organizations that applied. The grant supports the School’s initiative, “Living American History in Primary Documents,” which anticipates the approaching 250th anniversary of the United States by providing educational content for the cultural heritage professionals who care for our nation’s documentary records.
“We are delighted to help prepare the custodians of our nation’s heritage to mediate their collections to a citizenry eager to learn more about their history,” said Rare Book School Director Michael F. […]
Posted 2 days ago by Laura Eidam -
RBS Scholarship & Fellowship Applications Now Available
We are now accepting applications for the 2021 Rare Book School scholarship and fellowship cycle.
Applications are open for all RBS-awarded scholarships (for both first-time and returning RBS students), and for the M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Applications for the SoFCB Junior Fellows Program are anticipated to open later in October. For general queries about scholarships or fellowships, see the FAQs page. Participation in the scholarship/fellowship program implies acceptance of the scholarship and fellowship Terms and Conditions. […]
Posted 21 days ago by Laura Eidam