Program Schedule
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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
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Feb
112025Faces of God: Author Murad Mumtaz in Conversation with Holly Shaffer on Images of Devotion in Indo-Muslim Painting, 1500-1800Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
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Feb
32025Rare Book School Spring 2025 Open HousePresented by: Rare Book School
RBS Suite (Room 230) at UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library (160 McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA 22904) • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
RBS News
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RBS General and Buice Scholarship Awards for 2025 Announced
Rare Book School is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of its General Scholarship Committee awards, as well as the winners of the Buice Scholarships for returning RBS students. Congratulations to these recipients! […]
Posted on March 17, 2025 by RBS -
Breaking Bread and Building Catalogs: How an RBS Course Led to a Years-Long Bibliographical Collaboration
On a summer day in 2017, Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum and Jay Moschella sat down to discuss Spanish plays over lunch at a Korean restaurant near the grounds of the University of Virginia.
The two were in Charlottesville for the week, attending Stephen Tabor’s Rare Book School (RBS) course G-45 Analytical Bibliography. For Szmuk-Tanenbaum, a longtime RBS supporter, one of the School’s great strengths is the way it brings people together, not in a commercially minded way, but rather for “something much more familiar and casual and friendly,” fostered through shared meals and breaks with other RBS students. […]
Posted on March 13, 2025 by RBS