Studying, Preserving, and Sharing Humanity’s Story
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Programs that cultivate connection and deepen historically grounded perspectives on our cultural heritage
Matthew Kirschenbaum: From text to .txt: Making Material Messes in a Sloppy World
The 2026 Sol M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Endowed Lecture
By the turn of the millennium, the word “text” had become a verb. Three-and-a-half years ago, ChatGPT was released into the wild, decisively severing the link between writing and human …
Michael Stamm: Landscapes, Labor, and the Infrastructures of Printed Newspapers
The 2026 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades
This talk returns to the decades in our previous century when the printed newspaper thrived as the center of the news cycle, and it highlights some of the hidden landscapes, labor, and infrastructures enabling that.
A “brilliant, once-in-a-lifetime, phenomenal chance to learn”
Experience cutting-edge, specialized instruction on bibliographical inquiry through intensive summer courses offered at the University of Virginia, online, or at partner institutions across the U.S. and in the U.K.
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