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Women’s Libraries & Their Afterlives

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Women’s book collections appear in a wide range of forms: as catalogued libraries; as groups of surviving books linked by inscription and family use; or as volumes dispersed but still …

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Engraving showing a large salon room lined with bookshelves and large floor-to-ceiling windows. A man and woman in early eighteenth-century clothing are seated at a table in the center of the room.
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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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