Program Schedule
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Nov
182020Forbidden Knowledge: Author Hannah Marcus in Conversation with Nick Wilding on Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern ItalyPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET
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May 18
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Nov 202020RBS OnlinePresented by: Rare Book School
Please visit RBS Online to learn how to register for our various events. • See RBS Online for all event dates.
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Mar 5
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Mar 82020RBS at the New York International Antiquarian Book FairPresented by: Rare Book School
Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY • 5:00–9:00 p.m. Thursday; 12:00–7:00 p.m. Friday; 12:00–7:00 p.m. Saturday; 12:00–5:00 p.m. Sunday
News
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Apply Now for Summer 2021 Courses
Applications for summer 2021 courses are now being accepted via our online application system, myRBS.
Along with 20 courses in Charlottesville, courses will be held at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University; the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania; the Free Library of Philadelphia; the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library; the Grolier Club; the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and at the Latin American Library at Tulane University.
In addition to the in-person courses, RBS will also be running a selection of synchronous online courses. […]
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RBS Mourns the Passing of Daniel Chabris
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Daniel D. Chabris, a longtime friend and supporter of Rare Book School. An enthusiastic and discerning book collector, Chabris created one of the largest private collections of the work of Sinclair Lewis, and also collected Washington Irving, Louis Bromfield, and Dante Alighieri. In June 2018, Chabris donated his collection of editions of Dante’s Divina Commedia to Rare Book School, which includes editions printed from the seventeenth century to the present, in both Italian and English. Rare Book School’s faculty and students have benefitted immensely from this generous gift which exemplifies the richness of our written heritage. […]
Posted 2 months, 11 days ago by RBS