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Video and Audio of RBS Summer 2025 Lectures Now Available
Rare Book School proudly presents the video and audio recordings of talks from our Summer 2025 Lecture Series. The list, with links, is below.
A Parallel History of Books and Blooks
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Mindell Dubansky, Conservator, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtJane Austen on the Cheap
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Janine Barchas, Chancellor’s Council Centennial Professor in the Book Arts, University of Texas at Austin
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Fame Isn’t Forever: 160-Year-Old Card Game Uncovers History of Changing Literary Trends
RBS to Open New Exhibition This Summer
Life is sometimes likened to a game of cards: luck can change, forcing us to play the hand we’re dealt. But, as a new exhibition reveals, one historic card game can be a mirror of life, reflecting the literary reputations of once-famous writers and the bookish interests of past readers.
This fall, Rare Book School will open a new exhibition, Famous and Forgotten: The Game of Authors, on the second floor of UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday 12 September at 5:00 p.m., […]
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Save the Date: Attingham Trust Course on “From College Library to Country House”
The Attingham Trust for the Study of Historic Houses and Collections will offer a residential five-day course, “From College Library to Country House,” from 7 to 11 September 2026. The course, based in the surroundings of St Catharine’s College (a constituent college of the University of Cambridge) will visit a series of iconic libraries. For more information, please read the course’s fact sheet [PDF]. […]
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Support RBS Students through the Annual Fund Matching-Gift Challenge!
Rare Book School has concluded another successful summer of courses both at home and far afield. We welcomed some 570 students to 43 courses, which took place in Charlottesville, at nine partner institutions—including our first international courses at the Bodleian Library in Oxford—and around the globe with eight course offerings available online. RBS also hosted ten free public lectures, which examined topics such as a Renaissance publisher’s profit/risk strategies and the role that inexpensive editions played in making Jane Austen famous.
Even as our School continues to thrive, we recognize a growing crisis of financial access for our students. […]
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