All Rare Book School summer lectures are free, open to the public, and hosted on Grounds at the University of Virginia. Lectures begin at 5:30 p.m. and are followed by a reception. Monday lectures are held in Room 330 of UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, and Wednesday lectures are held in the Auditorium of UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
Recordings of this summer’s lectures will be made available later this year.
Please email contactRBS@virginia.edu with any questions.
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Jul
302025What is Computational Bibliography? – The 2025 Sol M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin LectureLecturer: Christopher N. Warren - Professor of English and History (by courtesy), Carnegie Mellon University
UVA Special Collections (Auditorium) or Zoom • 5:30 p.m. ET
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Jul
292025The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of NailheadsLecturer: Paul Needham - Retired Scheide Librarian at Princeton University & RBS Faculty Member
Princeton University (East Pyne 010) or Zoom • 5:30 p.m. ET
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Jul
282025Curious and Creative Women – The 2025 Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book HistoryLecturer: Rachael DiEleuterio - Librarian & Archivist, Delaware Art Museum
UVA Edgar Shannon Library (Room 330) or Zoom • 5:30 p.m. ET
Rare Book School sponsors and co-sponsors a range of programming at various times throughout the year, including activities at book fairs, symposia at UVA and other locations, and more. These include events organized by members of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at their home institutions.
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Mar
62026Traditions of East Asian Typography ConferencePresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia; and the Korean Heritage Library, Korean Studies Institute, and East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California
Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California • 9:30 am–4:30 pm PT
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Feb
42026RBS Winter 2026 Open HousePresented by: Rare Book School
Rare Book School, Suite 230, UVA Shannon Library, 160 McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA 22904 • 2:00–4:00 p.m. ET
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Oct
302025Famous & Forgotten Exhibition Closing Reception & EventsPresented by: Rare Book School
Suite 230, Edgar Shannon Library, University of Virginia • 4–6:30 p.m.
Since 1992, Rare Book School has been responsible for a rotating series of exhibitions in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, many curated by UVA undergraduate and graduate students. The books and other materials shown in these exhibitions are drawn both from the RBS collections and from the UVA Library, supplemented by occasional loans by other institutions and individuals.
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May 19
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Nov 12
2025Famous & Forgotten: The Game of AuthorsCurated by: Barbara Heritage & Zoe Langer
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Sep 28
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Dec 23
2022Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day: Five Decades of Rare Book School & the Book Arts PressCurated by: Barbara Heritage & Ruth-Ellen St. Onge
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Jun 6
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May 1
2019Comics in CircuitCurated by: Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, Jennifer Camp, Elizabeth Dorton, Devon Shannahan, Katherine Smith, and Zach Tauscher
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda