Rare Book School sponsors a number of free, open-to-the-public evening lectures each year at the University of Virginia on a wide variety of bibliographical topics; please browse our list of past lectures for a sampling. RBS lectures are usually held Mondays and Wednesdays while RBS is in session, at 5:30 p.m. in the Dome Room of the Rotunda or in the Auditorium of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. A reception follows each lecture.

• Aug
  1

  2022
  Ideologies of the Codex in Richard Hakluyt and John Smith – NEH-SHARP Lecture

  Lecturer: Joseph Rezek - Associate Professor of English, Boston University
  Dome Room, UVA Rotunda • 5:30 p.m.
  
• Jul
  27

  2022
  The Long Life in Print and Manuscript: Characterizing the Elderly across Genres and Formats in Early Modern Italy

  Lecturer: Hannah Marcus - Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
  UVA Special Collections • 5:30 p.m.
  
• Jul
  25

  2022
  A Wrinkle in Time: The Structural Significance of a Concertina-Fold Almanac – The Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe Lecture

  Lecturer: Megan C. McNamee - Lecturer in the History of Art, University of Edinburgh
  Dome Room, UVA Rotunda • 5:30 p.m.
  

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.

• May
  6

  2022
  “Diagrams: Materials and Methods” Junior Fellow Symposium

  Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
  Zoom • 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET
  
• Apr
  12

  2022
  Libel and Lampoon: Author Andrew Bricker in Conversation with Marissa Nicosia on Satire in the English Courts, 1670–1792

  Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
  Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
  
• Mar
  23

  2022
  “Resistance: Reflections on Power and Solidarity in BIPOC Archives” Panel Discussion

  Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School: Outreach Working Group
  Zoom • 3:00–5:00 p.m. ET
  

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.

• Jun 6
  /
  May 1
  

  
  2019
  Comics in Circuit

  Curated by: Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, Jennifer Camp, Elizabeth Dorton, Devon Shannahan, Katherine Smith, and Zach Tauscher
  Dome Room, UVA Rotunda
• Jun 13
  /
  Apr 30
  

  
  2018
  An Archipelago of Readers: Forming a Literary Culture in Digital Media

  Curated by: Katherine McNamara, with the assistance of Will Norton
  Dome Room, UVA Rotunda
• Sep 15
  /
  May 10
  

  
  2017
  Shaping Eyre: Charlotte Brontë’s Classic Novel in 200 Objects

  Curated by: Barbara Heritage
  Dome Room, UVA Rotunda