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.
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Jun
62022Making Merit: Asian Buddhist Material Culture of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries – NEH-GBHI LectureLecturer: Dorothy C. Wong - Professor of East Asian Art, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda • 5:30 p.m.
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Jun
132022Victorian Connections: Books & Stories – The inaugural Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed LectureLecturer: Beverly Rogers - Chairman, Rogers Foundation
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda • 5:30 p.m.
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Jun
152022Making and Reading Indigenous Archives – NEH-GBHI LectureLecturer: Kelly Wisecup - Professor, Department of English & Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, Northwestern University
UVA Special Collections • 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.
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May
62022“Diagrams: Materials and Methods” Junior Fellow SymposiumPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET
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Apr
122022Libel and Lampoon: Author Andrew Bricker in Conversation with Marissa Nicosia on Satire in the English Courts, 1670–1792Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
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Mar
232022“Resistance: Reflections on Power and Solidarity in BIPOC Archives” Panel DiscussionPresented 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.
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2019Comics in CircuitCurated by: Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, Jennifer Camp, Elizabeth Dorton, Devon Shannahan, Katherine Smith, and Zach Tauscher
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Apr 30
2018An Archipelago of Readers: Forming a Literary Culture in Digital MediaCurated by: Katherine McNamara, with the assistance of Will Norton
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May 10
2017Shaping Eyre: Charlotte Brontë’s Classic Novel in 200 ObjectsCurated by: Barbara Heritage
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda