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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Jul
312023Pacific Encounters in Print: Revisiting James Cook Voyage Publications – The Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe LectureLecturer: Kailani Polzak - Assistant Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda • 5:30 p.m.
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Jul
262023The Typesetting and Designs of the Declaration of Independence BroadsidesLecturer: Craig Welsh - Associate Professor of Communications & Humanities, Penn State Harrisburg
UVA Special Collections • 5:30 p.m.
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Jul
242023A Nexus of Learning—Museums and the Importance of Public HistoryLecturer: Christy S. Coleman - Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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.
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Dec
52023The Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas: Author Holly Borham in Conversation with Aaron HymanPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
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Nov
152023Reimagining Christendom: Author Joel Anderson in Conversation with Damian Fleming on Iceland’s Bishops and the Roman ChurchPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
Zoom • 12:00–1:00 pm ET
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Nov
22023Communication, Technology, and Environment in the Indian Ocean WorldPresented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School
Zoom • 11:00 a.m.-12:15 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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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
The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York -
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 -
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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
Dome Room, UVA Rotunda