RBS Announces Summer 2025 Lecture Series
Rare Book School is thrilled to announce the lineup for this summer’s lecture series at the University of Virginia.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Unless noted, these talks will take place at 5:30 p.m. ET. Lectures are 30–40 minutes in length, with approximately 10 minutes for Q&A. Each lecture will be followed by a reception in UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library Room 230 (RBS Suite). RSVPs to attend in person are not required.
This year, for the first time, RBS will offer an option to attend the lectures virtually via Zoom. Lecture recordings will be made available by fall 2025.
For questions, please call 434-924-8851 or email contactRBS@virginia.edu. For information about current and past lectures, visit rarebookschool.org/lectures. Past lectures are also available via SoundCloud and YouTube.
Monday, 2 June
Room 330, UVA Edgar Shannon Library, or register for the livestream
The Parallel History of Books and Blooks
Mindell Dubansky, Museum Librarian for Preservation, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, 4 June
Auditorium, UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, or register for the livestream
Jane Austen on the Cheap
Janine Barchas, Chancellor’s Council Centennial Professor in the Book Arts, University of Texas at Austin
The 2025 Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture
Monday, 9 June
Multipurpose Room, UVA Rotunda, or register for the livestream
Stationery Bindings: A Law Story
Paul Halliday, Julian Bishko Professor of History and Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Wednesday, 11 June
Auditorium, UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, or register for the livestream
Chivalry in Color: Central European Tournaments and the Matter of Race
Alexander Bevilacqua, Associate Professor of History, Williams College
The 2025 Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe Lecture
Wednesday, 9 July
Auditorium, UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, or register for the livestream
Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin’s Business Strategy
Mark McConnell, Associate Research Fellow, Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance, Johns Hopkins University
The 2025 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades
Monday, 21 July
Room 330, UVA Edgar Shannon Library, or register for the livestream
Books for Virginia 1620: America’s First Public Library?
E. M. Rose, Visiting Fellow, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University
The 2025 NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture
Wednesday, 23 July
Auditorium, UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, or register for the livestream
Iconographic Disjunction in the Ruskin Psalter/Hours: A Flemish Illuminated Manuscript of ca. 1470–80
James H. Marrow, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Princeton University
Monday, 28 July
Room 330, UVA Edgar Shannon Library, or register for the livestream
Curious and Creative Women
Rachael DiEleuterio, Librarian and Archivist, Delaware Art Museum
The 2025 Women in Books Speaker Program Lecture
Wednesday, 30 July
Auditorium, UVA Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, or register for the livestream
What is Computational Bibliography?
Christopher N. Warren, Professor of English and History (by courtesy), Carnegie Mellon University
The 2025 Sol M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture