The Huntington Library seeks a Curator of Early Printed Books to serve as a creative and collaborative professional in stewarding, developing, and interpreting its exceptional collection of books from the …
How was a book made in the age of the hand press, and how can we read the evidence behind that book? What do you need to start a student-centered …
Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) invites applicants to its 2027 cohort of Junior Fellows. The SoFCB is a community of scholars working across …
Inspired by Fralin Museum of Art at UVA’s longstanding “Writer’s Eye” contest, we challenge writers of all ages to draw on objects in Rare Book School’s Objects of Poetry exhibition …
Rare Book School promotes access to our courses through a variety of fellowships and scholarships, generously funded by our supporters and offered for scholarly merit, service to the bibliographical record, and support …
The twenty-second annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will take place 29–30 January 2027, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The workshop is organized by Duncan Hardy (History), Charles Kuper (Classics), and R. D. Perry (English) and is hosted …
Brenda Gunn, UVA Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Preservation, was elected the 81st President of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) during the group’s annual business meeting, held in New Orleans earlier …
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rare Book School emeritus faculty member Albert Derolez on 11 July 2026, at the age of 91.
Conservation has always been a central theme of Jacques Talbot’s career. Talbot, who is Senior Conservation Technician for Queen’s University Archives and W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections in Ontario, says that his experience at Rare Book School has been his “most formative professional development experience to date.”
Join the Norwich Printing Museum for the launch of The Typefounder’s Hand Mould, a new book by Stan Nelson, published by The Legacy Press and Norwich Printing Museum. The first party …
We remember RBS emeritus faculty member Donald W. Krummel, who passed away on 25 June 2026, at the age of 96. From 1990 through 2008, Don taught various courses at …
From the literary networks of an eighteenth-century enslaved poet to the ancient craft of papermaking to the long-term stewardship of digital collections, Rare Book School’s fall 2026 online courses span centuries, continents, and bibliographical formats.