Rare Book School

Now Accepting Applications for October 2012 Course

[16 May 2012] RBS is now accepting applications for Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts (M-50), to be taught by Roger Wieck at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. Wieck, the Morgan's Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, has taught the course since 2001...Full Story

Changes at Rare Book School!

[11 May 2012] We are delighted to share some exciting news: Rare Book School is renovating some 2,500 square feet of newly acquired space adjacent to our current space for our students and faculty members. By the beginning of our summer sessions, we'll have a new classroom, collections vault, reception space, and galley kitchen! To read more and view pictures of the continuing construction, visit our renovations page.

UVA Special Collections Appoints Two New Curators

[7 May 2012] Earlier this year, the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at UVA announced the appointment of two new curators: Molly Schwartzburg and David R. Whitesell...Full Story

RBS Faculty Member Richard Noble Identifies Paul Revere Engraving

[19 April 2012] Brown University Rare Books Cataloguer and longtime RBS faculty member Richard Noble was recently featured in both a National Public Radio story and a New York Times article concerning the John Hay Library's recent discovery of a rare Paul Revere engraving...Full Story

Now Accepting Applications for the Tavistock Books Educational Scholarship

[12 March 2012] The Tavistock Books Educational Scholarship is a full-tuition scholarship opportunity that is available to all antiquarian booksellers interested in taking Joel Silver’s course, Reference Sources for Researching Rare Books (L-25), 23-27 July 2012...Full Story

Now Accepting Applications for the 2012 George Robert Kane Scholarship

[7 March 2012] The Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (NCC/ABAA) is now accepting applications for the 2012 George Robert Kane Scholarship, which will provide funding to attend courses offered by Rare Book School, the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar, or California Rare Book School (Los Angeles). These scholarships honor the memory of long-time NCC/ABAA member George Robert Kane (6 October 1913--28 November 2009) and are designed to promote professionalism and education relevant to the book trade.

To apply, please fill out the application form (PDF) and send it to Chapter Secretary Chris Lowenstein at chris@bookhuntersholiday.com. Please contact Ms. Lowenstein with any questions or comments.

Applications are due by 5 pm on 11 May 2012.

UPenn Symposium in Honor of RBS Faculty Member Daniel Traister

[2 March 2012] In honor of Daniel Traister on the occasion of his retirement, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries will host a symposium, 30-31 March, examining the worlds of librarians and scholars and how these worlds intersect with and influence each other...Full Story

RBS Faculty Member Timothy Barrett Featured in New York Times Article

[1 March 2012] University of Iowa research scientist, 2009 MacArthur Fellow, papermaking historian and longtime RBS faculty member Timothy Barrett was recently featured in a New York Times article, "Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization?"...Full Story

RBS Clay Lectures

[14 February 2012] Thanks to a generous grant from the University of Virginia’s Buckner W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities, Rare Book School will host two visiting scholars, H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (Associate Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School) and Julia Miller (a book conservator in private practice and an independent scholar), during 2012. Professor Gómez-Arostegui and Ms. Miller will each present a lecture and seminar that explore how the study of textual artifacts informs scholarly research. We invite UVA students, faculty, staff, and the general public alike to attend these events.

On Thursday, March 1, 2012, H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui will discuss the origins of Anglo-American copyright law and will address, in particular, whether a copyright in published works existed under the common law of England before 1710 (the year the first modern copyright statute was enacted). The lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, and it will be followed by a reception in 116 Alderman Library. For more information on Professor Gómez-Arostegui’s lecture, please visit the full description...

On Friday, March 2, 2012, Professor Gómez-Arostegui will teach a seminar, “Civil Legal Records of the English Courts before 1800: Finding and Interpreting Documents Relating to the Book Trade,” from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.in the Byrd/Morris Seminar Rooms at the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. For more information on Professor Gómez-Arostegui’s seminar, please visit the full description...

Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2012

[16 December 2011] Applications are now available for our five summer sessions in Charlottesville. Please visit our Applications page to read about application procedures and to download the form.

2011 Scholarship Awards Announced

[2 December 2011] Rare Book School is pleased to announce the winners of its 2011 Scholarship Committee awards....Full Story

RBS Announces its 2012 Winter/Summer Course Schedule

[25 October 2011] Rare Book School is pleased to announce the schedule for another exciting summer of classes at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Complete course descriptions will be available in the coming weeks....Full Story

January 2012 Course

[10 October 2011] Rare Book School is currently accepting applications for The Book in the Manuscript Era, taking place 9-13 January at the Walters Art Museum...Full Story

SHARP-RBS Scholarship Fund

[16 September 2011] CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Rare Book School and the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, & Publishing (SHARP) are partnering to offer scholarship opportunities for current graduate students and recent masters and Ph.D. recipients who wish to attend RBS. The SHARP-RBS Scholarship recipients will receive full tuition and a travel/lodging stipend. Graduate students, post-docs, junior faculty, adjunct professors, and those within 5 years of their last awarded degree in any discipline are encouraged to apply...Full Story

RBS Featured in Washington Post

[2 August 2011] WASHINGTON, DC—Rare Book School featured on the front page of the Washington Post Metro Section on 29 July 2011...Full Story

October 2011 Course

[7 July 2011] The course The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912, taught by Ellis Tinios will run 3-8 October at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries... Full Story

2011 Lecture Schedule

[14 June 2011] CHARLOTTESVILLE—Rare Book School is pleased to announce the 2011 lecture and forum series during its June and July Charlottesville sessions... Full Story

UVA President and Rare Book School Director to Conduct Flash Seminar

[4 April 2011]CHARLOTTESVILLE—Theresa Sullivan, President of the University of Virginia, and Professor Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Director of Rare Book School, will team up to lead the flash seminar: “What It Means to Lead the Good Life” today, April 4 at 7 pm, in Jefferson’s Academical Village in Pavilion V... Full Story

The Oxford Companion to the Book recognized by ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) and others

[ 4 February 2011 ] Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) selected the Oxford Companion to the Book as one of the 2011 Outstanding Reference Sources ... Full Story