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Rare Book School provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and skill levels to study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field.
06/12/2026
Printmaker, book designer, and educator Josef Beery has been leading historically informed printing demonstrations for Rare Book School's Charlottesville-based courses for more than a decade—and helping to shape the bibliographical community for even longer.
Read our latest RBS Impact Story at rarebookschool.org/resources/2026/06/impact-story-josef-beery
06/08/2026
Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, is again offering his online Rare Book School course, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟯, this summer.
This 12-hour, synchronous online course is scheduled to take place from 20–24 July. The course will appeal to anyone with an interest in the impact that the introduction of photography had on book history. The class will delve into the “photobook” phenomenon, referring often to collections from Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.
There are still seats available in this well-regarded course! Apply today using the “Apply Now” button on the course page on RBS’s website: rarebookschool.org/courses/details/i45v.
06/03/2026
TODAY!
Rare Book School invites you to join us for the 2026 Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History: “’They Can’t Buy It and They Can’t Take It’: Bookish Solidarity in a Time of Institutional Crisis,” by Heather O'Donnell at 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, 3 June at UVA’s Harrison/Small Special Collections Auditorium.
RBS also will offer an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lecture via Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/RBS-ODonnell.
For further details about this and other events in Rare Book School's 2026 Lecture Series, visit rarebookschool.org/public-programs.
06/01/2026
TODAY!
Rare Book School invites you to join us for the 2026 Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe Lecture, “Aquatint Travel Books and the Haptic Picturesque,” by Douglas Fordham at 5:30 p.m. ET on 1 June in UVA’s Shannon Library, Room 330. A reception will follow. RSVPs to attend in person are not required.
RBS also will offer an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lecture via Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/RBS-Fordham.
For further details about this and other events in Rare Book School's 2026 Lecture Series, visit rarebookschool.org/public-programs.
05/27/2026
Rare Book School invites you to join us for the 2026 Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History: “’They Can’t Buy It and They Can’t Take It’: Bookish Solidarity in a Time of Institutional Crisis,” by Heather O'Donnell at 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, 3 June at UVA’s Harrison/Small Special Collections Auditorium.
RBS also will offer an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lecture via Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/RBS-ODonnell.
For further details about this and other events in Rare Book School's 2026 Lecture Series, visit rarebookschool.org/public-programs.
05/26/2026
Rare Book School invites you to join us for the 2026 Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe Lecture, “Aquatint Travel Books and the Haptic Picturesque,” by Douglas Fordham at 5:30 p.m. ET on 1 June in UVA’s Shannon Library, Room 330. A reception will follow. RSVPs to attend in person are not required.
RBS also will offer an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lecture via Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/RBS-Fordham.
For further details about this and other events in Rare Book School's 2026 Lecture Series, visit rarebookschool.org/public-programs.