“Intense focus, warm support, mind-exploding material--an ideal learning environment.” -2018 student

Expand your understanding of book history during a Rare Book School course this summer. Our five-day, intensive courses on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials will be offered at the University of Virginia, the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Grolier Club, Harvard University, and Indiana University, Bloomington. 

Among our thirty-seven courses, we are pleased to offer several that are pertinent to art historians. The following is a sample of the breadth of RBS offerings:

– H-155: The History of the Artists’ Books since 1950, taught by Tony White (of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

– I-10: The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West, taught by Erin C. Blake (of the Folger Shakespeare Library)

– I-85: Japanese Prints and Illustrated Books in Context, taught by Julie Nelson Davis (of the University of Pennsylvania)

To be considered in the first round of admissions decisions, course applications should be submitted no later than 18 February. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Visit our website at www.rarebookschool.org for course details, instructions for applying, and evaluations by past students. Contact us at [log in to unmask] with questions. 

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We hope to see you at Rare Book School soon!   

With kindest regards,

The RBS Programs Team