DC Rare Book Group

Registration now live! On March 4-6, join #FolgerInstitute and @EmoryUniversity @GAHumanities for "New Research and Performance Directions in Premodern Disability Studies," a virtual seminar on #PremodernDisability. Register today: bit.ly/2LiFtID 📷 Call No. B5462

By going #virtuallyrare we're no longer limited to the DMV! Our neighbors up north in NYC @MorganLibrary are hosting what looks to be a fascinating look at the last millennium of music. AUG 12 @ 3pm, free to register! themorgan.org/programs/mille…

Another #VirtuallyRare opportunity!

#VirtuallyRare Event reminder! BSA presents Black Bibliography: Dorothy Porter's "Early American Negro Writings" at 75 Thursday, Aug. 20, 3pm (EST) Register here: memberplanet.com/events/bsa/por… @BibSocAmer

East Anglia's cultural institutions heroic effort to make their rare collections accessible during COVID-19 resulted in this fantastic online resource: Unlocking the Archive, Discover Historic Books -- check it out! …storicbooks.unlockingthearchive.co.uk #VirtuallyRare

Another great RB resource! The BSA's virtual events are free and open to all! Check them out live or recorded on their youtube channel. bibsocamer.org/programs/virtu… #VirtuallyRare

The #VirtuallyRare hashtag feed is available on our website at washingtonrarebookgroup.org/rare-books-go-…

Though we've had to postpone a number of planned events this year, the WRBG is committed to helping keep the rare book community connected. We'll be using the hashtag #VirtuallyRare to highlight virtual happenings in the rare book world, and encourage everyone to join in!

Check out Rare Book School's youtube channel for quality rare book content featuring free recorded lectures from Summer 2020! youtube.com/c/RareBookScho… #VirtuallyRare

This might be of interest for our #BeforeFarmtoTable followers: @AHRCfoodnetwork is conducting a survey on how food scholars use both analogue and digital materials. Survey is only 5-10 minutes!

Psst... do you want to do research on the amazing stuff in @SILibraries ? Applications for their special collections fellowships, the Dibner (s.si.edu/32AtWrE )and the Baird (s.si.edu/2qzYYSx ), have just opened! Come hang out with me and the books! 📚

Got any Saturday plans? Why not come visit us at @theWABF ! Pick up a flyer, and see all the treasures! 🤩

The Library will celebrates the centennial of renowned architect Paul M. Rudolph with a symposium and display of select items from his archives. loc.gov/item/prn-18-11…

Tonight at @FolgerLibrary: a celebration of #poetry with ELLEN BASS, Marilyn Chin, and Linda Pastan! folger.edu/events/linda-p…

Love rare books? Join us at the 2018 Washington Antiquarian Book Fair, 9/28-9/29, and drool over antiquarian gems with fab exhibitors like @FirstEdRareBook, @chbooksdc, @SundayRareBooks, @NSLM1954 & @SSBrockville! ow.ly/LLEJ30lPwMc #antiquarian #rarebooks #bookfair

About the event: s.si.edu/2Qi96aC About the book: Book of Psalms, 1641. Rosenwald Collection 1487.

Do beautiful books like this tickle your fancy? Then you and Lessing Rosenwald have something in common! Come to @SILibraries lecture on Sept. 18th at 5:30 to hear Stephanie Stillo, Rosenwald Collection Curator, speak about the man and his collection. See next tweet for more info

New scholarship this year, sponsored by the @DCRareBookGroup, for someone in the D.C. area with strong personal or professional interest in bibliography, the history of the book, book arts, or other aspects of rare-book scholarship rarebookschool.org/admissions-awa…