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Library of congress literacy awards advisory board adds. View michael suarezs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Congratulations to all, and we look forward to welcoming you to the rbs community. A selfdescribed human pingpong ball, michael suarez teaches on both sides. Dorothy judith berry, digital collections program manager, houghton library, harvard university.

Suarez is the director of rare book school, professor of english, university professor, and honorary curator of special collections at the university of virginia. You know it is officially summer when rare book school rbs begins at the university of virginia. Stitzel executive officer to the board national program director, literacy awards. Michael suarez is an english professor and the director of uvas rare book school. University professor and director of rare book school, university of virginia. Watch michael suarezs tedxcharlottesville talk, glorious bookishness. Director, rare book school university professor and professor of english, university of virginia coeditor, the oxford companion to the book 2010 dawn w. Rosenbach lectures on march 16, 17, and 19 at the university of pennsylvania. A jesuit priest, he holds four masters degrees two each in english and theology and a d.

The most important thing to point out, says michael suarez, director of u. Rare book school at the university of virginia the new. Rosenbach lectures on march 16, 17, and 19 at the university of. President obama nominates uvas michael suarez to national. Since its founding in 1983, the school has trained students from all over the world in the careful art of conserving the written word, spanning everything from medieval manuscripts to digital materials and digital forensics. Sir william hamiltons cabinet and the 18th century decorative arts revolution, scheduled at 4. Suarez will provide us with a compelling, richly illustrated description about how a group of printers were instrumental in making the antislavery. The rare book school program would not be possible without the strength of our collections, and we benefit annually from the expertise that an international faculty brings to the study of the rare books, manuscripts and other resources held by the small special collections library.

He is also a professor of english and honorary curator of special collections at uva. A jesuit priest, suarez is currently cogeneral editor of the collected works of gerard manley hopkins, and editorinchief of oxford scholarly editions online oseo. Bibliographical understandings and the history of books, october 21, 2014. Rare books in the digital world at steinberg hall feb. While at the radcliffe institute, suarez will work to complete the first volume of a twovolume project, the mock biblical. Jesuits have traditionally been bridge builders between the. I very much like the spirituality of finding god in all things, one of the hallmarks of the jesuit order, suarez said. Suarez directs the rare book school, an independent, nonprofit institute for the study of books, printing, and related subjects located at the university. He is a distinguished presidential fellow of the council on library and information resources in washington, dc, and was nominated by president. Distinguished historian of print michael suarez illuminates the first. Rare book school at the university of virginia is pleased to announce that michael suarez, will deliver the 90th annual a. The book beyond the library, april 12th center for.

Suarez s extensive background in the humanities has prepared him for this role. Suarez, director of the rare book school and a professor at the university of virginia, delivers the 2020 rosenbach lectures. Rare book school rare book school university of virginia p. Suarez had accepted appointments as university professor and professor of english at uva and as director of rbs. President obama announces more key administration posts. Rare book school at uva from uva magazine on vimeo. Although a completely independent institute, rbs shares a close relationship with the continue reading. Michael suarez is the director of the rare book school at the university of virginia in charlottesville, virginia. Rare book school rbs is an independent nonprofit organization based at the university of virginia uva supporting the study of the history of books, manuscripts, and related objects.

Collections, donations of books and related materials. Suarez, director of the rare book school and university professor at the university of virginia, to serve on the national council on the humanities, the advisory board of the national endowment for the humanities. Each year, rbs offers about 30 fiveday courses on these subjects. Rbs offers weeklong, intensive courses on manuscript, printed, and borndigital materials. Michael has just been nominated by president obama to serve on the national council on the humanities. Selected presentations and documents from the 2015 rbms.

In his talk, director of rare book school at uva, michael f. Suarez, director of the rare book school and university professor, to serve on the national council on the humanities, the advisory board of the national endowment for the humanities. The business of abridgments in 18thcentury britain. Michael suarez department of english university of virginia. Kavanaugh professor of english at fordham university and as fellow and tutor in english at campion. Digital pedagogy, archival sources, and the american civil war, thai jones, columbia university. Executive director, rare book school charlottesville, virginia. By robin goldstein for the rare book school at the university of virginia when did the first humanitarian mass media campaign begin, and. Michael suarez office of the executive vice president. Professors in the pulpit college and graduate school of. A renowned historian, author and worldwide leader of rare book scholarship interests, he coedited the oxford companion to the book.

Suarez, sj, the dynamic director of what some alumni of the. Rare book school the source washington university in. Suarez, rare book school, university of virginia on being creative, lucy mulroney, syracuse university irrepressible feelings. With pleasure, rare book school announces the inaugural cohort of the andrew w. A jesuit priest, he holds two masters degrees from the weston jesuit school of. Michael suarez, new director of uvs rare book school. Accepted participant, the american book in the industrial era, 18201940, with michael winship university of texas at austin, rare book school, university of virginia, july 2226, 20. Professor suarez serves as editorinchief of oxford scholarly editions online.

Kavanaugh professor of english at fordham university in new york and fellow and tutor in english at campion hall, oxford, he is coeditor of the cambridge history of the book in britain, volume 5, 16951830 2009 and cogeneral editor of the collected works of gerard. That topic will be explored in a talk by rare book expert michael f. Accompanied by illustrations, suarez will explain the leadup to the fight to end the british slave trade and the involvement of print, ranging from letters to pamphlets. In the news radcliffe institute for advanced study at. Director, rare book school, university of virginia former professor of english literature, fordham university coeditor, the oxford companion to the book 2010 christie vilsack senior adviser for international education, u. Michael suarez, sj, will speak on rare books in the digital world at 7 p. Christina bleyer, the director of special collections and archives at trinity colleges watkinson library, has been awarded an andrew w. Rare book school at the university of virginia is a global leader in the study of the history of print and its preservation. A week at rare book school on the campus of the university of virginia starts. Printing abolition penn today university of pennsylvania. He currently serves as the director of the rare book school at the university of virginia uva in charlottesville, virginia, a position he has held since 2009.

Suarez directs the rare book school, an independent, nonprofit institute for the study of books, printing, and related subjects located at the university of virginia. As a scholar with particular interests in books as physical objects and 18thcentury literature, fr. Rare book school director nominated to national council on. Director of special collections and archives receives. York city and at campion hall and the faculty of english, oxford university.

The most important thing to point out, says michael suarez, director of uvas rare book school, is that despite lots of writing to the contrary, the book is not dead. Suarez notes that in 2010 more titles than ever were published worldwide. Fellow radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard. Before taking up his present appointment in eighteenthcentury english literature, book history, and bibliography, he was a junior research fellow at st. Suarez, director of the rare book school and university professor at the university of virginia. Most of the courses are offered at its headquarters in charlottesville, virginia but others are held in new york city, washington, d. Revd michael suarez, sj nominated by president obama for key. The oxford companion to the book is a monument to mankinds most effective means of communication, one that is infinitely portable, transmissible and treasurable, intimate and tactile in ways that none of its rivals can attain suarez and woudhuysen are great exploders of conventional bibliographic wisdom. Congratulations to michael suarez, sj, a jesuit priest as well as director of the rare book school, university professor, professor of english, and honorary curator of special collections at the university of virginia.