The following fellowship opportunity was forwarded to ORCS from our friends in Iwasaki Library. We are sharing it with faculty for whom it may be of interest. 

If you are interested in applying, or have any questions, please contact eric_asetta@emerson.edu.

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Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia Charlottesville is now offering an exciting fellowship opportunity for those teaching undergraduates about book history: the M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. 

The Lang Fellowship is a two-year program designed to animate humanities teaching and equip educators at liberal arts colleges and small universities in the United States to enlarge their students’ historical sensibilities through bibliographically informed instruction with original historical sources. The deadline to apply is Friday, 17 November 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.


The fellowship includes:

  • tuition waivers for two RBS courses (H-165. Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching, and a second RBS course), held in the summer months
  • an annual stipend of $1,500 for travel, housing, course books, and other costs related to the Fellow’s RBS course attendance
  • and the opportunity to apply for matching funds of up to $1,000 each year of the fellowship to further the Fellow’s efforts to foster book-historical humanities teaching at their home institution 

RBS will be hosting an informational Zoom session about the program on Wednesday, 25 October at 7 p.m. ET. You may register to attend by filling in this form. The session will be recorded and shared if you miss the live stream. 

For more information about program details, the application process, and eligibility requirements, review the attached brochure, or please visit: https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang/. 

Inquiries about the M. C. Lang Fellowship can be directed to rbs_lang@virginia.edu.

About Rare Book School

Rare Book School (RBS) is an independent, non-profit, and tax-exempt institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects, governed by its own board of directors. Founded in 1983, it moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992.

RBS is committed to supporting diversity and to advancing the scholarship of persons of every race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, and socio-economic background, and to enhancing the diversity of the professions and academic disciplines it represents. 
RBS is also currently accepting applications for its scholarships (due 1 November) and Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography: Junior Fellows Program (due 17 November).