Our Annual Meeting
At the BSA Annual Meeting, people excited to learn and share their knowledge about history and critical interpretation of material texts gather together from across professions and academic disciplines. The meeting has always been and remains free and open to the public with registration.
Held during Bibliography Week at the end of January each year, the Annual Meeting highlights cutting-edge work in the field of bibliographical studies with a keynote lecture by an established scholar in the field, along with a panel of presentations by emerging bibliographers as part of the New Scholars Program.
The BSA offers a blend of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events throughout Bibliography Week that are free and open to the public with registration. Consult last year’s calendar to get a sense of what you can expect during Bibliography Week.
The 2025 Annual Meeting
The BSA Officers and members of the Council warmly invite you to attend the Society’s Annual Meeting on 24 January 2025!
The Annual Meeting features the New Scholars Program, a keynote lecture, and for the first time ever, synchronous panel presentations in the morning. Details about the New Scholars program will be shared in November 2024.
Registration for the Annual Meeting is required, opening November 2024.
The 2025 Keynote by Dr. Ahmed El Shamsy
Bibliography after Empire: Documenting and Classifying Knowledge in the Tenth-Century Muslim World
Visit our events calendar at the link below for more detailed program information.
Registration
Registration for the BSA Annual Meeting and all other Bibliography Week events is required; most events are free to attend. Please visit the Events Calendar for registration links, which are usually posted in November for January events.
Plan Your Trip
Travel to New York in late January is affordable and easy! Visit our local arrangements page for recommendations to accommodate most budgets. Because the week’s activities are planned by several institutions and hotel rates are at their lowest point of the year, the Society does not reserve a block of rooms at one hotel.
Future Dates
Upcoming dates for Bibliography Week are:
20–25 January 2025
19–24 January 2026
24–30 January 2027