Upcoming Events
The BSA Events Committee is pleased to support this virtual symposium, which features presentations by researchers and cultural heritage professionals who are using digital approaches to analyze and transmit a diverse range of Latin American texts from the colonial period, nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Florentine Codex, [“Quetzalcoatl.”] Ms. Mediceo Palatino 220, 1577, bk. 11, fol. 9v (detail). Courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT.
The BSA Events Committee is pleased to support the Fresh Perspectives Symposium, a virtual event hosted by the Winterthur Library, featuring presentations by the next generation of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts.

Image from G. Darcy, Or et Couleurs, circa 1923
Courtesy of the Winterthur Library
The BSA Events Committee is pleased to support the Fresh Perspectives Symposium, a virtual event hosted by the Winterthur Library, featuring presentations by the next generation of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts.

Image from G. Darcy, Or et Couleurs, circa 1923
Courtesy of the Winterthur Library
BSA Panels at RSA 2025
The Bibliographical Society of America is proud to sponsor four panels at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Boston, which will be held jointly this year with the Shakespeare Association of America. Learn more about each panel below.
Attending the Renaissance Society of America conference in Boston? Don’t miss the BSA panels organized by BSA-RSA Liaison Aaron T. Pratt!

Visit the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public Library
The Pforzheimer Collection is a rich collection of books, manuscripts, ephemera, and realia from the British Romantic period. Specific requests from visitors ahead of time are welcome.
The Events Planning Sub-committee is pleased to invite BSA members and friends to visit the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public Library to explore materials related to book and printing history from the Romantic era — mostly but not entirely British.
The reading room of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, New York Public Library
Deadline to Submit a Proposal for Events Funding
Small Grants Available for Bibliographical Events: Deadline 1 April
Thinking of attending the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair in April 2025? Join us for a guided tour!

The BSA invites Stillwell Legacy Society members and their guests to an in-person celebration and special lecture by John Bidwell.

BSA Panel at ASECS Virtual Annual Meeting 2025
The Liaisons sub-committee is proud to support this panel at the ASECS Annual Meeting, which takes place on 28-29 March and 4-5 April 2025.
BSA-ASECS Liaison Emily Spunaugle organized a panel at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies taking place on 5 April 2025. Registration required.

Image used courtesy of Emily Spunaugle
Join two curators from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Agnieszka Rec & Michelle Al-Ferzly, for this talk about expanding Middle Ages collections beyond Europe.

Thinking of attending the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair in April 2025? Join us for a guided tour!

The BSA Events Committee is pleased to support this workshop and symposium featuring textual objects inspired by American Contact: Objects of Intercultural Encounters and the Boundaries of Book History edited by Rhae Lynn Barnes and Glenda Goodman.

BSA Events at ICMS 2025
The Liaisons sub-committee is proud to support these events at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which takes place from 8–10 May 2025.
BSA-ICMS Liaison Gina Hurley has organized several events, including 3 panels and a reception, at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies taking place from 8–10 May 2025. Registration required.
Prose to the People: A Spring Sprint Book Launch Celebration
Spring into Support: Celebrate Black Stories, Fuel Our Mission
Join us for a special virtual fundraising event as part of our 2025 Spring Sprint! We’re celebrating the launch of Katie Mitchell’s Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores and inspiring crucial donations for the BSA Annual Fund.
The Events Committee is pleased to support this symposium focused on Hands-On Research & Teaching in Book History, featuring multiple workshops.

Spring 2025 Council Meeting
The Spring meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Friday 6 June.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Fall 2025 Council Meeting
The Fall 2025 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Saturday 13 September.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Winter 2026 Council Meeting
The Winter 2026 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Saturday 15 February.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Spring 2026 Council Meeting
The Spring 2026 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Saturday 9 May.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Fall 2026 Council Meeting
The Fall 2026 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Friday 18 September.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Winter 2027 Council Meeting
The Winter 2027 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Sunday 14 February.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Spring 2027 Council Meeting
The Spring 2027 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Friday 14 May.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Fall 2027 Council Meeting
The Spring 2027 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Saturday 11 September.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.