Deadline to Submit a Proposal for Events Funding

The Events Committee invites you to request funding & sponsorship for your bibliographical events! The BSA hosts public programs and collaborates with related organizations in accordance with our mission to foster the study of books and other textual artifacts in traditional and emerging formats.

Our events strive to center diverse perspectives covering wide-ranging topics as outlined in our Equity Action Plan. Through our distributed conference model, BSA reduces its carbon footprint and meets you where you are by lowering barriers to participation. We have hosted bibliographical events both online and in-person at various locations throughout North America and, when possible, elsewhere in the world. Such events can include but are not limited to:

• lectures,

• panel presentations,

• hands-on workshops,

• conference sessions,

• and receptions following events that are bibliographical in nature.

We strive to make our events free for attendees and open to all. In all BSA events, the material text – that is, handwritten, printed, or other textual artifacts, broadly conceived – as historical evidence, and/or the theory and practice of descriptive, historical, and/or critical bibliography, should be a central concern to participants and organizers.

Secure funding for your event by submitting a proposal to the Events Committee by 1 April 2025.