The 2024 Annual Meeting

The 2024 Keynote Lecture: Dr. Daniela Bleichmar, “Rethinking the Aztec Past, Rethinking the Codex Mendoza“

This talk will discuss the production, circulation, reproduction, and changing interpretations of a remarkable early-colonial Mexican manuscript known as the Codex Mendoza. Created by Nahua painter-scribes and Spanish interpreters and scribes only a few decades after the Spanish conquest, the manuscript presents one of the richest and most detailed accounts of the Aztec empire from an Indigenous perspective. The codex was sent to Europe and moved from one notable owner to another for about a hundred years, before entering the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in 1659. As the only Mexican Indigenous manuscript that Europeans found legible for more than three hundred years, it became the most studied, used, and reproduced non-European manuscript in early modern Europe, and a central source for the interpretations of Indigenous books and Indigenous societies. Over the centuries, many notable scholars reproduced the manuscript and offered wide-ranging interpretations, rethinking the Aztec past through them. As we continue to rethink this manuscript today, what are the implications for our understanding of Indigenous manuscripts?

The 2024 New Scholars

• D.F. McKenzie New Scholar: Hallie Nell Swanson (University of Pennsylvania), “Moving Stories: The Indo-Persian Romance”
• Jacob Blanck & Dorothy Porter Wesley New Scholar: Yolanda Mackey (Penn State University), “Recovering and Reclaiming Claude McKay’s Lost Novel(s) ‘Amiable with Big Teeth.’”
• Katherine F. Pantzer New Scholar: Andreas P. Bassett (University of Washington),  “The Typographical Evolution of Printed Play and Sermon Titles in the Early English Book Trade, 1590–1642”

Schedule of Events

Friday, January 26 – 1pm-6:30pm Eastern | In-Person at Convene, 75 Rockefeller Plaza & Online

The 2024 Annual Meeting and New Scholars Program will be held in-person and live-streamed to our virtual audience starting at 1pm Eastern with New Scholars’ papers and a group question and answer session. Following a 30-minute break (snacks and beverages will be available at Convene for our in-person audience), the 2024 Annual Meeting will begin at 3pm Eastern. The entire program will be live-streamed for a virtual audience on the BSA YouTube Channel.

Registration for in-person attendance is required (click to register). The entire program will be live-streamed on the BSA YouTube Channel starting at 1pm Eastern.

The Annual Meeting & New Scholars Program on 26 January 2024 will follow the agenda below:

• 1pm Eastern, New Scholars Program (Hybrid: In-Person and Online via YouTube)
• 2:15 to 2:45pm Eastern, Intermission
• 3pm Eastern: BSA Annual Meeting & Keynote Lecture by Dr. Daniela Bleichmar, “Rethinking the Aztec Past, Rethinking the Codex Mendoza” (Hybrid: In-Person and Online via YouTube)
• 5-6:30pm Eastern: Reception

Space is limited to 100 in-person attendees, we cannot accept registrations for individual segments of the program.

Bibiography Week & Local Arrangements

Looking for more information on Bibliography Week? Check the BSA website for detailed information, and BibliographyWeek.org for a handy calendar.

Local arrangements: The Bibliography Week 2024 page on the BSA website has some handy tips for planning your trip, including recommendations for local hotels & for getting around in NYC.

In Person Covid safety protocols

• Read about Convene’s Covid standards and safety protocols.
• Masking is encouraged but not required.
• In alignment with our host venue’s policy, we strongly recommend staying up to date on vaccinations at all times. Proof of vaccination will not be required for entry.