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 this Symposium Series, hosted by Harvard University.

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.

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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.

A vintage-style patterned image with text saying

Image from G. Darcy, Or et Couleurs, circa 1923

Courtesy of the Winterthur Library

Deadline to Submit a Proposal for Events Funding

Small Grants Available for Bibliographical Events: Deadline 1 April

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. 

A classic library room with wooden furniture, red upholstery, and bookshelves filled with books.

The reading room of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, New York Public Library

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

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.

Old handwritten letter with attached label listing soda flavors.

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 at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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

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.

Spring 2025 Council Meeting

The Spring meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Friday 9 May.

The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.

Learn more about the Mercantile Prize: submission deadline, eligibility, and more.