Congratulating the BSC-SbC Emerging Scholar 2020

The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) is pleased to announce that Marie-Hélène Jeannotte, who recently completed her doctorate in études françaises at l’Université de Sherbrooke and is currently undertaking postdoctoral research at Queen’s University, has been selected as the recipient of the Emerging Scholar Prize. Her paper, “Pour une approche collaborative des archives des Premières Nations : un voyage accompagné dans la mémoire du théâtre d’Ondinnok,” will be presented at the BSC’s annual conference in June 2020. Continue reading “Congratulating the BSC-SbC Emerging Scholar 2020”

Congratulating the BSC-SbC’s Congress Graduate Merit Award Nominee 2020

The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) is pleased to announce that Marcelle Kosman, a doctoral candidate in the department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta, has been nominated for the BSC-SbC’s inaugural Congress Graduate Merit Award. Her paper, “Taking Out the Trash: The Ethics of Recovering White Feminist Fiction,” will be presented at the BSC’s annual conference in June 2020. Continue reading “Congratulating the BSC-SbC’s Congress Graduate Merit Award Nominee 2020”

2020 Marie Tremaine Fellowship Awarded

The members of the Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) Fellowships Committee are very pleased to announce that Susan R. Fisher has been awarded the Tremaine Fellowship for 2020 for her project, “The Children’s Books of Fredericton’s Brunswick Press: A Bibliographic History.”

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Call for Papers: The Power of Books in Bridging Divides

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Bibliographical and Book Studies in Canada

On June 1st and 2nd, 2020 bibliographical and book studies researchers will gather for the Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Western University in London, Ontario. We encourage multidisciplinary engagement on the power of books in bridging social, ethnic, political, economic, and epistemological divides more broadly, while forming fresh visions for bibliographical and book studies.

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Call for Nominations: Tremaine Medal 2020

The Awards Committee invites nominations for the Marie Tremaine Medal, offered by the Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) for outstanding service to Canadian bibliography and for distinguished publication in either English or French in that field. The Tremaine Medal is accompanied by the Watters-Morley Prize, a $500 scholarly award.

Deadline: December 13, 2019.

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Call for applications: 2020 Emerging Scholar Prize

The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) invites applications for the Emerging Scholar Prize. The Prize promotes the work of a researcher who is beginning a career in the fields of book history and bibliography broadly defined, including a study of the creation, production, publication, distribution, transmission, history, and uses of printed books, manuscripts, or electronic texts. Preference will be given to topics with a Canadian dimension. Deadline for application: December 13, 2019.

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The latest issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada is now available online

The latest issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada is now available online: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc.

Full text articles and reviews from this issue are available for individuals at subscribing institutions and to members of the BSC, who may log in with their personal account. 

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The Council of the BSC stands with the BCSA.

As scholars of the history of texts and media in Canada, we are well aware of the long history of anti-Black racism in this country and call upon the Federation to recommit itself to addressing the ongoing impact of anti-Black racism within academic spaces. Continue reading “The Council of the BSC stands with the BCSA.”