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Madam Hwang’s letter to her husband, supposedly written in the nineteenth century. 23 × 38 cm. Image from Han’gukhak Chungang Yŏn’guwŏn, ed., Chosŏn Hugi Han’gŭl Kanch’al (Ŏn’gan) Yŏnginbon 1 (Seoul: T’aehaksa, 2005), 271. Image published in Hwisang Cho's article in PBSA 116:1. Effects added by the author.
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The March issue of PBSA is available online and on its way to your mailbox!
Members receive PBSA in print at no additional cost and electronic access to the full archive of the journal. BSA members also have exclusive access to the e-Book edition of this issue, which can be downloaded as an EPUB or MOBI file and read on an iPad, iPhone, Nook, Kindle, Android, or computer—even when the device is not connected to the internet.
Want to peruse this issue online or download the eBook version of the latest issue? Find instructions on our website.
Articles:
On Liberation Bibliography: The 2021 BSA Annual Meeting Keynote, by Derrick R. Spires
Margaret Cavendish’s University Years: Batch Bindings and Trade Bindings in Cambridge and Oxford, by Liza Blake
Embodied Literacy: Somatic Origins of Nonlinear Layouts in Chosŏn Epistolary Culture, by Hwisang Cho
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Books Reviewed:
Jill Kray and Paolo Sachet, eds.The Afterlife of Aldus: Posthumous Fame, Collectors and the Book Trade (Warburg Institute, 2018), reviewed by Alessandra Bordini.
Erin A. McCarthy. Doubtful Readers: Print, Poetry, and the Reading Public in Early Modern England (Oxford University Press, 2020), reviewed by Megan Heffernan.
Simon Loxley, ed. Emery Walker: Arts, Crafts and a World in Motion; Richard Mathews and Joseph Rosenblum, eds. Printing for Book Production: Emery Walker’s Three Lectures for the Sandars Readership in Bibliography, Delivered at Cambridge, November 6, 13, & 20, 1924. (both Oak Knoll Press, 2019) Reviewed by William P. Stoneman.
William S. Peterson. Morris & Company: Essays on Fine Printing. (Oak Knoll Press, 2020) Reviewed by Jessica Terekhov.
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The Society Information Section
More interesting than it sounds! This section includes quarterly updates on progress made toward achieving goals set in the Society's Equity Action Plan, recaps of recent events, and other important announcements.
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Join BSA or Renew Your Membership to Receive PBSA by mail.
Join the Society for as little as $25/year if you are 35 and under, or $80 for individuals 35 and above. Membership benefits include full access to PBSA online and/or in print, the option to subscribe to the ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection for an additional $25, and discounts at the Center for Book Arts and University of Chicago Press online bookstore.
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Submit a Proposals to the BSA Events Committee by April 4
The Events Committee's April call for proposals is now open! BSA issues tri-annual calls in January, April, and October that are similar to open calls for conference proposals, but through our distributed model the Society hosts events throughout the year, in-person and online.
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.
Submitting a Proposal: What to Expect
We request a general overview of the content of sessions and presenters as well as information about the budget, promotion, and general organization of the event. The budget request allows us to compensate presenters and organizers with honoraria for their intellectual and organizational labor and to cover other necessary costs. Not all fields in our form are required!
Proposals are due April 4, 2022!
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Codima, "10 años Taller Sol" (1987). This off-set poster announces a performance to be held at the Teatro Cariola on Saturday, August 29, 1987 in celebration of ten years of art education programming at the Taller Sol, a cultural center in Santiago, Chile. Part of the Sam L. Slick Collection of Latin American and Iberian Posters, the University of New Mexico.
News from Members & Friends
Members are the heart of the BSA. Join us in celebrating their accomplishments and support them at these upcoming bibliographical events. Reply to this email to share your announcements in our next newsletter.
Dorothy Berry (Harvard University), member of the BSA Events Committee, curated and launched the Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library (SAEF) collection on January 6 to enhance discovery of special collections material related to Black history and culture. She is also publishing a new column for JStor Daily, "Archives Unbound", giving an inside look at the work that makes digital collections like SAEF available, while shining a light on sometimes forgotten figures in Black print culture and public life. Her introductory piece appeared on February 24.
Martha Driver (Pace University) will be among the lecturers in the upcoming NEH Seminar for Higher Education Faculty at The Ohio State University, Printing and the Book During the Reformation: 1450-1650. The seminar is scheduled July 4-30, 2022, participant applications were due March 1.
Friends of BSA at UPenn's Kislak Center, welcome you to attend the Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography, "The Secret Life of Books" given by Peter D. McDonald of Oxford University. Registration information: all three lectures will be held in person and also streamed virtually, via Zoom webinar, on March 14, 15, and 17 at 5:30pm Eastern. Register separately for each event on the Penn Libraries website.
Aaron T. Pratt (Harry Ransom Center), liaison to the Renaissance Society of America, has organized a series of panels at their conference in Dublin, March 30-April 2. Find a full list of panels on the BSA website and information about the conference on the RSA conference website.
Douglas S. Pfeiffer (Stony Brook University) has published a new book with Oxford University Press, Authorial Personality and the Making of Renaissance Texts: The Force of Character. The Force of Character explores the Renaissance-era rise of literary culture's preoccupation with reading for the author in the interpretation of texts. Finding its primary evidence in the prefatory and other paratextual materials – both verbal and visual – printed in the originals of books but often left out of modern editions or otherwise neglected, the book also demonstrates the instrumental importance of book history and bibliography to modern literary scholarship. Dr. Pfeiffer is a member of the Council Class of 2023.
Heather Wolfe (Folger Shakespeare Library), former Chair and current member of the BSA Nominating Committee, will lead a Director's Seminar at the Warburg Institute entitled, Papermakers and Paper Projects in Early Modern England, 1580-1640. Online, 9 March 2022, 5:30-7pm GMT. Free with registration. Dr. Wolfe is the Munby Fellow for 2021-2022 at Cambridge University.
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