To attend online, please register for the event here: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/.... We look forward to seeing you in person or online tomorrow.

There is no need for you to register if you are joining us in person, but you might wish to do so to enable you to join online in case your plans change and you cannot make it to the Society of Antiquaries for the lecture.

And Xinyi Wen will examine how and why naturalists extra-illustrated their books between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries.

Christian Algar will speak on the reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): rare book collector; savant; scholar; slave owner.

Three short papers will be presented by recipients of the Society’s research grants. Elvira Miceli will share preliminary findings from research at the medieval archive of Cava de’ Tirreni, using them to reconsider the palaeography of a major late twelfth¬-century codex.

We expect to notify applicants of the results in late March.

More information can be found on the Society's website:
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Incomplete applications or those missing any required references will be disqualified and not reviewed by the panel. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that both their referees submit references directly via email before the deadline.

Complete applications and two letters of reference must be received by the Fellowships & Bursaries Committee Secretary (bursaries@bibsoc.org.uk) no later than 16 January 2026 at 11.59 pm (GMT).

This might include book history, textual transmission, the making and use of manuscripts, publishing, printing, bookbinding, book-ownership and book-collecting. These awards are intended to support research that advances the understanding of book cultures from all parts of the World.

For work with a bibliographical/book history angle, there a number of grants (small and larger) from the @bibsoc.bsky.social: bibsoc.org.uk/fellowships/

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