Things Accomplished at Kalamazoo (So Far)

by J J Cohen

• the greeting of friends, companions, colleagues
• the imbibing of libation
• the ingestion of aliment
• the browsing of tomes
• taunting and mockery
• affirmation and affection
• the renewing of bonds
• the celebrating of enduring bonds
• the fêting of Bonnie Wheeler
• the flight from Morpheus
• the disinfecting of the Tiny Shriner
• scheming that should lead to a special issue of postmedievial on New Critical Modes
• some reflection upon what conferences ideally accomplish