Call
for Papers for Kalamazoo 2014, sponsored by Stanford Center for
Medieval & Modern Studies & sponsored by the English
Association:
CFP #1: 'Millennium: The Year 1014' This
session will feature three papers by speakers focusing on a single
Medieval year, 1014CE. This year in history proves surprisingly fulcral
(Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos in 1014 and the exile of Aethelred; the
crowning of the Holy Roman Emperor; the victories of the Byzantine
armies, for example). Depending on the papers, the focus on this
specific year will illustrate how historical moments can throw our
sources, genres, and disciplinary methods into sharp relief. CFP #2: 'The Manuscript in the Digital Age'
This session will address the profoundly significant issue of the
display of medieval manuscript materials through online repositories and
how this distant viewing affects participants' understanding of what
they're seeing. This session will devote itself to the topic of
interpretation: how repositories and manuscript projects can best set
about addressing the gap between the digital and the 'real'; how tools
can be utilised to render all aspects of the book or document visible to
the viewer, through description or more transparent metadata.The aims
of the session will be to highlight critical methodological and
conceptual frameworks and make suggestions for the best way forward in
our brave new digital world.