CALL FOR PAPERS - INVITIAMO INTERVENTI - APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS

Canadian Society for Italian Studies 2006 Conference
York University
Toronto, Canada

The Canadian Society for Italian Studies will hold its next annual Spring
conference in conjunction with the 75th Congress of the Humanities and
Social Sciences from Saturday May 27 to Monday, May 29, 2006, at York
University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Proposals are invited for
individual papers, complete sessions, or panel discussions, which may be
presented in Italian, English, or French. The title with a 150-word
abstract should be sent to the session chair indicated below not later
than January 9, 2006. Further enquiries may be addressed to the general
program organizer, Olga Pugliese (pugliesechass.utoronto.ca).
The general theme of the 2006 Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences is "The City: A Festival of Knowledge".

N. B. Presenters must be members of the CSIS and also register for the
Congress (see the website at www.fedcan.ca).

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Regular Sessions
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Middle Ages and Renaissance / Medioevo e Rinascimento
Chair: Cristina Perissinotto, Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures, University of Ottawa, Arts Hall Rm. 123, 70 Laurier Avenue
East, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5; Tel. (613) 562-5800 x 2550; Fax (613) 562-5138;
cperissiuottawa.ca

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Sei-Settecento
Chair: Rosalind Kerr, Drama Department, FAB 3-146, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB T6G-2C9; Tel. (780) 492-8737; Fax: (780) 492-9156;
rosalind.kerrualberta.ca

From Romanticism to verismo /Dal romanticismo al verismo
Chair: Sandra Parmegiani, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
The University of Western Ontario, University College, Rm. 260, London, ON
N6A 3K7. Tel. 519 661-2111 x 87018; Fax (519) 661-4093 x 84093;
sparmegiuwo.ca

Early Twentieth-century Literature & Culture / Letteratura e cultura del
primo '900
Chair: Stefano Giannini, Department of French, Italian & Spanish,
University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4; Tel.
(403) 220-5304; Fax. (403) 284-3634; gianniniucalgary.ca

Contemporary Literature & Culture / Letteratura e cultura contemporanea
Chair: Eugenio Bolongaro, Department of Italian Studies, McGill
University, 688 Sherbrooke St. W., Suite 0425, Montreal, PQ H3A 3R1. Tel
(514) 398-4400 x 09454; Fax: (514) 398-1748; eugenio.bolongaromcgill.ca

Second-Language Acquisition & Pedagogy / Acquisizione e didattica della
lingua seconda
Chair: Marina Frescura, Department of Languages, Literatures and
Linguistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON M3J 1P3; Tel.
(416) 736-5016 x 88735; Fax (416) 736- 5483; frescurayorku.ca

Historical and Descriptive Linguistics / Linguistica storica e descrittiva
Chair: Jana Vizmuller-Zocco, Department of Languages, Literatures and
Linguistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON M3J 1P3; Tel.
(416) 736-5016 x 88735; Fax: (416) 736-5483; jvzoccoyorku.ca

Italian Canadian Studies / Studi italo-canadesi
Chair: Gabriele Scardellato, Department of Languages, Literatures and
Linguistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON M3J 1P3; Tel.
(416) 736-5016; Fax (416) 736 5483; gpscaryorku.ca

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Special Sessions
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The City: A Festival of Knowledge / Convivio sulla città
Chair: Daria Valentini, Stonehill College, 320 Washington Street, Easton,
MA 02357, USA; Tel. (508) 565-1267; dvalentinistonehill.edu

The Renaissance City / La città rinascimentale - joint session with the
Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies
Chair: Konrad Eisenbichler, Victoria College (NFH 308), University of
Toronto, 73 Queen's Park Cres., Toronto, ON M5S 1K7. Tel. (416) 585-4486;
Fax (416) 585-4584; konrad.eisenbichlerutoronto.ca

Reading and Writing Space: Cities, Landscapes and Images in Modern Poetry
/ Spazio e scrittura: Città e paesaggi nella poesia moderna
Chair: Slavica Grujicic, c/o Department of Italian Studies, University of
Toronto, Carr Hall, 100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4;
slavica.grujicicutoronto.ca

History and Politics / Storia e politica
Chair: Roberto A. Ventresca, Department of History, King's University
College at The University of Western Ontario, 266 Epworth Avenue, London,
ON N6A 2M3; Tel. (519) 433-3491 x 4370; Fax (519) 433-0353; rventresuwo.ca

Translation: Theory and Practice / La traduzione: teoria e pratica
Chair: Enrico Vicentini, c/o Department of Italian Studies, University of
Toronto, Carr Hall, 100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4; Tel.
(home): (416) 461-2644; Fax: (416) 396-2371; enriviceyahoo.com

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Dr. Enrico Vicentini
Vice-President, Canadian Society for Italian Studies
c/o Department of Italian Studies,
University of Toronto, Carr Hall, 100
St. Joseph Street, Toronto,
ON M5S 1J4, Canada
Email: enriviceyahoo.com