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 (pugliese@chass.utoronto.ca).

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

Regular Sessions

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; cperissi@uottawa.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.kerr@ualberta.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; sparmegi@uwo.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; giannini@ucalgary.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.bolongaro@mcgill.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; frescura@yorku.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; jvzocco@yorku.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; gpscar@yorku.ca

Special Sessions

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

The Renaissance City / La cittą 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.eisenbichler@utoronto.ca

Reading and Writing Space: Cities, Landscapes and Images in Modern Poetry / Spazio e scrittura: Cittą 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.grujicic@utoronto.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; rventres@uwo.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; enrivice@yahoo.com

(The general theme of the 2006 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is "The City: A Festival of Knowledge")