AnnuncioWe are pleased to announce that special guests of the AAIS will be AntonioTabucchi, Dacia Maraini, and Remo Ceserani, Professor of ComparativeLiterature at the Universita' di Bologna.Also present at the Conference wil be the poet Luciano Erba, invited by theItalian Poetry Society of America.In 1998 the AAIS will recognize Professor Gian Paolo Biasin of the Universityof California Berkeley or his outstanding scholarship and his contributionsto Italian Studies in the United States.

Calendario delle sessioni sulla poesia dialettale
Friday - 11:30 - 12:4546. New Directions in Dialect PoetryOrganizer and Chair: Luigi Bonaffini, CUNY/Brooklyn CollegeAchille Serrao, "Orientamenti della poesia dialettale contemporanea. Dall'‘esperimento' lirico al racconto in versi: Luigi Bressan, Fabio Franzin,Giose Rimanelli e Nelvia Di Monte"Justin Vitiello, Temple University - "New Poetries for Europe"Dante Maffia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" - "Sopravvivenza della‘nostalgia' nella poesia dialettale contemporanea.Francesca  Cadel -  "Poesia in friulano della destra del Tagliamento: daPasolini a Federico Tavan"Friday - 5:00-6:1568. Dialect Poets Read their Own PoetryOrganizer: Luigi Bonaffini, CUNY/Brooklyn CollegeChair: Justin Vitiello, Temple UniversityOttavio Balena (Napoletano), Adeodato Piazza Nicolai (Ladino), GioseRimanelli (Molisano), Peter Carravetta (Calabrese), Achille Serrao(Campano), Dante Maffia (Calabrese), Joseph Tusiani (Pugliese), MarcelloMarciani (Abruzzese)Sunday 10:00 - 11:15108. Dialect Poetry in Southern Italy: una nuova antologiaOrganizer: Maria Ponce de Leòn, Temple University RomeChair:    Luigi Bonaffini,  Brooklyn CollegeGaetano Cipolla, St. John's University - "The Emergence of Dialect Poetryin the South"Giose Rimanelli, SUNY/Albany - "‘Rurale' e "cittadino' sia al nord sia al sudnella poesia dialettale: Giancarlo Consonni lombardo e Giuseppe Jovinemolisano"Luigi Reina, L'Università di Salerno - "La poesia dialettale meridionaleitaliana: un capitolo della letteratura europea del novecento"

CALL FOR PAPERSColleagues interested in organizing a session or presenting a paper at theAnnual Conference of the AAIS should send their proposals toProf. Paolo GiordanoModern Languages & LiteraturesLoyola University6525 N. Sheridan Rd.Chicago, IL 60626or through e-mail : pgiorda&flash.netAll people attending the conference must be members of the Association byDecember 1, 1997.$15 -- Graduate Students, Independent scholars, and Professors Emeriti$20 -- Regular Members$35 -- CouplesTo become a member contact:Prof. Cinzia Donatelli NobleFrench & ItalianBrigham Young University4010 JKHBProvo, Utah 84602e-mail: Cinzia_Noble@byu.edu

CONFERENCE GUIDELINES
PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES IN ORGANIZINGYOUR SESSION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE CONFERENCEORGANIZERS. PROPOSED SESSIONS WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH THESE NORMS WILL NOTBE PLACED IN THE CONFERENCE.NORMS FOR ORGANIZERS/CHAIRS1. You must be a member in good standing of the AAIS to propose a session.If you are not a member of the AAIS and you wish to propose a session, thefirst step is to join the Association and then forward your proposal,keeping in mind the February 15 deadline for membership.2. Please respond promptly to all inquiries from prospective speakers.3. All prospective speakers should submit to you a 300-word abstract oftheir paper.4. In accepting papers for your session, bear in mind the intended goals ofthe session as well as the scholarly interests of the speakers and audience.A successful session requires planning, communication among all speakers andchair, and common interests among speakers and audience.Organizers must also ensure:a. that accepted papers have only been submitted to one panelb. speakers are members in good standing of the AAISc. speakers have been informed of AAIS Conference guidelines for speakers.Organizers are welcome to check a list of those no-show speakers at previousconferences who did not notify their panel chair (contact either PaoloGiordano or Franco Ricci).5. Sessions should contain three or four papers.  If you have five or moregood proposals, please submit two sessions.  The organizers will make everyeffort to accommodate you.  On the other hand, should you receive only oneor two proposals, please forward them to the conference organizers forpossible placement in other sessions.6. Submit your finalized session to Convention organizer no later than 28November 1997.  IN ORDER TO ENSURE CELERITY PLEASE NOTE THAT SESSIONS MAY BESUBMITTED BY PHONE, FAX OR E-MAIL BEFORE THE DEADLINE.  At that time, send acopy of your session to all the speakers informing them that:a the session has been accepted unless they hear otherwise from you and fromthe Convention organizers;b any changes in the session should be communicated to you and also directlyto the Convention organizers by 19 December 1997c no paper will be read in absentiad any decision not to attend the conference which is made after 1 January1997 cannot be taken into consideration in the preparation of the programand will in fact jeopardize the success of the session.Chairs should also keep in mind the resolution adopted at the 1993 GeneralMeeting, that is that the published order of speakers in a session shouldnot be altered.Norms for Speakers1.  All participants in the Convention must be members in good standing ofthe AAIS.2.  Submit the title of proposed paper to the organizer of the session assoon as possible, but not later than 28 November 1996, and only after youknow that you will be able to attend the conference.  With the title send a300-word abstract.  Include your complete address with office and hometelephone numbers.  According to AAIS norms, every participant may presentone paper and also conduct another official function, such as chairing asession.  Organizing a session is not considered an official function.Organizers of sessions will be recognized as such in the Convention program.3.  Every session will last 90 minutes.  The organizer/chair of the sessionshould reserve 15 minutes, either between or after the papers, for a generaldiscussion period.  If the organizer accepts four papers, your reading timeis 15 minutes (= 7 pages, with no more than 250 words per page).  If theorganizer accepts three papers, your reading time is 20 minutes (= 9 pageswith no more than 250 words per page).  In both cases, the audience willhave about 15 minutes to discuss with the panel the papers presented.Please bear in mind that a primary function of presenting a paper is to beable to discuss your scholarly interests with colleagues.  By limiting timefor discussion, you relinquish an important function of the convention.4.  The session organizer will submit the finalized session to theConvention organizers no later than 19 December 1997.  Any changes in yourpresentation after that date must be communicated directly to the Conventionorganizers and to the organizer of the session before January 1, 1998.5.  No papers may be read in absentia.  By deciding not to attend theconference after January 12, you jeopardize the success of your session andmay deprive a colleague of the opportunity to deliver a paper.NB:  According to AAIS Guidelines, a member may read no more than one paperand chair a session and participate in one round tableNB: The final program will be mailed to all AAIS members in mid-January.----------------------------------------------------------If you are interested in reading a paper on Antonio Tabucchi's works at thenext AAIS, in Chicago, 2-5 April 1998, please contact me at:fbrizio@utk.eduI am organizing two sessions.Flavia Brizio-Skov----------------------------------------------------------Torna all'indice

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