The twenty-seventh annual NEMLA convention will be held in Montreal from 19 to 20 April 1996 at the Hotel du Parc. In the heart of vibrant Montreal, Hotel du Parc is located at the foot of Mount Royal, within walking distance of world-class galleries, museums, and concert halls, exuberant nightlife and gourmet dining on trendy Saint-Laurent and Saint-Denis Streets, and relaxed sidewalk cafes on Prince Arthur's bustling pedestrian mall. McGill University will be the host institution, and Nicole Brossard will be the Friday night keynote speaker.

The association's most significant news is its change in name from PAPC to PAMLA to strengthen its identification with the Modem Language Association and to maintain the historic presence of classical languages.

The association's ninety-third annual meeting will be held 3-5 November 1995 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, hosted by the College of Letters and Science with its Division of the Humanities, and cosponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, the Department of Classics, the Comparative Literature Program, the Department of English, the Department of Germanic, Semitic, and Slavic Studies, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Gerhart Hoffmeister, professor of German, is serving as chair of the local committee.