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Call for Papers: New Sources and Tools in Lauda Research
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The ERC AdG LAUDARE project, in collaboration with IBIMUS, the University of Trento, and the National Central Library of Rome, is pleased to announce an international conference to be held in Rome on October 20–21, 2026. The conference aims to explore the evolution of the Italian lauda through an interdisciplinary lens. Original contributions on…
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Vernacular Song and Dance in Italian Popular Devotion
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The University of Trento will host a three-day conference from June 4–6, 2026 , focused on the connection between medieval laude and living oral traditions within Italian popular devotion. As part of the ERC Laudare project directed by Francesco Zimei, the event explores how sacred movement and the body function in Italian rituals, while…
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Indexing the Laudistic Repertoire: A Spotlight on Laudare Project
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As part of the international conference “Respecting the Past, Conserving the Future”, held on 4–6 December 2025 at Palazzo Bo and Palazzo Maldura, researchers Anita Sisino and Luca Benedetti (University of Trento; Sapienza University of Rome), members of the Laudare project team, will present the results of their work titled “Indexing the Laudistic Repertoire:…
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Exploring Saints’ Offices and Devotional Song
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From 4 to 6 December 2025, Palazzo Prodi in Trento will host “Offices of the Saints and Laude for the Saints,” an international conference dedicated to exploring the rich liturgical and devotional traditions surrounding the feasts of the saints. Organized by the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento and the ERC Project…
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Non-Latin Song and Dance in Popular Devotion in Italy – Call for papers
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From 4 to 6 June 2026 the Univerisity of Trento will host two study days dedicated to song and dance in popular devotion, with a special focus on traditions beyond the use of Latin. The initiative takes place within the framework of the Laudare project and approaches these themes primarily from an ethnomusicological perspective.…
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CFP: THE ORIGINS OF LAUDA / THE LAUDA AT ITS ORIGINS
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CFP: THE ORIGINS OF LAUDA / THE LAUDA AT ITS ORIGINS
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LAUDARE hosts its first conference
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On May 28-9, the LAUDARE project hosted its first international conference, organized by Agnese Bee and Angelica Vomera. Scholars from different disciplines – musicology, ethnomusicology, romance philology, Italian literature and theatre history – gathered together to discuss issues of text-music relationship in oral and written culture from the Middle Ages to the present day…
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LAUDARE at the conference “Contrafact in the Middle Ages”
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The team of LAUDARE presented the main features and purposes of the project in the frame of the international conference Contrafact in the Middle Ages organised by the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, project The Use and Reception of Contrafact in Late Medieval Liturgical Chant, in collaboration with the…
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Project presentation at the Societat Catalana de Musicologia
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Project presentation at the Societat Catalana de Musicologia As part of the cycle “Present i futur de la musicologia catalana i la perspectiva internacional”, Lucia Marchi presented the LAUDARE project to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia on 25 April 2023 in Barcelona. Our thanks to Emilio Ros-Fábregas for the kind invitation!