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“SOUNDSHIP”
By Dr. Tin Cugelj (University of Nottingham)
Full title: Soundship: Resounding Ships — Sound and Music of Sacred Sea Travel between Venice and Jerusalem (c. 1450–1650)
The maritime route between Venice and Jerusalem in the 15th and 16th centuries was a melting pot of diverse, multiethnic and multi-religious communities, all united by sound. Pilgrims’ diaries describe how sound phenomena – from trumpets to chants – created a sense of community among travellers, despite their differences. Yet, the significance of sound in early modern travel has been largely overlooked. Supported by the MSCA programme, the SOUNDSHIP project aims to change that. Through innovative research in sound studies, auditory history, and musicology, it will explore how sound shaped the identities and interactions of these communities, thus deepening our understanding of the role of sound in fostering cultural cohesion.
Listening to Fear: Music, Emotion, and Crisis in Eurasia, 1550–1750
Call for Papers – International Conference “Listening to Fear: Music, Emotion, and Crisis in Eurasia, 1550–1750”. Submissions deadline: 30 November 2025. Conference at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Seilerstätte 26, 1010 Wien, Austria, 6-8 May 2026.
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The ‘seeing ear’: multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine
Sound and Travel Writing
Call for Papers – ‘Sound and Travel Writing’, special issue of “Studies in Travel Writing”, ed. Jennifer Linhart Wood and Ellen R. Welch. Abstracts by 15 August 2025; planned publication 2027.
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Call for Papers – 1st International Conference of the IMS Study Group Auditory History. The University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris, France, 20-21 March 2026
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International Conference – Sensing the Materiality of the Early Modern Islamic World, 22-23 May 2025
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Call for papers – Sound, Space, and the Home: A Virtual Symposium, September 5–6, 2025; paper deadline: April 18, 2025
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Call for Papers – “Histoire expérimentale et sensorialités”, April 15 2025
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Dall’Ongaro’s “L’Origine della Bora”
A Wind Across Borders: Reconstructing Regional Identity Through Sensory Experience in Dall’Ongaro’s Ballad “L’Origine della Bora”
by Elena Russo
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