In March, The Burke Library hosted “Aurality & Devotion in the Pre-Modern World,” a multi-disciplinary project on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic devotional song. The multi-day gathering brought together leading scholars from around the U.S. and Europe to share and discuss their research. Subjects included: medieval Hebrew liturgical poetry and ritual, Franciscan choral techniques, Syriac liturgy, Sufi Zekr in Central Asia, popular and sacred Arabic song, and Judeo-Spanish musical traditions. The event was organized by Professors Susan Boynton (Columbia), Isabelle Levy (Columbia), and Georgia Frank (Colgate) and was co-sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, the Department of Music, and the University Seminars.