Maria Sofia Lannutti

Maria Sofia Lannutti is a Full Professor in the Department of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Florence, specializing in medieval Romance literature across multiple languages including Italian, French, Provençal, and Catalan. Her academic journey began with a degree in Literature (1989) and a PhD in Romance Philology (1995) from the University of Florence. Prior to her current position, she worked at the University of Pavia from 2002 until September 2018, where she progressed from researcher to associate professor.

Professor Lannutti holds several significant academic positions beyond her university appointment:

• President of the Italian Society of Romance Philology (SIFR)
• President of the Centro Studi sull'Ars Nova Italiana del Trecento "Marcello Masini"
• Member of the Executive Board of the Ezio Franceschini Foundation in Florence
• Coordinator of the Music Section "Clemente Terni and Matilde Fiorini Aragone"
• Director of the international project "Medioevo musicale / Music in the Middle Ages"
• Member of the University of Florence ERC Task Force
• Associate researcher at the Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals (IRCVM) in Barcelona
• Associate researcher at CNR-Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa

Professor Lannutti's research focuses on the intricate relationship between text and music in medieval Romance literature and its manuscript tradition. She has made significant contributions to the study of comparative metrics, French lyric poetry (including a critical edition of Guiot de Dijon's songs), Dante's works, Romance linguistics, intertextuality, 13th-century Italian literature, Occitan hagiography, Catalan lyric poetry, and Petrarch's Canzoniere. In recent years, she has directed her attention to 14th and early 15th century polyphonic song, which led to her securing an ERC Advanced Grant for the project "European Ars Nova. Multilingual Poetry and Polyphonic Song in the Late Middle Ages" (2019-2024).

Her scholarly output is extensive, with publications spanning numerous national and international journals including "Studi medievali," "Medioevo romanzo," "Giornale storico della letteratura italiana," and "Romance Philology." Her work demonstrates a consistent interdisciplinary approach that bridges philology, linguistics, and musicology, with particular emphasis on manuscript studies and textual transmission across medieval European traditions.

Professor Lannutti has received notable recognition for her research, most prominently through two prestigious European Research Council grants. Her ERC Advanced Grant project represents a significant five-year research initiative examining multilingual poetry and polyphonic song in the late Middle Ages, reflecting her leadership in this specialized field.

She actively contributes to the academic community through her editorial work, directing the series "La tradizione musicale. Studi e testi" (Edizioni del Galluzzo) and serving on the editorial board of the journal "Medioevo romanzo." Additionally, she organizes an annual international training course on medieval musical culture connected to her "Medioevo musicale" project, which involves young researchers from multiple countries including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Sweden, and the USA.

As an educator, Professor Lannutti teaches courses in Romance Philology, Romance Linguistics, Romance Literature of the Middle Ages, and History of poetry for music in the Middle Ages. She participates in doctoral supervision as a member of PhD committees at both the University of Florence and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, mentoring the next generation of scholars in her specialized field.