September 13, 2024
Aliosha Pittaka Bielenberg, a PhD student at UC Berkeley's Department of Rhetoric, has been awarded the Modern Greek Studies Association's 2024 S. Victor Papacosma Graduate Student Essay Prize for his paper "Thinking about Music and Tradition in Cyprus."
The citation written by the prize committee reads as follows:
"The members recognized the innovation and creative style of this auto-ethnographic essay. The committee spent a considerable amount of time discussing the essay's original research-approach, which opens the frontiers of traditional scholarship. As one member put it, the paper offers an insightful blend of 'personal and theoretical reflection' that is equally stimulating and thought-provoking."
Aliosha will present his paper and receive his award at the 28th Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association, which will be held at Princeton University from 17–20 October 2024. Congratulations, Aliosha!