Stephen Hinton named Berlin Prize Fellow
Stephen Hinton, the Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities and professor in the Department of Music, has been named a 2025-26 Berlin Prize Fellow by the American Academy in Berlin. The prize is awarded to U.S. scholars who represent excellence in their fields. It comes with a semester residency in Berlin and resources to pursue scholarly and artistic projects while there. During spring 2026, Hinton will investigate how the definition of "classical" music has evolved over time.
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