The book “Ženski identiteti u muzičkom životu austrougarskog Sarajeva” by Dr. Lana Paćuka winner of the Pauline Alderman Awards

The FBiH Musicological Society is pleased to inform the public that The United States Alliance for Women in Music, based in the United States, has announced the winners of The Pauline Alderman Awards for 2020 in its contribution to the contribution and importance of research of women in music.

The book “Ženski identiteti u muzičkom životu austrougarskog Sarajeva” (publisher: Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo, 2019, design: Sandro Drinovac) by Prof. Dr. Lana Paćuka, nominated on behalf of the FBiH Musicological Society, was awarded the title of “highly commended” (a work that receives special attention and recognition) with two publications backed by the prestigious and world-renowned publishing house Oxford University Press. By the way, The Pauline Alderman Award, established in 1985 by the International Congress on Women in Music, is a recognition that pays tribute to one of the first musicologists in the world - Dr. Pauline Alderman (1893–1983).

Lana Paćuka is one of the younger Bosnian musicologists and music writers. From 2014–2019, she was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Music Culture Muzika, the only indexed musicological journal in BiH. She is currently employed as a professor and head of the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo. She has presented scientific papers at symposia organized by the Musicological Society of FBiH, IMS and ICTM, in BiH, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. During 2019, she was part of the expert team for the inscription of sevdalinka on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Lana Paćuka has over 25 published scientific research papers, while the book Women's Identities in the Musical Life of Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo, for which she received recognition, is the first and only musicological monograph in the country and region that deals with gender and the importance of women in music.

The book Female Identities in the Musical Life of Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo is available in the distribution of the Buybook bookstore.