Cor. Mem. Elka Bakalova receives Golden Pythagoras Award 2016

Cor. Mem. Elka Bakalova, an art historian and culturologist, researcher in the field of mediaeval Bulgarian and Byzantine art, received the Golden Pythagoras Award 2016 in recognition of her lifetime’s contribution to development of science. Prof. Elka Bakalova was nominated by the Institute of Art Studies. This year, the Institute received two of a total of six Pythagoras Awards 2016, granted to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The Ministry of Education and Science awarded its prizes in the field of sciences and technologies to researchers, research teams, and bodies for the eighth year in a row yesterday, 19 May, at an award ceremony in Sofia Balkan Hotel.
Cor. Mem. Elka Bakalova shared Golden Pythagoras Award 2016 for lifetime achievement with Academician Prof. Peter Kralchevski, dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia.