Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Phillip Shasko, who was recently made an honorary member of the Academica Balkanica Europeana. The group fosters cross-cultural dialogue in the arts, scholarship, and diplomacy between the Balkan-area states and peoples and communities elsewhere in Europe. Shasko, the sole honoree this year from the United States, was among a highly international group of celebrated individuals who also include leading novelists, composers, physicists, politicians, and others from across Europe. See here for more information on this honor.