Hungarian American Coalition News, 1994 (3. évfolyam, 1. szám)
1994 / 1. szám
Member News Continued BOOK NEWS Hungarian Program at Shepherd College In an effort to internationalize its campus Shepherd College has introduced the Global Horizons series which will highlight the history, culture, and politics of a different country each year. Under the leadership of Dr. Don Henry, Dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences, and with the expert assistance of Dr. Katalin Volker, Hungary is the first country featured in this program. In addition to four months of lectures, musical performances, and art exhibits, Shepherd College students will participate in a mock election, reflecting the Hungarian Elections scheduled for May, 1994. The Hungarian Embassy in Washington has provided many of the speakers and has also taken an active part in developing this program, which could serve as a model for other colleges and universities, eventually becoming a fully accredited course. For more information, please contact Dr. Katalin Almay Volker at (304) 876- 2511, ext. 250. Anti-Defamation League Corrects Historical Inaccuracies in U.S. Textbooks Dr. Andrew Simon, newly elected President of the Hungarian Anti-Defamation League, has published an excellent 50 page long study, “Hungary in American History Textbooks: A Survey.” In it he reviews five college history textbooks to determine whether or not there exists a certain anti-Hungarian bias in the commonly used American university textbooks. He and his colleagues have started a campaign to correct inaccurate information by writing to editors, some of whom have already responded favorably to their efforts. For more information, write to the League’s main office at 300 Winston Drive, #510, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010. ANNOUNCING TWO WHITE HOUSE INTERNSHIPS IN 1994 FOR A COLLEGE AGE YOUNG HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN FOR THREE AND SIX MONTHS DURATION The Hungarian American Coalition will provide a stipend for two outstanding candidates chosen for a three month long and a six month long White House Internship to begin this summer. Have you ever thought of working in the White House? Are You a college student who wants to live and work in Washington, D. C? Do you come from a Hungarian-American background? Are you interested in public service, and infinding out how to get personally involved in the democratic process? If the answer is “yes” to these questions, please write a one page summary of your educational and work experience, and send it by May 5, 1994, to: Edith Lauer, President Hungarian American Coalition 18501 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44118 Fax: (216) 447-7806 Atlantic Research and Publications published four titles during 1993: Yugoslavia: The Process of Disintegration by Laslo Sekelj. Professor Sekelj, a sociologist with a Hungarian background, analyzes the collapse of Yugoslavia and examines the centrifugal forces that led to the federal republic’s collapse. Hungarian Economy and Society During World War II ed. by György Lengyel, Chairman of the Budapest School of Economics (formerly Karl Marx University). The collection of essays deals with the organization of war economy, and the status of the different social classes in prewar and wartime Hungary. A detailed essay deals with Hungary’s wartime human losses by Tamás Stark. Among the other contributors are the late György Lengyel and Sándor Szakály. Planning for War against Russia and Serbia. Austro-Hungarian and German Military Strategies, 1879-1914 by Greydon A. Tunstall, Jr. This American scholar demonstrates the strains in the Dual Alliance, and the failure of the Austro- Hungarian command to develop and execute viable strategies against Serbia and Russia. The Life of a Communist Revolutionary, Béla Kun by György Borsányi. The Hungarian version of this book was withdrawn from sales in 1979 by the Kádár regime. Only after the collapse of communism in Hungary was the book returned to the stores. While ARP pursued the book’s English language publication rights since the mid-eighties, this too was denied by the communist authorities. In this monograph the author shows Kun as a man with few virtues and many frailties. Through his life one can also learn about the evils of the communist system in Hungary in 1919 and in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s. The books can be ordered at a discount for $25.00per volume, plus $2.50 for shipping and handling for one volume, and for $1.00 for each additional volume from ARP, PO Box 568, Highland Lakes, NJ 07422. 10 • Hungarian American Coalition News • Spring 1994
