Hungarian Heritage Review, 1991 (20. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1991-01-01 / 1. szám
A Manager of Process Engineering at the Center for Advanced Food Technology at Rutgers University deeply involved in the research and development of the new type of combat rations is Dr. Alex Sigethy, a Hungarian- American! INTEREST IN HUNGARY AND IN THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE GROWING IN WASHINGTON AREA WASHINGTON, D.C. - According to reliable sources of information, there seems to be an increasing interest in Hungary and in the Hungarian language in the Metropolitan Washington Area! The Arlington County Public Schools Adult Education Program, for example, is currently offering a series of three, 15- week courses in Hungarian. Moreover, starting this month, the Smithsonian Institution Resident Associate Program will be offering an 8-week course entitled: "Hungary: Tradition of the Past, Prospects for the Future". This course, it has been reported, will conclude with a reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary hosted by Ambassador Peter Zwack. The "HHR" has also learned that, if present negotiations will have been completed, there will be a sensational exhibition of the works of two Hungarian-American artists in the rotunda of the Capitol Building sometime during the month of March! AMERICAN-HUNGARIAN EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 16TH ANNUAL CONVENTION AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - The American-Hungarian Educators' Association will hold its 16th Annual Convention at Indiana University on March 7-10, 1991, it was recently announced. The organizers of the convention have also issued a call for learned papers exploring a wide range of topics dealing with Hungarian culture. "Since the reinterpretation of the past has begun in Hungary", the call for papers reads," it seems appropriate to have a conference on the history and culture of the first half of the twentieth century, a period which has been misrepresented more than any other part of Hungarian history. In 1990, several artists were awarded posthumous Kossuth prizes, symbolizing the end of an era in which phenomena of the early twentieth century were unduly neglected. Among these artists was Erno Dohnanyi, a distinguished architect of musical culture. Because of the importance of music in the life of a Indiana University, there will be presentations assessing the significance of his activity. Other sessions will focus on the history, intellectual life, art, and literature of Hungary in the early twentieth century. The current situation in Hungary will be the topic of a roundtable discussion. The reading of each paper should not take more than twenty minutes. Discussions will follow at the end of each session. In order to facilitate the finalizing of the program, the organizers request a letter of intent from those interested, indicating the type of participation (i.e. section organizer/chair or reader of paper). Also please attach to your reply a 5-10 line curriculum vitae and a 5-10 line subject precis. . ." Direct all correspondence to: Mihály Szegedy-Maszak Department of Uralic and Altaic Studies Goodbody Hall 157 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405 JANUARY 1991 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 9
