Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1973 (1. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)

1973 / 1. szám

István Herneczki, Head of Chair of Economics and Business Administration, University of Forestry and Timber Industry (Sopron), for study at the School of Forestry and Conservation, University of California, Berkeley, "Forestry Business Administration."

Ferenc Kovács, Professor at the University of Bucharest, for study at the University of Texas, Austin; the University of California, Berkeley; and the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C., "History of Linguistic Theory: The Role of Gyula Laziczius in Linguistics."

György Makai, Senior Editor, Ország-Világ, for study at Columbia University; University of California, Los Angeles; Stanford University; and Florida State University, on "American Foreign Political Journalism; United States Policy Toward Third World, Arab World."

Ferenc Mérei, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pécs, for study at the University of Southern California,of "Micro-Neurosurgery and Micro-Vascular Surgery."

Agnes Nemes-Pungor, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Industrial Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, for study at the University of California, Berkeley, "Relations of Technological Development, Economic Growth and Social Environment."

László Seres, Research Assistant, University of Szeged, for research at the National Bureau of Standards, on "Mechanism of Decomposition and Oxidation Reactions of Organic Compounds with Effect of Inhibitors."

Gábor Szabó, Professor, Biological Institute, Medical School of the University of Debrecen, for research at Rockefeller University on "Process of Differentiation with Biochemical and Genetical Methods."

Gyula Szabó, Senior Researcher, Hungarian Institute for Building Sciences, for study at Kansas State University and the University of Illinois, of "Environmental Engineering in Connection with Heating, Air-Conditioning and Ventilation Systems."

SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS

Fulbright-Hays Award for 1974-75

The Committee on International Exchange of Persons will accept applications this spring for more than 550 lecturing and advanced research awards during 1974-75 in 75 countries under the senior Fulbright-Hays Program. Specialists in social sciences who are U.S. citizens and have a doctorate or college teaching experience are invited to indicate their interest in an award by completing a simple registration form available on request from: Senior Fulbright-Hays Program, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418.

Registrants will receive a detailed announcement of the 1974-75 program, in May. July 1, 1973 is the deadline for applying for research awards and it is also the suggested date for filing for lectureships.

For Graduate Studies

The Fulbright-Hays program for predoctoral research abroad is administerred by the Instititue of International Education, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017. For further information or application forms write directly to the above address.

For Undergraduate Studies

Undergraduates interested in study and travel opportunities in Hungary and Eastern Europe may' obtain information from the Council on International Education Exchange, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017.

ACLS

The American Council of Learned Societies offers fellowships for East European studies, including grants for post-doctoral research, grants for the study of East European languages, travel grants to international conferences abroad, and grants for support of conferences. For information write to the American Council of Learned Societies, 345 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.

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mittee on Uralic Studies, consisting of Professors Deak (history), Charles Szladits (international law) and Austerlitz (linguistics; chairman), offering M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

Studies involve the command of one or more of the East European languages, in addition to a major Western European language; specialized courses and seminars in a selected field of research; and courses in three additional disciplines dealing with East Central Europe as a whole. Frequent special seminars and lectures of visiting scholars from East European countries are also available. The Institute utilizes fully its location in New York City and its links with other institutes at Columbia University, such as the Russian Institute and the Research Institute on Communist Affairs. The East European library collection of Columbia University is about 125,000 volumes of which some 25,000 volumes are related to Hungary and Hungarian studies. Students and scholars also have access to the libraries of the Austrian Institute, the Polish Institute, the Pilsudski Institute, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

A wide range of fellowships are available, some of which grant field trips to Eastern^ Europe. In addition, participation in faculty-sponsored research projects are encouraged.

A newsletter covering current activities is available from the Institute, c/o Columbia University, 420 l/l/est 118th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027. The latest issue of the NEWSLETTER (Fall 1972) lists the following Hungarian-related doctoral dissertations as being in progress:

Manuela Dobos on "The Croatian peasant rebellion of 1883."

Sándor D. Dorsick on "Church-state relations in Hungary in the 1890's."

Mary Gluck on "The Nyugat and Social change in pre-1914 Hungary."

Samuel Goldberger on "Ervin Szabó and the work of the second Reform Generation in the synthesis of the new Hungarian society."

Allen Z. Hertz on "The Habsburg— Ottoman frontier on the Danube: Ada Kale."

Michael G. Hillinger on 'The German national movement in Hungary, 1933-1944."

Miriam Levy on "Plans for constitutional reform in Hungary under Leopold II."

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