Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1975 (3. évfolyam, 6-8. szám)
1975 / 8. szám
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Lack of space in the HSN makes it impossible to report on all Hungarian related writings in English, and we regret deeply that at least for the time being we cannot even hope to include works published in other languages. Books of major importance written in other languages than English cross our desk frequently. Books you want to know of, like Gyula Decsy’s DIE LINGUISTICSCHE STRUKTUR EUROPAS; VERGANGENHEIT, GEGENWART, ZUKUNFT. (The Linguistic Structure of Europe; Past, Present, Future.) Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz in behalf of the author, 2000 Hamburg, Eppendorfer Weg 194, West Germany, 1973, stat., tables, 300 pages. Since A. Meilett’s Les Languages dans /'Europe nouvelle (1928), this is the only work on Europe as a linguistic phenomenon. It describes 62 major languages. Hungarian is described in the Danube Group on six pages. The author tries to develop a linguistic Europeanism and emphasizes elements common to the various languages. He is Prof, of Finno-Ugric Philology, U. of Hamburg, and member of the Commission of Language Problems of the European Union. He is also editor-publisher with Annemarie von Gabain of Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher successor of Ungarische Jahrbücher. Volume 46 (1974) of the Ural- Altaische Jahrbücher contains an essay on John Lotz by Thomas A. Sebeok. See Articles and Papers for review. □ We also noticed an interesting essay by Eugene Csocsan de Va'rallja published in two installments in the Revue de L'Est in Paris. His topic is La population de la Hongrie au XXe siecle (The population of Hungary inthe20thcentury.)Vol. 5, No.3, pp.133-177, and Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 133-231. We mention the above items only to share our frustration because of lack of space. □ Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism is a scholarly journal dedicated to the comparative study of nationalism as a force in any area of the world. The Review solicits subscriptions and inquiries, as well as manuscripts in English, French, German, and Spanish. A semi-annual publication, CRSN also provides an annual annotated bibliographic supplement of literature relating to nationalism. Subscriptions: $8.00 per annum; student rate $4.00. Direct inquiries to Dr. Thomas Spira, Editor, Dept, of History, U. of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada. □ Toronto was the site of the Vlllth World Congress of Sociology in August 1974. Among the some 3,000 delegates were a good number of Hungarians. Sándor Szalai presented two papers, one on “Science in the power structure”, and another on “R&D revisited;” András Szesztay on “Birth of a new profession: the environment manager;" Zsuzsa Ferge presented two papers, “The relation between school structure and the structure of knowledge transmitted by the school,” and with Julia Szalai “Social policy and the problem of women;” György Fukasz presented two papers, one on “The scientific and technological revolution" and another on "Effect produced by the introduction of Saturday off on the weekend activities of Hungarian workers.” Mária Marcus on “Family models in Hungary and changes in the function of socialization for sex roles;" Tibor Huszár on “Historical development of the intelligentsia;”La'sz/o Cseh-Szombathy on "The use of time-budget method in studying family interactions;” Zita Reger on “Languagesituationon bilingual / gypsies in Hungary;” Agnes Heller had two papers one on "Religion and everyday life;” and one on “Towards a sociology of knowledge of everyday life: faith or confidence,” Janos Farkas on “Interrelationships between science and industry;” György Márkus on “The Marxian notion of consciousness;” and Mihály Vajda on “Truth or truths.” A more detailed report on the Congress can be found in the September-October 1974 issue of Sociology and Eastern Europe. □ György Csákó from the Pathophysiological Institute, U. of Debrecen Medical School is spending a year in research on cancer metasasis and transglutaminese at the Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Disgestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., under the sponsorship of Koloman Laki. □ IREX extended funds to J.H. Halsey, Chancellor Emeritus of Bridgeport U., to enable Eva Federmayer, a Hungarian graduate student of literature, to accept a 12-month exchange fellowship at Bridgeport U. □ The Interuniversity Consortium on East Central and Southeast European Studies (Boston) recently held its eighth symposium on the East European Peasantry. Among the contributors were P. Juhász on “Remarks on the cooperative farm as a social system in Hungary;” and Antal Gyenes on “Decision making in the Hungarian co-operatives from the sociological point of view.” A detailed report on the symposium was published in the November-December 1974 issue of Sociology & Eastern Europe. □ (Continued on pagelO) ACADEMY AWARDS The National Academy of Sciences (for program description see HSN no. 3) awarded the following scholars in the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding on Exchanges Between the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1974-1975. Americans to Hungary: Richard W. Robinson (N Y. Agricultural Experiment Station) to study horticulture; Gordon Julian (Montana State U.) chemistry; Manny Hillman (Brookhaven National Laboratories) nuclear physics; Conrad C. Reining (Catholic U.) anthropology; Joseph P. Kennedy (U. of Akron) chemistry; John J. Powers (U. of Georgia) food technology; Frank J. McGuigan (Hollins Coll.) psychology; Calvin J. Konya (West Virginia U.) mining engineering; Richard P. Buck (U. of North Carolina) electrochemistry; William Krueger, Jr. (Amoco Products Research Center) geology/oceanography; Kurt Bohnsack (San Diego State U.) zoology; R.C. von Borstel (U. of Alberta) cell biology; Michael Kosztarab (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) entomology; and Marcia Guttentag (Harvard U.) psychology. Hungarians tp the U.S.: József Somogyi (Geophysics Institute) geophysics; Ákos Császár (Eötvös U.) mathematics; Sándor Szalay (Inst, of Nuclear Physics) nuclear physics; Zsuzsa Hollán (Inst, of Hematology) hematology; Ferenc Antoni (Semmelweis Medical U.) chemistry and biochemistry; Ervin Kovács (Eötvös U.) genetics; Sándor Szentgyörgyi (Teachnical U.) chemical equipment; Mátyás Gerbner (Inst, of Psychology) psychology; János Salánki (Biological Research Inst.) neurobiology; Sándor várszegi (Computer Inst.) computer technology; Gabor Földiák (Inst, of Isotopes) isotope; István Teplán (Eötvös U.) synthesis of hormones; Imre Szabó (Inst, for Legal and Adinistrative Science) theory of state and law; Frigyes Csáki (Politechnic U.) control engineering; Zoltán Szócs (Botany Research Inst.) botany; and Ferenc Márta (Inst, of General and Physical Chemistry) chemistry. For further information write to the Section on USSR and Eastern Europe. Office of the Foreign Secretary. National Academy of Sciences. Washington. DC 20418. NO. 8 1975 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 9
