Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)

1976 / 10. szám

IREX- REPORT FOR 1974-75

The annual report of the International Research and Exchange Board contains valuable information on a score of cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Eastern Europe.

According to the report, contacts between IREX and the communist countries of Europe have significantly improved and in some cases expanded. Nevertheless, the year has not passed without difficulties (especially in regard to Romanian and Yugoslavian programs) which caution “against easy assumptions about ‘normalization’ and excessive expectations concerning the rate of progress in the future.”

Describing recent trends, the report says that “__exchanges of

scholars and other forms of international scholarly cooperation have now come to be accepted as legitimate and necessary by the

governments of the socialist countries.” But, ”__there is no warrant

to conclude that the most important corollary of such exchange - unfettered intellectual communication - has been accepted (or is likely to be) by the socialist countries.”

Both, the Polish and Hungarian agreements for 1975/1976 and 1976/1977 had not been signed at the time of the report, but preliminary discussions indicated that 70 man-months both ways for the first year would be agreed upon. However, if IREX is unable to find funds to offset the decrease in Ford Foundation support, the figure may drop to 50 man-months or less in the second year.

Participants in the exchange program with Hungary were as follows: AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS

Karl Aschenbrenner, Prof. Dept, of Philosophy, U. of California, Berkeley. Six months at the Dept, of English, Eötvös LÓránd U. Evaluative terms in the Hungarian language.

Peter Bell, Ph D. candidate, Dept, of Anthropology, U. of California, San Diego. Fourteen months at the Ethnographic Research Group, HAS. The effects of collectivization in rural Hungary.

Etelka deLaczay, Ph.D. candidate, Dept, of Sociology, New School for Social Research. Twelve months. Ideology and culture in Hungary's emergence into modernity.

Scott Eddie, Assoc. Prof., Dept, of Political Economy, U. of Toronto. Two months at the Inst, of History, HAS. Agrarian reform in Eastern Europe 1919-1939.

Edward Hewett, Assist. Prof., Dept, of Economics, U. of Texas, Austin. Four months at the Inst, for World Economics, HAS. East- West trade and economic systems.

John Komlos, Ph.D. candidate, Dept, of History, U. of Chicago. Twelve months at the Inst, of History, HAS. The Habsburg Monarchy as a custom union.

Michael Marrese, Ph.D. candidate, Dept, of Economics, U. of Pennsylvania. Twenty months at the Inst, of Economics, HAS. Economic theory and central planning. Mr. Marrese was also awarded a fellowship for preparatory study for the exchange program.

Harry Steckman, Ph D. candidate, Dept, of Music, Columbia U. Five months at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy. The composition of two and three part songs based on American folk music.

Ivan Volgyes, Assoc. Prof., Dept, of Political Science, U. of Nebraska. Three and one-half months at the Natl. Pedagogical Inst. Secondary education in Hungary: The effects of the 1970-1972 reforms.

Sylvia Avis, Researcher, Dept, of Physiology, School of Medicine, U. of North Carolina. Brain metabolism in shock and hypoxia. (Withdrew.)

HUNGARIAN PARTICIPANTS

Andor Ba'lint, Prof. U. of Agricultural Sciences, Gödöllő. Five months at the U. of Illinois. Study of methods and results of breeding for quality, protein, amino acids composition, oil content, etc. in maize.

Maria Brull, Jr. Lecturer, Higher School of Finance and Accounting. Five months at Princeton U. Monetray problems of the western countries: changes in U.S. monetary policy and balance of payments.

György Csepeli, Assist. Prof., Eötvös LoraVid U. Five months at Columbia Teachers Coll, and U. of California, Santa Barbara. Recent developments of intergroup research and theories in social psychology in the U.S.

Ferenc Foltyn, Asst. Prof. Eötvös LÓránd U. Five months at Princeton U. Problems of inflation-theories, experiences, antiinflationary policies, the connection between inflation, employment and economic growth.

Erika Kálmán, Group Leader for Research, Central Research Inst, for Chemistry, HAS. Five months at Roswell Park Memorial Inst, and SUNY, Stony Brookl Studies on the structure of liquids, particularly water and electrolyte solutions by diffraction method.

Ádám Kovach, Sr. Res. Fellow, Inst, of Nuclear Research, HAS. Fifteen months at M.l.T. Rb/Sr geochronology and application of strontium isotopic ratios in solving petrogeneticat problems.

Gábor Kovács, Res. Dpt. Leader, Inst, of Research of Chinoin. Five months at Harvard U. Synthesis of postaglandin analogs.

László Matzkó, Lecturer, U. of Szeged. Eight months at the U. of Texas, Austin. General characteristics of American dialects.

Ferenc Nemeth, Assoc. Prof ., Technical U. Five months at the U. of Illinois and U. of California, Berkeley. Experiment and study of reinforced concrete slabs; design of skew reinforcement.

László sólyom, Res. Officer, Inst, of Administrative and Legal Sciences, HAS. Five months at the U. of California, Berkeley and Harvard U. Law of contracts and law of international trade relations: comparative law aspects and private law aspects of the same.

Éva Széchy, Prof. Eötvös LÓránd U. Five months at the Library of Congress, Columbia Teachers College, U. of California, Berkeley, and Harvard U. Study of the American system of higher education; teacher training methods.

Maria Szekerle, Sr. Res. Fellow, Research Group for Peptide Chemistry, HAS. Five months at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Antitumor antibiotics and a preference of peptide-type compounds like actinomycin.

Robert Tardos, Deputy Leader, Mass Communications Research Center, Hungarian Radio and Television. Five months at the U. of Pennsylvania and Stanford U. Effects of mass media on the formation and cultivation of values (with special regard to economic aspects).

Korne,| Terpen, Head of Systems Development, Computer Center of Association for Hungarian Telecommunications Industry. Ten months at U. of California, Los Angeles, Stanford U. and Clemson U. New Methods in designing and implimenting. computer-aided production control systems: performance control techniques.

László Vajna, Inst, for Plant Production. Five months at the U. of Idaho. Study of fungi causing cancer and bark necrosis in stone fruit trees in the U.S.: natural defense reactions of plants against infection; use of systemic fungicides.

Miha'ly Za'dor, Head of Dept, of Monuments Preservation, Technical U. Five months at New York U., Columbia U., and the U. of Illinois, Chicago Circle. Monument preservation; history of architecture; methods of teaching Byzantine and medieval architecture.

Awardeees of ad-hoc grants to promote new exchanges were:

Bela Balassa, Prof. Dept, of Political Economics, Johns Hopkins U., received support for the travel of Dr. Csikós-Nagy, President of the Price Board of Hungary, to lecture at various universities in the U.S. Spring 1975. (Postponed.)

Cole Blasier, Prof. Dept, of Political Science, U. of Pittsburgh. Travel and per diem funds to facilitate work in Budapest, Bucharest, and Belgrade on a directory of Latin Americanists in socialist

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