Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1976 / 11. szám
discussed “Modern Hungarian Poetry;” and Peter Hanák Inst, of History, HAS, gave a paper on the “Development of the Freudian Personality” at the symposium dedicated to the “Intellectual Ferment in Austria-Hungary at the Turn of the Century.” □ A conference on Culture, Education, and Ethnic Canadians will be held at the U. of Regina on October 2 and 3,1976. For Further information write to Prof. Martin L. Kovács, Coordinator, Department of History, U. of Regina, Sask. Canada. □ General Gustav Hennyey, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Lakatos Government in 1944, and witnessed some of the fateful events of the time, has published his recollections Ungarns Schicksal zwischen Ost und West (Hungary's Fate between East and West).Mainz: Von Hase and Koehler Verlag, 1975. 192 pages, illust., appendix, Teleki’s colored ethnographic map of Hungary. $12.00. It is Vol. 10 in the Studia Hungarica series of the Ungarisches Institute in Munich. The book may be obtained by sending a money order or cashier’s check to the author: 8 Munich 45. Weitl Strasse 66, West Germany. Aside from a handful of recollections and memoirs written by eyewitnesses and political actors of Hungary’s role during World War II, virtually no important documents were preserved, making the work of historians anything but easy. It is therefore of importance that we report such works occasionally even if published in languages other than English. □ ÁRION 9, undertheeditorshipof György Somlyó*, is the latest volume in the ÁRION series published by Corvina Publishing House (Budapest). It is dedicated to the memory of Attila József (1905-1937), and presents extracts from some of his (Continued on page 16) ARTICLES (Continued) HUNGARIAN STUDIES IN ENGLISH, Volume Vlll( 1974)the journal of the English Department of the Kossuth U. (Debrecen), has an article on Jenő Pivány, Historian of American-Hungarian Relations and His Bibliography (reviewed in HSN no. 8), and a study examining English agricultural writings in the 19th century in terms of their impact on Hungarian agriculture by Janos Barta (The English “New Agriculture" in Contemporary Hungarian Agricultural Literature, pages 77-88). A bibliography of the works of László Orszagh (pages 89-97) bears witness to the extraordinary activity of the founder and first editor of the Hungarian Studies in English. □ Volume IX (1975) changed format to concentrate on original articles. However, the comparative viewpoint has been maintained. Only two articles do not consider crosscultural matters explicitly- Zoltán Abady-Nagy, The Principles of Metaphoric Means in John Barth's Novels, Part One, and Julia Szabo-Pap, The Lonely Man in Angus Wilson’s Fiction. (Z. Abádi-Nagy has recently completed a translation of John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse.) Magdolna Zöld American Belles Lettres in Hungarian Translation, 1962- 1970, can serve as a supplement to Prof. Bales' article published recently (see above). It gives an exhaustive listing of works translated into Hungarian. Katalin E. Kiss, Shakespeare's Sonnets in Hungary is a study of the tremendous popularity the great English dramatist has always DEADLINES FOR GRANTS APPLICATIONS The American Council of Learned Societies announced its support programs for the academic year 1977-78, for which competions are going to be held in 1976-77. Brochures describing the purposes, eligibility criteria, and application procedures are available from ACLS, 345 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017. Deadlines for application in the various ACLS programs are as follows: Research fellowships for senior scholars (up to $13,000) Sep. 30, 1976. Research fellowships for junior scholars (up to $7,000) Dec. 1,1976 Study fellowships (up to $12,000) Nov. 15, 1976 Humanistic research, senior scholars (up to $3,000) Jan. 17, 1977 Humanistic research for junior scholars (up to $2,000) Sep. 30, 1976 Travel grants for humanists to international meetings abroad: For meetings in November-February July 1 For meetings in March-June Nov. 1 For meetings in July-October March 1 Programs in East European Studies Research grants in the humanities and social sciences (up to $10,000). and grants for conferences (up to $5,000) Dec. 31, 1976. Study of East European languages (up to ($1,000) Feb. 1, 1977 Travel to international meetings abroad: for meetings in November- May by September 15; for meetings in June-October by February 15. ACLS Grants Administered By IREX Dissertation research grants (for 1977-78) Nov. 15, 1976 Small ad-hoc grants for short-term contacts Sep. 30, Dec. 31 Marc. 31, May 31 Grants for collaborative projects Oct. 31, April 30 For additional information on IREX administered grants write to International Research and Exchange Board, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022. Eastern Europe Dissertation Prize The Joint Committee on Eastern Europe of the American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council, wishing to give special encouragement to disciplines underdeveloped in its field of interest, announces a prize, in the form of a partial subvention, for the best doctoral dissertation in anthropology dealing with Eastern Europe, including modern Greece, but excluding Finland and the USSR. Application must be made by the full faculty dissertation committee and should speak to the quality of the recommended dissertation visá-vis others written in the United States and Canada in recent years. Recommendations and a copy of the dissertation should be sent by October 1, 1976. to: Chmn, Joint Comm, on Eastern Europe, American Council of Learned Societies, 345 E. 46 St., New York, NY 10017 enjoyed in Hungary. The Role of Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, by Gabriella Lengyel offers some sound advice and opinions on the use of literature in English as a foreign language and English language programs. Kla'ra Barczy, Popular Tendency in the Works of Csokonai and Burns advances an interesting comparison between two poets of the Enlightenment who prepared the way for Romanticism. □ EASTERN EUROPEAN ECONOMICS XIV (Winter 1975-76) reprinted articles from the Közgazdasági Szemle (no. 1, 1975): Iván Berend, The Investment System; Problems of Planning and Control; Andrea Deák, On the Possibility of Enterprise Decisions on Investment, and Károly Attila Soos, Causes of Investment Fluctuations in the Hungarian Economy. NO. 11. 1976. HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 15
