Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1978 (6. évfolyam, 16-18. szám)
1978 / 18. szám
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Professor of Hungarian studies wanted. The Ü. of Toronto invites applications for the tenure or tenure-stream position of Associate Professor of Hungarian. Applicants must posses a Ph.D. in Hungarian or in Comparative Literature with a significant Hungarian component; have extensive publications and teaching experience at university level. Responsibilities will include the teaching of courses in Hungarian language, literature and culture. Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience. The floor for the rank of Assoc. Prof, is currently $20,300. The position is available July 1,1979. Applications, resumes and at least two letters of recommendation should be sent - by January 15, 1979 - to Prof. C.H. Bedford, Chairman, Dept, of Slavic Languages and Literatures. U. of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5S1A1, Canada. □ Columbia U. Dept, of Linguistics is interested in hiring a good pedagogue with training in Hungarian linguistics. The position is for part-time teaching, probably elementary and intermediate courses. Interested persons should write to Dr. Robert Austerlitz, 404 Philosophy Hall, Columbia U„ New York, NY 10027. The deadline for applications is February 1, 1979. □ ACLS-HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES COMMISSION ESTABLISHED. The American Council of Learned Societies and the HAS have agreed to establish, within the framework of the agreement between IREX and the Institute of Cultural Relations (KKI), a joint commission of distinguished scholars to identify priority topics in the fields of linguistics, comparative literature, ethnography and folklore, ARTICLES & PAPERS (Continued) based on the census of 1910 and plebiscites in the contested areas. The Territory requested was 14,153 sq. km., containing a population of 1,090,569 of whom 848,960 (77.9%) were Hungarian (Magyar), 147,294 (13.4%) Slovak, and 63,927 (5.9%) German. The ethnic line corresponded roughly with the geographical line of the foothills of the mountains, but in 13 towns of the region the population was ethnically mixed and included persons of bilingual or mixed origin. A deadlock developed because Slovakia claimed ethnic jurisdiction over both the Ruthenians and the Slavic minorities of Hungary proper who were substantially blended into the Magyar population. London concurred in the Italo- German arbitration, provided this was the desire of the parties concerned. Hungary was surprised at this development because she would have preferred a plebiscite. When the matter came to arbitration in Vienna the award gave Hungary 12,103 sq. km. and a population of 1,030,000. According to the British Foreign Office figures, the ethnic breakdown was; Hungarian 830,000; Slovak 140,000; German 20,000; Ruthenians, etc., 50,000. Overall, this meant a dimunition of Hungarians in Czechoslovakia to 60,000 and a 1.8% increase in the non-Magyar population of Hungary. Economic and strategic considerations proved of more weight than ethnic ones, as in 1919 when the boundaries did not even roughly correspond to ethnic or linguistic lines. The frontier of 1938 was largely unreasonable and no real improvement over that of 1919. Chaszar is Prof, of International Law at Indiana State U. of Pennsylvania. social psychology, and history. The protocol was signed in English by theSecretary Generálót he HAS, Dr. Ferenc Marta, and in Hungarian by Dr. Robert Lumiansky, President of ACLS. The two organizations agreed that the commission will seek to promote scientific cooperation in the humanities and humanistic aspects of the social sciences by making proposals for cooperation in the exchange of data and publications, in parallel and joint research and joint publications, and in the organization of conferences and seminars. For more details about the plans of the commission write to Dr. John Matthews, Associate Director for East European Programs, IREX, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022. (Adapted from IREX Bulletin 3:4) □ The Gypsy Lore Society, North American Chapter began publishing a newsletter four times annually. Individual membership is $3.00; institutional subscription $5.00. Chapter members are required to be members of the Gypsy Lore Society (3 Birches Park Rd., Codsall, Wolverhampton, Great Britain) and pay an annual membership fee of $10.00 For further information write to Matt T. Salo and Sheila Salo, 56 Sheridan Awe., #4B, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. □ Survey of films related to Hungarians in America. The Center for Ethnic Publications at Kent St. U. is currently conducting a survey of films and other audiovisual materials on ethnic groups in the U.S. The main objective is to identify and describe materials which can be used for educational purposes. It would be appreciated if interested parties would obtain a brief film questionnaire from the Center on which they could provide title, brief description and any other relevant information about Hungarian ethnic films and other audiovisual materials. Please contact Dr. Lubomyr R. Wynar, Director, Center for Ethnic Publications, School of Library Sciences, Kent St. U., Kent, OH 44242. ~ ~~ □ Lost Liszt Score Found. According to the Winter 1977 issue of Manhattanville, a publication of Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (Purchase, N.Y.), a long-lost Liszt manuscript, called “Introduction des Variations sur une Marche du Siege de Corinthe,” was found by Prof. Nancy Reich while she was pursuing other research in the college library. The four-page piano score was composed in 1830, when Liszt was only 19 years old, and it had never been published. The manuscript is signed “F. Liszt” and is inscribed “Pour M. Fuchs,” whom Prof. Reich believes to be Alois Fuchs, a Viennese autograph collector. □ ENGLISH LANGUAGE JOURNALS ON HUNGARY HUNGARIAN THEATRE NEWS Published by the Hungarian Theatre Institute. Editor Judit Szántó. 1016 Budapest, Krisztina körút 57. ISSUE 1978:1 CONTENTS Summer Theatre Festivals (Gyula, Eger, Szentendre) Theatre Days in Miskolc Rabelais on the Stage of Theatre in the Round Twenty-five Years of the Debrecen Opera Greeks, Here and There Hungarian Novelties for the Opening Season The October Revolution Celebrated in Hungarian Theatres Other Interesting Points in the Autumn Program Hungarian Plays Abroad Book Review 6 NO. 18,1979, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
