Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1980 (8. évfolyam, 23-26. szám)
1980 / 23-24. szám
MEETINGS RESEARCH IN PROGRESS A Contrastive Analysis of English and Hungarian Grammatical Structure is the title of a study which Robert A. Orosz (3004 West 6th Street, Greeley, CO 80631) has prepared some ten years ago. It received an extensive discussion in William Nemser's Contrastive Research on Hungarian and English in the United States, published jointly by the Linguistic Institute of the HAS and the Center for Applied Lmguisitcs in 1972. Orosz is now in the process of preparing the 327-page manuscript for publication. Q Martin L. Kovács, U. of Regina, completed his research on the cultural and social history of theBekevár-Kipling community in Canada. The results of his study are being published under the title Peace and Strife: The History of a Prairie Community, and will include a separate chapter on immigrants from the U.S. and Hungary. Publication support was granted by the Ministry of State for Multiculturalism. Prepublication price is $10, postpublication price will be about $14. For more information or for order write to Department of History, U. of Regina, Regina, Canada S4S 0A2. □ Ilona Kovács of the National Széchényi Library worked at the Immigration History Research Center in St. Paul, Minnesota from August to November of 1979, researching an annotated bibliography of Hungarian Americans, cultural opportunities for Hungarians in the U.S., and library services for them. These projects are a continuation of research she began while earning a master’s degree in library science at Kent State U. (IHRC News) □ Oral Life Histories of Hungarian Immigrants in America or Amerikai Magyar Emigránsok Néprajza (AMEN), is a project proposing to collect a sufficiently large sample of taped autobiographies to be representative of Hungarians in America. The project, which may last two years, is coordinated by Bela C. Maday (American U.), and involves several Hungarianist anthropologists. D Edward A. Tuleya, prof, of history, Millersville St. Coll., Millersville, PA 17551, is doing research on the life and roleof Frantisek (Ferenc) Jehticka, a theologian, scholar and for a short time member of the Czechoslovakian parliament after World War I. He became disillusioned with Czech religious indifference and failure to honor pledges for Slovak autonomy, and joined the movement promoting Slovak autonomy within Hungary. Dr. Tuleya would appreciate receiving any information pertinent to the subject. □ MISCELLANEOUS NEWS (Continued) thesis at Kent State U. in 1975) as a helpful source with a broad perspective. Now we noticed another useful addition to this literature, and we regret that it was not published in English. István Török, KATOLIKUS MAGYAROK ÉSZAKAMERIKÁBAN [Roman Catholic Hungarians in North America] (Katolikus Magyarok Vasárnapja, 1739 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44509, 1978. 489 pages, tables, biblio. $7.00 paper) is a survey of Roman Catholic Hungarian institutions in North America. After a brief summary on the causes and modes of emigration from Hungary, the volume gives essays on parishes, religious orders, fraternal organizations, youth organizations, including a list of all Hungarian courses and schools in North America, and concludes with a short essay on the Roman Catholic The American Association for the Study of Hungarian History (AASHH) held its annual meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, in New York City. The AASHH sponsored a session on Functional Myth in Eastern European History, chaired by Thomas Sakmyster (U. of Cincinnati). Papers were presented by Janos Bak (U. of British Columbia) on The Myths of the "Millenial Constitution" and the Holy Crown of Hungary; Stephen Fischer-Galati (U. of Colorado) on Myths in Romanian History; and Victor Mamatey (U. of Georgia) on The Battle of White Mountain as Myth in Czech History. Commentator was George Bárány (U. of Denver). The Central and East European Studies Association of Canada and the 1980 Learned Societies Conference scheduled its joint meeting atthe U. of Quebec, Motreal, between June 4 and 5,1980. The workshop-like arrangement which proved to be successful last year, will be repeated again this time. Thus, a Hungarian workshop will be presented in addition to workshops for other nationalities of the region. If this writing reaches you too late to participate in the conference, think of 1981, when another workshop may be arranged. The HSN will report on the conference in the Fall issue. For more information write to Prof. Martin L. Kovács, Dept, of History, U. of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S OA2, Canada. 0 IREX CONFERENCE ON EXCHANGES WITH EASTERN EUROPE. More than 250 scholars, businessmen, journalists, diplomats, and government officials attended a conference organized by IREX and hosted by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., in May of 1979, to mark completion of two decades of scholarly exchanges with the Soviet Union and East Europe. The conference brought together academic specialists who have been on the exchanges with representatives of their "consuming” publics for an off-the-record discussion of latest research findings, the role of the exchanges in American scholarship, and recommendations for the direction of future efforts. The gathering focused on seven areas: changes in mutual perceptions, cultural creativity, patterns of daily life, ethnicity and nationalism, urban-rural transformation, historical continuity and change, and economic management and mismanagement. The balance of costs and benefits in having official exchange programs was the subject of concluding panel. (Continued on Page 12) Hungarian press. We hope to see the volume in English, in the not too distant future. O The establishment of the first academic chair of Austrian studies in Great Britain is reported by News from Austria (December 1979). The chair is at the U. of St. Andrews in Scotland, which was founded in 1411. Cl György Ranki, deputy director of the Inst, of History, HAS, and prof, of history at the U. of Debrecen, had been lecturing at the Inst, on East Central Europe, Columbia U. and at Rutgers U. during the spring semester of 1980. Q József P. Gellen, lecturer in American literature, Lajos Kossuth U., had been studying at the U. of Minnesota during 1979-1980, on a ACLS fellowship. He presented a paper at the immigration History Research Center on A System Approach to Hungarian Emigration. (IHRC News) NO. 23-24, SPRING, 1980, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 11
