Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1983 (11. évfolyam, 35-38. szám)

1983 / 35-36. szám

Hungary by John J. Putman, senior staff writer. The exceptionally attractive illustrations are by photographer Bill Weems. □

The American Council of Learned Societies announced the results of a competition in a program of East European studies which it sponsored jointly with the Social Science Research Council. The program is made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among the 10 awardees is István Szent- Miklossy (Columbia U.) for a study of the Hungarian independence movement between 1943 and 1947; Victoria F. Brown (U. of Washington) for a study of Romanian liberalism in the European liberal movement; and Herman Freudenberger (Tulane U.) for a study on technological transfers from England to the Habsburg Monarchy, 1760-1830. □

The Research and Analysis Department of Radio Free Europe published its subject index for 1981 asasupplement to the RFE research series. All entries are indexed alphabetically under both a country and a subject category. References to Hungarian research reports ocupy some 17 pages. Included are communist countries of East Central Europe, China, Cuba, and nonruling parties such as the French, Italian, Japanese, Scandinavian, Spanish and parties of other West European countries. □

The American Assoc, for the Study of Hungarian History

elected the following officers for 1982/83: Stephen B. Vardy, president; Joseph Held, vice president; Lee Congdon, László Deme, Bennett Kovrig, Peter Pastor, Leslie Domonkos, and Linda Frey, members of the Executive Committee. Past presidents are ex officio members of the Executive Committee. □

Congressman Bernard J. Dwyer of New Jersey inserted a statement into the February 9, 1982 issue of the Congressional Record, which expresses solidarity with the people of Poland. The statement, signed by a good many academicians of Hungarian background, refers to the historic friendship between the Polish and the Hungarian peoples, and implies that the peoples of Eastern Europe may one day build a social order of their own choice. For a copy of the Congressional Record write to Dr. Karoly Nagy, Middlesex College, Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08817. □

Nagy, József. “The Experience of OOK: An Instrument for the Development of Educational Technology.” (A study prepared for the International Educational Reporting Service). Paris: International Bureau of Education, Experiments, and Innovations in Education series no. 43 UNESCO. 1980. 102 pages, maps, diagrams, tables, biblio. $ n.a. paper.

This monograph describes the Országos Oktatástechnikai Központ or OOK (National Center for Educational Technology), the factors which were responsible for its creation in 1973, and its development. The agency consolidates the activities aimed at the improvement and maintenance of educational technology, provides guidance of both, hardware and software, promotes research in educational technology and develops software for mass use in public education. In short, it provides the technological backing of education by improving communication in all fields of education. The monograph presents statistics on the technical level of Hungarian education. E.g., in 1976 Hungarian schools on the average had 7 slide projectors, 3 TV sets, and 5 tape recorders each. The new technology is used to complement the traditional means of education, not to replace them. The author is assist., prof, of educational technology at József A.U. and advisor to OOK. □

NO. 35-36, SPRING-SUMMER 1983 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER

IREX REPORT 1982 ■ 1983

The fourteenth annual report of the I nternational Research and Exchange Board (New York), issued recently, describes collaborative projects for the academic year 1982-83, special travel grants, and American nominations of scholars and scientists to study in Hungary. Nominations of Hungarian scholars to study in the U.S. has not been made at the writing of this report.

COLLABORATIVE GRANTS

Grants for collaborative activities and new exchange projects in the social sciences during 1982-83 were as follows:

Barbara N. Aziz, research associate, South Asian Inst., Columbia U. Travel and per diem for János Szerb, fellow of the HAS; Géza Uray, prof, and research fellow of the Inst, of Linguistics, HAS; and András Rona-Tas, prof, of Inner-Asian studies, József A.U. These three specialists on Tibet attended an international conference on “New Directions in Tibetan Studies” at Columbia U. in July 1982.

Denis Bacon, director, Kodály Center of America, West Newton, Mass. Travel to Hungary to participate in an international Kodály celebration at Kecskemet, and to lecture on American adaptation of the Kodály method. Also: travel and per diem support for Péter Erdei, director of the Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music at Kecskemet, to visit the U.S. for lectures and consultations on collaborative projects between American and Hungarian centers, July to November 1982.

Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell, educational resources associate, All-University Gerontology Center, Syracuse U. Travel and per diem for István Gergely, Gerontology Center, Semmelweis U. of Medicine, Budapest, for research in a joint project on the impact of age-segregated groups on society at large. October-November 1982.

Anna Balakian, prof, and chairwoman, Dept, of Comparative Literature, New York U. Travel and per diem for Lajos Nyíró' (Budapest) and József Pál (Jo'zsef A.U.) to participate in the 10th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Assoc, at New York in August 1982.

George Demko, prof. Dept, of Geography, Ohio St. U. Travel for George Enyedi section head, Institute of Geography, HAS, and a specialist on regional changes and urban/rural interconnections in Hungary; and L. Lackó', deputy director, Division for Physical Planning and Regional Development, Ministry of Building and Urban Development, a specialist on socialist regional development problems and especially on measurement of disparities.

Owen V. Johnson, assist, prof., School of Journalism, Indiana U. Travel and perdiem fortravel between Bratislava and Budapest, to enable him to discuss plans with colleagues at the Inst, of History, HAS, for a conference on “The role and function of the Media in Eastern Europe: Perspective over Time” held in January 1983.

Bela K. Király, prof, emeritus, Dept, of History, Brooklyn Coll., CUNY. Travel and per diem for Hungarian scholars attending the conference on “War and Society in East Central Europe in the Era of 1856-1870,” at Brooklyn Coll. Participants were Lajos Lukács, Ferenc Mucsi, Emil Niederhauser, and Zoltán Szász. May 1982.

Thomas R. Mark, prof., Dept, of English, Colorado St. U. Domestic travel and per diem for Péter Nagy, vice president of the Hungarian P.E.N. Club, and prof, of literature at Eötvös

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