Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1983 (11. évfolyam, 35-38. szám)
1983 / 35-36. szám
MEETINGS (Continued) hyperinflation in Hungary in 1946 was viable because the nation had the will to live and work; it was the faith of the workers that stabilized the forint, not government programs. Gyula Fekete (Hungarian Writers’ Association) spoke on the problem of Hungarian population growth and ethnic identity. The banquet speaker was Bela K. Király (Brooklyn Coll.). A symposium focused on interaction between cultural factors and emigration patterns of Hungarian citizens; Michael Sozan, (Slippery Rock St. Coll., chair). In this context Julianna Ludanyi (Portland St. U.) spoke on emigration patterns before World War II, and Nándor F. Dreisziger (Royal Military Coll, of Canada) gave results of his study on post-World War II emigration patterns. August J. Molnár (American Hungarian Foundation) chaired the session on Hungarian culture in New Jersey and America in general. Panelists were: Enikő Molnár Basa (Library of Congress), Karoly Nagy (Middlesex County Coll, and Rutgers U.), and Lászlói Kürti (New York U.). András Ludanyi (Ohio Northern U.) chaired the session on researching the ethnic community, with Susan Gal (Rutgers U ), László' Kürti, Julianna Puskas (HAS), and Michael Sozan serving as panelists. A session on “Ethnic Renewal and Revival of Ethnic Culture in the Community” was chaired by Eugene Oross (American Hungarian Foundation), with Alexander Kocsis speaking of the Columbus experience, Kálmán Magyar (American-Hungarian Folklore Centrum) reporting of a survey in Passaic, and Yolan Varga (Hungarian Civic Association of New Brunswick) outlined the success of the association in organizing community programs and providing assistance to various groups within the community. Alan Jabbour (director, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) was luncheon speaker on the practice of folklore and the maintenance of ethnic values or “folklife” as defined in the Center’s mandate. The program was concluded with a visit to the Hungarian Folk Museum of Passaic, N.J., and a viewing of the current exhibit of pictures from Transylvania by Frank Deák, followed by a performance of the Hungária Ensemble, a group of dancers who were celebrating their 20th anniversary. □ The 17th Duquesne University History Forum took place at Pittsburgh on October 21, 22, and 23, 1982. A great many Hungarian-related topics were discussed and many Hungarianists participated in symposia and panels, arranged by the Forum Director Steven B. Vardy, prof, of history at Duquesne U. A session on LOUIS THE GREAT OF HUNGARY AND OF POLAND: A SEXCENTENARY COMMEMORATION was cosponsored by the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History. Chaired by Geza Grosschmidt (Duquesne U.) it included the following papers: “Louis I and Feudalism in Hungary: The Significance of the Decretum of 1351,” by Janos Bak (U. of British Columbia); “Castles and Castellanos in Anjou Hungary,” by Erik Fügedi (Central Statistical Office, Budapest); “The Image of Louis the Great in the Polish Chronicle of Jan of Czarnkow,” by Jerry Kloczowski (Catholic U., Lublin); and “The Significance of the Rule of the Anjous in the Croatian Lands, with Particular Attention to Dalmatia,” by Nada Claic (U. of Zagreb). Discussant was James Ross Sweeney, (Pennsylvania St. U.). A symposium on THE LAST DECADES OF THE HABSBURG EMPIRE (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY) contained a paper on “The Danubian Patriotism of Oscar Jászi: Utopia or Prediction?” by Péter Hanak (HAS); and another on “Austria-14 Hungary’s War Aims Against Serbia,” by Dániel Szabó' (HAS). One of the discussants of the presentations was Janos Decsy (Greater Hartford Comm. Coll.). A session on COMMUNITY LIFE AND CULTURAL ASPIRATIONS OF EAST EUROPEAN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN GREATER PITTSBURGH included two Hungarian-related papers: “Hungarian Immigrant Communities in Greater Pittsburgh,” by Paul Body (Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh); and “Death, Time, and Sentiment in the Immigrant Community,” by László Kürti (N.Y.U.). Another heavily Hungarian-related symposium, MODERNIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURES included the presentations of Kálmán Kulcsár (HAS) on “An Example of Successful Modernization: The Case of Hungary;” and the extensive discussion by Zsuzsa Ferge (HAS) and Leonid Murog (York Coll, of Pennsylvania). Bela C. Maday (American U.) chaired the session. Two Hungarian-related papers were contributed to the symposium on THE Ml LIT ARY ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERWAR CENTRAL EUROPE, one by Tibor Hajdú (HAS) on “The Officer Corps of the Horthy- Army: Their Social Background and Social Status;” and one by Ferenc Pölöskei (Eötvös L.U.) on “The Hungarian Social Democratic Party and the Army After World War I.” Hungarianists contributing to other sessions were: Ferenc Katona (formerly of Twente U. of Technology, Enschede, Holland) on “Denying the Holocaust: Warring Against History;” Anna B. Katona (Coll, of Charleston) on “Jacksonian Optimism in American National Literature;" Thomas Szendrey (Gannon U.) on “The Council of Chalcedon and the Origin of the Division of the Eastern and Western Churches;” Ruth G. Biro (Duquesne U.) on the “Framework for a College Course Emphasizing Local Ethnic History.” Edward Chaszar (Indiana U. of Pennsylvania) moderated the Main Forum Address given by Riordan Roett (John Hopkins U.). Peter Pastor (Montclair St. Coll.) participated as a discussant and moderator of a session, and Leslie S. Domonkos (Youngstown St. U.) Chaired a SYMPOSIUM ON THE LOCATION OF GREATER MORAVIA, in which Imre Boba (U. of Washington) read a paper on “Moravia’s Bulgarian Associations in Medieval Sources,” Pe'ter Püspöki- Nagy (Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) contributed a paper to the general topic, and Gyula Decsy (Indiana U.) spoke of the “Nyitra/Nitra as a River, City, County and Personal Name: Remarks On Its Etymology.” □ A conference on ethnographic research among Hungarian ethnic minorities in countries adjacent to Hungary and in North America, took place at Debrecen on Nov. 19-20,1982. Sponsored by a score of scholarly institutions, the meeting of some 200 participants concerned itself with the growing interest in Hungarian ethnic studies and their accomplishments during the past decade. The meeting was opened and chaired by Iván Balassa (Hungarian Agricultural Museum). László Lukács (István Király Museum at Székesfehe'rvár) and Zsigmond Csorna (Hungarian Agricultural Museum) reported on studies among Hungarians in Austria’s Burgenland. Zoltán Ujváry (Kossuth L.U.). Attila Paládi-Kovács (Eötvös (Continued on Page 15) RESEARCH IN PROGRESS István Szent-Miklosy, 440 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027, commenced a research project on Hungarian movements and actions against German and Soviet domination between 1943 and 1947. He is interested in the balance between resistance and collaboration. □ NO. 35-36, SPRING-SUMMER 1983 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
