Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1984 (12. évfolyam, 39-42. szám)

1984 / 39-40. szám

MISCELLANEOUS (Continued)

Change of address. The Kodály Center of America moved to new quarters at 295 Adams Street, Newton, MA 02158. The new location will allow for expansion of the teacher-training activities in the Kodály concept of music education. □

Hungarian Folk Dance and Folk Music Symposium. Not

strictly academic but offering 2 college credits through Portland State U. upon completion of studies during the symposium and final examination, is the American-Hungarian Folklore Centrum, established in 1978, asubsidiaryof the American Hungarian Educators’ Association. This year the fourth symposium will take place at Rutgers University’s Busch Campusfrom July 1 to 8,1984. The symposia concern themselves with different folk art forms, mainly with folk dancing and music. Teaching Hungarian folk dance are Stephen Kotansky, Susan Snyder Kotansky and László Kürti, who will be joined by dance experts from Hungary: Zoltán Zsurafszky, former director of the Hungarian State Folk Assembly, as well as Erika Rigó and Gyula Hajas, presently on atour in the U.S. Folk music instructors include Paul Zitay and David Skuse, as well as invited guest teachers (all graduates of the Liszt Music Academy of Budapest): János Dévai, Viola Szabó, Béla Roskó, and Sándor Sallai. Other lecturers and workshop leaders will be Kalman Dreisziger (Toronto), Stephen Erdély (MIT), Evelyn Dómján (New York), and Margit Jara-Nagy (Budapest). For further information contact: American-Hungarian Folklore Centrum, P.O. Box 262, Bogota, NJ 07603 or Telephone: (201)836-4869. □

Another symposium took place while this issue of the HSN was at the printer: a two-week Symposium on Hungarian Culture and Society, including lectures, panel discussions, films, exhibits, workshops, and concerts at the U. of Oregon, Eugene, between April 20 and May 6,1984. A multidisciplinary faculty recruited from U.S. and Hungarian institutions covered a broad area of mutual interest. The program is coordinated by the U. of Oregon Russian and East European Studies Center and co-sponsored by local and state organizations. For further information, contact Mark Levy, Russian and East European Studies Ctr., c/o Dept, of Political Science, U. of Oregon, OR 97403. Telephone: (503) 686-4877. □

The National Council for Soviet and East European Research

invites proposals for research contracts in its annual competition with deadlines of November 1 each year. Eligibility for funding is limited to scholars at the postdoctoral level or with an equivalent degree of professional maturity. Council contracts are awarded through US universities for collaborative or individual projects no longer than two years in duration. The Council operates with public funds and has in the past received funding from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Directorof Central Intelligence. The Council allocated some $31/2 million to 84 research projects since its inception in February 1978. Focus of interest is on major policy issues and questions of Soviet and East European social, political, economic, and historical development. Executive Director is Vladimir I. Toumanoff. (For Hungary related research awards see the AWARDS column in this issue.) □

VISITORS FROM HUNGARY. Arranged by the Educational and Cultural Affairs, USIA, Emil Pásztor, physician-in-chief

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of Hungary’s Research Institute for Neuro-Surgery, Budapest, came to study research and hospital facilities for 12 days. Sari Gencsy, opera singer from Budapest came to the U.S. to visit an actor studio and see classes in Broadway-style singing, dancing, and acting, for three weeks.

Eva V. Huseby, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the U. of Michigan, published, upon completion of herfieldwork in Hungary Fogalmak és élettörténetek az identitás vizsgálatához Cserépfalun (Identity-related concepts and lifehistory mosaics for a study of Cserépfalu) as no. 12 in the Folklór és Etnográfia series (Dept, of Ethnography, Lossuth L.U., Debrecen, 1983). The 77-page research report has a two-page English summary and contains raw data on the process of identity formation at Cserépfalu in northeast Hungary. The author applied participant observation, tests, life history collecting interview techniques in her year-long study in 1982-83. For copies write to: Kossuth Lajos Tudományegyetem, Néprajzi Tanszék, Debrecen 4000. □

Around the World in 16 Languages is the title of a 4-page brochure, recently released by Media Forum International, a multi-lingual publisher, translator, and media specialist. The brochure lists 125 countries, their estimated populations, capitals, currencies, and official and/or spoken languages. The countries listed are those that may be reached by one of the 16 languages of Media Forum I ntemational’s competence: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. This publication may assist in dispelling the erroneous belief that Hungarian is a Slavic orGermanic language. Billed as a ready reference guide, the brochure is recommended for internationally oriented business executives, specialists, academic researchers, and journalists. For a copy send $1.00 to Media Forum International P.O. Box 8, Fleetwood, NY 10552. □

CONFERENCES ON SOCIETY IN CHANGE

Bela K. Király, prof, emeritus, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and director of the program on Society in Change, has released the schedule for the next six international and interdisciplinary conferences to be held in 1984-86, as follows:

15th conference: September 19-21,1984 at Belgrade, Yugoslavia. “The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913.” Consponsored by the Dept, of Philosophy, U. fo Belgrade; Institute of Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences; Institute of History, Serbian Academy of Science.

16th conference: September 23-25, 1984, at Bucharest, Romania. “East Central European Society and War, 1740- 1920: A Synthesis.” Cosponsored by the Romanian Academy of Social and Political Sciences, and the Romanian Commission of Military History.

17th conference: June 6-8, 1985, at Thessaloniki, Greece. “Maritime Commerce and Naval Policies Between the French Revolution and the Balkan Wars.” Cosponsored by the Balkan Institute, Thessaloniki.

18th conference: June 11-13, 1985, at Veszprém, Hungary. “PostWorld War I Revolutionsand Counterrevolutions.”Cosponsored by the Philosophy Section of the HAS, and the Historical Institute of the HAS.

19th conference: June 15-17,1985, at Baden (Wien), Austria. “East Central European Officers Education and Training and

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