Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1984 (12. évfolyam, 39-42. szám)
1984 / 42. szám
HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION 177 Somerset Street P.O. Box 1084 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. 08903 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID New Brunswick, N.J. Permit No. 257 MISCELLANEOUS (Continued) agelimitis32. Deadlines are January31 and March 31,1985. "Study and Research" are grants for graduate students to support studies at a German university and leading to a doctoral dissertation. Age limit is 32. Adequate mastery of German language is required. The deadline is October 31, 1985. Application forms are available from Fulbright Program Advisors. Requests for application forms and further information should be addressed to German Academic Exchange Service, 535 Fifth Avenue, #1107, New York, NY 10017. Telephone: 212-599-0464. (Anthropology News letter) □ VISITORS FROM HUNGARY. Arranged by the Educational and Cultural Affairs, USIA, Mihály Simái, deputy director, Institute for World Economy, Budapest, came for five days to study international economics, in September 1984. Gyula Sallai, scientific consultant in the Research Institute of the Hungarian Post Office, came for two months to study computerization of telecommunication networks, in Auqust, 1984. □ The Hungarian Scholarship Committee of the U. of Bridgeport has awarded its Mary A. Katona Scholarsh ip for 1984-85 to Imre Reczey of Budapest, who is enrolled for the M.A. program in economics. The committee arranges to have its Hungarian scholarship recipients reside with a host family each semester while at the U. of Bridgeport, Connecticut. □ Dr. A. L. Gabriel, emeritus director of the Mediaeval Institute, U. of Notre Dame, received Honorary Membership in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at a special session of the Academy on September 10, 1984. □ THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN RESEARCH , an independent, nonprofit corporation formed in 1978 with the assistance of the chancellor of the U. of California, Berkeley, and others, announced that it will accept proposals for funding under an expanded program of research and related activites for 1985. (See: HSN no. 39/40, pages 11 and 14.) The Council hopes to receive a share of funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress for the “Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983” (Title VIII of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985). Should the council not receive Title VIII funding, it will return all proposals to their authors. It is unlikely that Title VIII funds would become available before the spring or summer of 1985. Consequently, proposals for the next competition should be postmarked not later than March 31,1985. Eligibility for funding as principal investigator is limited to scholars at the post-doctoral level for academic participiants, and to an equivalent degree of maturity and professional achievement for those from other fields. These qualifications are not required of research EDITOR'S CORNER Some items in this issue when combined reveal adynamic liveliness in the Hungarianist community. Consider George Soros, who made more correct than incorrect investments at the stock exchange and propelled himself into the exclusive clubot millionaires and now decided to invest $1 million into the support of Hungarian-related scholarly works on both shores of the Atlantic. Or reflect for a moment on the news that another Hungarian Chair is being proposed in the United States, while the Slovak World Congress announced a $1 million campaign to fund a Chair of Slovak studies at a major Canadian university. The funding of an Estonian Chair at the University of Toronto with laudable contributions from Estonian immigrants also seems to indicate that these are not isolated occurrences but rather discernible trends intent to correct a long standing neglect of an area that deserved better. We will report to you on developments as we learn of them. Many thanks to those who assisted in the acquisition of items for this issue: Ede Chaszar, Elek Horvath, Miklós Korponay, Maria Lonyai, Adam Makkai, and Karoly Nagy. The Editor assistants. The Council will consider proposals for both, collaborativeand individual projects, to be submitted through U.S. institutions only. Applications should take the form of a research contract. Contracts in the past have usually been for less than $100,000 in any single year and normally range from around half that amount to less than $5,000. Council contracts are public documents. For further information or a copy of the announcement, contact: The National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 202-387-0168. □ HUNGARIAN REFERENCE SHELF A series of inexpensive publications facilitating Hungarian related research for the English speaking scholar. Please request complete list. 3. HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORMS: A Selective, Partially Annotated Bibliography, by Gabriel F. Horchler (Library of Congress), 1977.1,620entries, 190 pages. $4.95 paper: $9.95 cloth, plus postage and handling. 5 BIBLIOGRAPHYOFHUNGARIAN LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Compiled by Andrew Kerek (Miami University, Ohio), 1978. $2.75plus75C handling, $3.50 SPECIAL OFFER INDEX FOR HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER, Nos. 1-30: Name index of 2,000 entries, 80 periodicals, 150 organizations listed in 30 issues of HSN. $6.00 includes postage. Order: AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION Post Office Box 1084 New Brunswick, N.J. 08903 8 NO. 42. WINTER 1984-1985, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
