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

1984 / 39-40. szám

MEETINGS (continued)

national group of scholars and about 200 interested persons. Lack of space prohibits a detailed report (we heard that publication of the preceedings is contemplated). Fifteen papers were grouped into four sessions: (a) Domestic Economic Reform: How Far, How Fast? Participants were: Deborah Milenkovitch (Barnard Coll.) chair; Ed Hewett (Brookings Inst.), Paul Marer (Indiana U.); György Ra'nki (Indiana U.) and Ivan Volgyes (U. of Nebraska). Commentators: (b) Social and Political Reform: Are They at Standstill? Joseph Rothschild (Columbia U.) chair; Participants: Elemér Hankiss (HAS); Iván Szelenyi (U. of Wisconsin); George Schöpflin (LSE), Rudolf Tókés (U. of Connecticut); and Miklós Vása'rhelyi (HAS) commentator, (c) Could the Hunarian Model be Applied Elsewhere? Charles Gati (Union Coll.) chair; Walter Connor (FSI); Vernon Aspaturian (Penn. St. U.); Sarah Terry (Tufts U ); and Michael J. Sodaro (George Washington U.). (d) Hungarian Culture: Turning to the Past to Shape the Future. Participants were: Robert B. Silvers (New York Review of Books) chair; Domokos Kosáry (HAS); Ivan Sanders (Suffolk Coll ); Yvette Biro (New York U.); and László Katus (HAS). The luncheon speaker was Tamás Bácskai (Hungarian National Bank). The proceedings were summed up by István Deák (Columbia U.), the principal organizer of the conference. □

The Hungarian Alumni Association presented four programs during the Spring 1984 semester. Introduced by Eleme'r Horvath (Rutgers U., Alumni-Faculty Club), Miklós Kolumban and Sándor Csoóri poets gave presentations in January; Miklós Vásárhelyi (Literary Science Institute, HAS) gave a participant-observer’s account of Hungarian Government programs in 1953. This presentation took place in the association’s oral history series in February, 1983. Progress reports were given in behalf of the Committee for Human Rights in Romania by its directors L. Kürti and I. Hadházy in March; and in April György Konrad (writer from Budapest) gave a lecture related to social aspects of contemporary Hungarian life. For more information write to Dr. Karoly Nagy, P.O. Box 174, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. □

Hungarianist anthropologists held their annual research forum at the 82nd annual meeting of the American Anthropoligical Association in Chicago, on November 18, 1983. Molly G. Schuchat (Catholic U.) convened the meeting; Eva V. Huseby (U. of Michigan) presented a report on her yearlong dissertation field research at Csere'pfalu; R.B. Rothenberg (DePaul U.) informed the meeting of a new interuniversity exchange program between the U. of South Carolina and Marx K.U. of Budapest; Oswald Werner (Northwestern U.) spoke of plans which would extend his ethnohistorical summer program into Hungary; Katherine Verdery (Johns Hopkins U.) presented her book Transylvanian Villagers (see: review elsewhere in this issue); and brief comments were offered by Susan Gal (Rutgers U.), William Lockwood (U. of Michigan), David Howell (AAA), and Bela C. Maday. Conveners of future meeting were appointed: Susan Gal for 1985, Katherine Verdery for 1986, and Marida Hollos for 1987. □

A two day international conference, THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY: FORTY YEARS LATER, was sponsored by The Institute for Holocaust Studies of the Graducate School and University Center of the City University of New York and The Institute for Holocaust Studies of The University of Haifa.

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The conference was held on March 20 and 21,1984, in New York City. Lecturers and papers presented included: Elie Wiesel (Boston U.) with opening remarks entitled “And the World Remained Silent. . .”; R.L. Braham (City U. of New York) on “The Unique Aspects of the Holocaust in Hungary”; Nathaniel Katzburg, (Bar-Man U.) on “The Anti-Semitic Tradition in Hungary”; István Deák (Columbia U.) on “The Peculiarities of Hungarian Fascism”; Béla Vágó (U. of Haifa) on “The Hungarian Factor in the Destruction of Hungarian Jewry”; György Ra'nki (HAS and Indiana U.) on “TheGerman Factor in the Destruction of Hungarian Jewry”; Raphael Patai of New York on “The Cultural Losses of Hungarian Jewry”; Elenore Lester of New York on “Raoul Wallenberg: The Righteous Gentile from Sweden”; R.L. Braham on “The Righteous Gentiles of Hungary: An Overview”; András Kovács of Budapest on “The Jewish Question in Hungary During the Post-Holocaust Era”; and Ivan Sanders (Suffolk County Comm. Coll.) on “The Holocaust in Contemporary Hungarian Literature”. The commemorative evening program included the film, Genocide, a documentary produced by Thames TV and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier; Sighet-Sighet, a documentary film narrated by Elie Wiesel; Reflection on the Holocaust, poetry and excerpts from memoirs read by Edmund Pennant;andSongs of the Holocaust, performed by Stella andTibor Herdan and accompanied by Zoltán Zorandy. Included in an extensive exhibition of art and photographs about the Holocaust was a special exhibit of photographs and postcards, collected by Arpad Muller, depicting synagogues and Jewish life in Hungary before the Holocaust. □

AWARDS

I REX

The International Research and Exchange Board released two publications which should be of interest to East Central European oriented research and cooperation. One is a handsome brochure entitled Program Announcement 1983/84, which describes general programs, language programs, a variety of programs in the humanities and social sciences. Furthermore, it outlines the IREX structure, funding mechanisms, activities, listing sponsoring institutions and participating universities. A section provides information about other organizations and their East Central European related grant programs, application procedures, deadlines, and application request forms. The other publication is the 15th annual report of the IREX announcing awards. COLLABORATIVE GRANTS

These are given for collaborative activities and the promotion of new exchange projects in the social sciences during 1982/83 (in addition to those published in the HSN no. 35/36, pp. 11-12).

István Deák, prof, of history, Inst, of East Central Europe, Columbia U. Travel and per diem for Hungarian scholars invited to a conference on “Hungary in the 1980’s” held at Columbia U. in October 1983.

Judith Gutman, guest curator, Inti. Center of Photography, New York City. Travel to Hungary to work at the Inst, of History, HAS, on a study of the nature, style, and character of 19th and 20th century photographs from Hungary. (February- March, 1983).

Barbara Kaplan, assist, prof., Curriculum and Teaching, Auburn U. Domestic travel and per diem for László Vikar and Katalin Forrai, both of the Inst, of Music, HAS, for participation in and teaching atthe 1983summer session at Auburn

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