Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1985 (13. évfolyam, 43-46. szám)
1985 / 43-44. szám
AWARDS (Continued) Stanley Newcomer, Dept, of Zoology, Oklahoma St.U.. Stillwater, to study physiology: endocrinology, upon the invitation of Jo'zsef Knoll, Dept, of Pharmacology, Semmelweis U. of Medicine. (3 months, from May ’85) NCSEER The National Council for Soviet and East European Research has made no awards in addition to those listed on pp.11-12 of HSN no. 39/40. For program description see p. 8 of HSN no. 42. For further information and a brochure on details contact Blair A. Ruble, asst, director, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 202-387-0168. NSF The National Science Foundation awarded seven research grants and eight developmental grants in fiscal year 1984. The total support amounted to $352,585. For further information on the U.S.-Hungarian exchange program contact Gerson S. Sher, program manager, Division of International Programs, National Science Foundation, 1800 “G” Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20550. Telephone: 202-357-7494. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS (1) Heterogenous Catalysis in Organic Reactions and the Development of Molecular Probes (36 months): Gerard V. Smith, Southern Illinois U. (2) Photosynthesis (36 months): Martin Gibbs, Brandeis U. (3) Solar Wind-Planetary Ionosphere Interactions (36 months): Andrew F. Nagy, U. of Michigan. (4) N-Body Quantum Scattering Theory (36 months): Colston Chandler, U. of New Mexico. (5) Application of Ion-Selective Electrode and the Theory of lon-Selectrode Response Mechanism (36 months): Richard P. Buck, U. of North Carolina. (6) New Materials and Processes by Carbocationic Polymerization (materials research) (12 months): Joseph P. Kennedy, U. of Akron. (7) Mathematical Sciences: Hardy Spaces, Martingales, and Vilenkin Systems (36 months): William R. Wade, U. of Tennessee. DEVELOPMENTAL GRANTS (8) U.S.- Hungarian Workshop on Surface Science and Catalysis (1984) (6 months): Steven L. Suib, U. of Connecticut. (9) Visit to Hungary to Develop a Joint Project on Regional Development (6 months): William H. Berensten, U. of Georgia. (10) Visit of Hungarian Research Official in the U.S. (1 month): Ernő Fo'ti, HAS. (11) Visit of János Denes, HAS, to Develop Workshop on Application of Computer to Construction (1 month). (12) Visit to Hungary to Develop a Project on Neural Mechanisms (1984) (1 month): Robert L. Isaacson, SUNY, Binghamton. (13) Conduct a Workshop on Symptotics in Combinatorial Analysis (12 months): Joel Spencer, SUNY, Stonybrook. (14) Visit to Hungary to Develop a Project on Membrane Structure and Function (1 month): Sidney Fleischer, U. of Tennessee. (15) Second U.S.- Hungarian Workshop on Dynamical Astronmy, Austin, Texas (1984) (12 months): Victor Szebe-14 hely, U. of Texas. D AHF August J. Molnár, president of the American Hungarian Foundation, reported on grants and fellowships awarded during the academic year 1984-85. Six awards were made in various categories, as follows: Immigrant History Research Grants Julia Puskas, HAS, 1984 Post-graduate Fellowship Klára Falk-Banó, Dept, of English, College of Foreign Trade, Budapest; Linguistic studies: language shift and maintenance in American Hungarian bilingual communities in the United States. David Szentgyorgyi Pollitt, U. of Michigan and assistant to Maestro Peter Maag. Graduate Fellowships Klara Kovács Lutsky, Comparative Literature, Rutgers-The St. U. Tamás Barnabás, Princeton Theological Seminary and Fordham U. Scholarships and Internships Annette Johnson, Douglass College, Rutgers-The St. U., 1983-1984. MISCELLANEOUS The Hungarian Chair at Indiana U. offered a series of lectures given by visiting scholars from Hungary. On March 4, Géza Jeszenszky lectured on “The inviable road: Hungarian foreign policy options in the 20th century.” On March 29, György Enyedi (Pécs) read a paper on “Hungarian Economic Geography,” a lecture co-sponsored by the Dept, of Geography. During April 8 to 10, an international conference on “Hungary in European Civilization” took place. D The Kodály Musical Training Institute library contains bibliographies, methodology texts, ear-training materials and folk song collections. These books may be borrowed, if you are a local resident. The tapes in the library are currently being re-taped. A listing of the tapes will be available soon. Tapes may be rented. KMTI also has a large file of articles, ranging from lectures given at various summer courses and international seminars to reprints of research articles done for KMTI through a Ford Foundation grant. If you are interested in obtaining the reprint of an article explaining the Kodály Concept for non-musicians, or an article for your own professional growth, please contact Sallie Ferrebee, or if you are interested in renting one of the tapes, please contact Irene Enz, both at KMTI, Hartt School of Music/University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117. □ VISITORS FROM HUNGARY. Arranged by the Educational and Cultural Affairs, USIA, József Bognár, director, Institute of World Economis of HAS, came for 7 days to discuss government budget issues in December 1984. Péter Hanák, Institute of Historiology, HAS, Mihály Ilia, of the József A.U., and Gyula Kodolányi of the Eötvös L.U. came to the U.S. to deliver scholarly papers at the Hungarian Alumni AssociaNO. 43-44, SPRING-SUMMER 1985 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
