Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1985 (13. évfolyam, 43-46. szám)
1985 / 43-44. szám
tion in New Brunswick, N.J. this past Spring. Also lecturing in the U S. was Pál Köteles, poet and writer from Hungary. □ TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES OVERSEAS. More than one thousand schools and institutions of higher learning in about 150 countries offer teaching and administrative opportunities to American educators. Positions exist in most every field, on all levels from kindergarten to the university. Salaries are in most cases comparable to those in the U.S. Vacancies occur and are filled throughout the year. Foreign language knowledge is seldom required. For further information contact: Friends of World Teaching, 3235 Hancock Street, #26, San Diego, CA 92110. Telephone: 619- 274-5282. □ HUNGARIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA was formed in the fall of 1984. The stated purpose of the association is to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to Hungarian culture at an academic level. The association will hold its first annual meeting as part of the Learned Societies Conference in Montreal on June 2 and 3, 1985. At this meeting by-laws will be passed and officers will be elected. The Hungarian Studies ReviewwW provide opportunities to members of the association to publish research papers. Interest in the association may be expressed by writing to George Bisztray, the interim chair. Proposals for conference participation should be directed to Martin L. Kovács, program coordinator, U. of Regina, Canada. □ A SUPER DEGREE. Aside from the traditional classifications of academic excellence, cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude, which are earned but not awarded officially, there exists in the Hungarian educational system an unusual acknowledgement of scholastic achievement, awarded to those with an extraordinary academic record. The distinction PROMOTIO SUB AUSPICIIS REI PUBLICAE POPULÁRIS is awarded upon the recommendation of an academic faculty, by the Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People’s Republic in an elaborate ceremony fully televised and covered by the press. The award includes a scroll and a gold ring with inscription This award has its roots in the pre-war years, when it was called “The Regent’s Ring” with reference to Admiral Horthy, who symbolized a constitutional status quo after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; and earlier the same award was symbolized as “The Royal Ring.” The conditions for meriting the award are, indeed, difficult to meet: apart from exhibiting an exemplary conduct throughout an academic career, the student must consistently have maintained an “A” average from the first grade to the last course in postgraduate work. The award is so greatly respected that its recipients will have numerous options to chose from, i.e. lucrative job opportunities and tenured academic positions, or both. (Media Forum International) D When Edmund Vasváry died in 1977 he bequeathed the corpus of his collection on Hungarian immigrants-related writings, clippings, notes, photos, manuscripts, etc. to the Somogyi Library in Szeged (see HSN no. 30, p.5). [A microfilm of the Vasváry Collection is available in the U.S. at the Hungarian Research Center of the American Hungarian Foundation.] Now, András Csillag, the curator of the collection has prepared a 167 page index to facilitate research. Mutató a Vasváry-gyüjteményhez (Index to the Vasvary NO. 43-44, SPRING-SUMMER 1985 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER Collection) maybe obtained from the Somogyi Könyvtár, Pf. 441, Szeged, 6701, Hungary. Price: 30.00 forints, paper. □ JOURNALS HUNGARIAN STUDIES REVIEW Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 1984). Special theme: Minorities and Minority Affairs in Hungary, 1935-1980. Editors: George Bisztray and Nándor Dreisziger. N.F. Dreisziger, Introduction. Thomas Spira, The Radicalization of Hungary’s Swabian Minority after 1935. Leslie László, The Role of the Christian Churches in the Rescue of the Budapest Jews. Raphael Vago, Nationality Policies in Contemporary Hungary. □ HUNGARIAN STUDIES is the official semi-annual journal of the International Association of Hungarian Studies (Nemzetközi Magyar Filológiai Társaság). The journal whose first issue has just left the press, is published by Akade'miai kiadó and distributed by Kultura, Hungarian Foreign Trading Agency, Budapest 62, P.O.B. 149, Hungary 1389. The periodical intends to provide a world-wide forum for original papers (in English, French, and German) of high scholarly qualities in the social sciences and the humanities. It plans to publish short communications, book reviews, and relevant news items on aspects of the Hungarian past and present. Each issue will contain about 160 pages, and will be edited by Denis Sinor (Indiana U.) chair of the editorial board. Annual subscription is $30.00 (two issues). For more background information see: HSN nos. 16-14; 17-6; and 25-6. A listing of English articles in the first issue may provide a better insight into the journal’s orientation: Peter Va'czy, Budapest, “The Angelic Crown.” George Gömöri, Cambridge: “Hungarian Students and Visitors in 16th-17th Century England.” Attila T. Szabó, Cluj-Napoca: Hungarian Loanwords of Romanian Origin.” S.B. Vardy and A. Huszár Vardy, Pittsburgh: “Historical, Literary, Linguistic, and Ethnographic Research on Hungarian-Americans.” Emery George, Ann Arbor: “Textual Problems of Miklós Radnóti’s Bor Notebook.” L. Frey and M. Frey, US: “Insurgency During the War of the Spanish Succession: The Rákóczi Revolt.” Ilona Kovács, Budapest: “Library Service to Ethnic Hungarians in the US.” György Martin, Budapest: “Ethnic and Social Strata and the Naming of Dances.” Richard Prazák, Brno: “The Legends of King Stephen.” István Csapiáros, Warsawa-Budapest: “Kölcsey and Polish Politics.” István Fodor, Budapest: “Contacts of the Hungarians with the Baltic Area.” Imre Weltmann, Budapest: “Mátyás Bel; a Hungarian Scholar in the 18th Century.” Márton Tarnóc, Budapest: Kodály and Old Hungarian Culture.”D 15 T
