Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1974 (2. évfolyam, 3-5. szám)
1974 / 3. szám
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS A.A.S.H.H. Dr. Peter Pastor, Secretary of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History informed us of the association’s 3rd annual meeting which took place at New Orleans in December 1972. In addition to business matters, a discussion on "National interest and cosmopolitan goals of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848" took place. The fourth annual meeting took place at San Francisco in December 1973 at which time a panel discussed the "Critical social thought in 20th century Hungary." Chairman of the panel is Gabor Vermes (Rutgers U ), panelists are Richard Allen (U. ofDenver), Mario Fenyő (Catholic U. of Puerto Rico), and Marian A. Low (John Jay Coll, of Criminal Justice). Discussant is George Bárány (U. of Denver). Pastor’s report also includes two bibliographies. One containing recent publications of AASHH members, several of which we hope to review in future issues of HSN; and a bibliography of books relating to Hungarian history published in Hungary between December 1971 and October 1972, and compiled by J.H. Komlos. For more information write to Dr. P. Pastor, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043. PORTLAND STATE SUMMER STUDIES IN HUNGARIAN During the summer of 1974 Portland State Univrsity will sponsor an intensive program in Hungaran studies. This is an opportunity for those who wish to deepen their understanding of East- Central Europe, and those who wish to improve their proficiency in the Hungarian language. The program also is said to be well suited for individuals, who are involved in teaching Hungarian youth groups. The program will begin in mid-June, and will be available both as a credit or non-credit group of courses. The program plans to offer the following courses: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Hungarian; Hungarian History; Independent Study in Hungarian Literature. Tuition is $185, and may include the cost of any other (non- Hungarian) courses offered by the university. For information write to Prof. Louis J. Elteto, Route 1, Box 758, Beaverton, OR 97005. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS Some twenty Hungarian archaeologists, ethnologists, linguists, and physical anthropologists attended the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, at Chicago, September 1-8, 1973. All participants prepared papers, some chaired sessions or served as discussants. Their papers will be included in the monumental 80-volume proceedings of the Congress, to be published by Mouton (The Hague) in 1974. Of the some 1,600 papers written for the Congress, the following had Hungarian relevance. In archaeology: Janossy, D. “Midpleistocene microfaunas of continental Europe and adjoining areas.” In ethnology: Andjelic, M. “Les variantes des chants populaires Sud- Slaves formees en Hongrie.” Andrásfalvy, B. “Contrasting value orientations of peasant communities integrating into modern age.” Bakó, F. “Hungarian ethnic groups and boundaries in recent research referring to the northern groups.” Bodrogi, T. “Social and cultural changes in a Hungarian village (1945-1970).” Gunda, B. “Women in pastoral society.” Hoppál, M. “Communication system of a village.” Karloviszky, A. “An anthromorph shamanic musical instrument from the 8-12th centuries AD.” Katona, I. “The new mass song and its social background in Hungary.” Kresz, M. “Growing up in a Hungarian peasant village.” Makkai, V.B. “On the socio-semantic aspects of greeting and address among Hungarian immigrants in the U.S. and Hungarians in their native land.” Ortutay, Gy. “Hungarian folk tale interpretation.” Pascu, S. “La population de la Transilvanie du IX au XI siede en breve de analyses anthropologique.” Sárkány, M. “Transformation of the peasant economy; a Hungarian example." Sozan, M. “The Magyarization of Hungarian ethnography (1889-1919).” Tagányi, Z. “Mixing of traditional and urbanized elements in peasant culture.” In linguistics: Desy, Gy. “The sociolinguistic structure of the Danube Basin.” In physical anthropology: Gladkova, T.D. and T.A. Tóth, “The dermatoglyphics of Hungarians.” Lipták, P. “The anthropology of the Finno- Ugric peoples.” Nemeskéri, J. “Population genetics research in eastern Hungary.” Other Hungarian patricipants who have not presented Hungarian focused papers, included L. Boglár, S. Bökönyi, T. Dömötör, T. Hofer, I. Lengyel, I. Tárkány-Szücs, and V. Voight. (Dr. Voigt is visiting Professor at the U. of California, Berkeley, during the Fall and Winter terms.) Copies of papers approx. $1 each, (minimum order $5) may be obtained from Dr. Sol Tax, Department of Anthropology, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Dr. István Deák, the Director of the Institute of East Central Europe (see description in HSN no. 1.) notified the Newsletter that the following Visiting Scholars from Hungary taught at the Institute: János Hods, Assoc. Prof, of Economics, during the Spring of 1973. A professor at the Karl Marx University of Economics in Budapest. Hods’ visit was made possible by an agreement between the Institute of Cultural Relations in Budapest and the Institute of East Central Europe, the purpose of which is to promote American- Hungarian cultural relations and to facilitate the travel of Hungarian scholars to Columbia University. In the Fall Semester of 1973, Columbia had Domokos Kosa'ry, on its Faculty as Visiting Professor from Hungary. Kosáry is author of A HISTORY OF HUNGARY, reviewed under LONG AWAITED REPRINTS in this issue. Other scholars who have lectured at the Institute during the previous academic year were: György Ranki, Prof, of History at the University of Debrecen and Deputy Director of the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Zsuzsa Nagy, Member of the Institute of History of the HAS; János Kornai, Prof. Economics at the Karl Marx University of Economics, and Department Head at the Institute of Economics of the HAS; and Francois Fejtő, distinguished historian, journalist and commentator on events in Eastern Europe. Professor Deak will spend the Spring Semester of 1974 in Budapest working on his project “Kossuth and the Hungarian Revolution 1848," soon to be completed and published. HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER, NO. 3, 1974 7
