Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1975 (3. évfolyam, 6-8. szám)
1975 / 7. szám
I 8 MISCELLANEOUS (Continued from page 7) and gave papers in English. Notably, Susan Gal, a doctoral candidate at the U. of California, Berkeley, gave a paper on “Speech island close-up: Hungarian language maintenance in Oberwart (Felsoor) AustriaMichael Sozan, Assoc. Prof, at Slippery Rock State College, Pennsylvania, on "Unterwart (Alsóor) in 1974. A brief anthropological report on a Hungarian village in Burgenland;" and Marida Hollos, Assist. Prof., at Brown U., Rhode Island, on "Cognitive development of farm, village and town children in Hungary and Norway." Foreign scholars who gave papers on non- Hungarian peasant topics included Veronica Gervers- Molnar, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Michael Gervers, New York U., and Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Alexander Fenton, National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, and Mátyás Szabó, Nordic Museet, Stockholm. May N. Diaz, Prof, of Anthropology, U. of California, Santa Cruz, and Sam Beck, a doctoral candidate, U. of Massachusetts, participated in symposia deliberations. Papers and sessions were grouped under three main headings: villages, agrotowns, and dispersed settlements (tanya). Publication of the proceedings in Hungarian follows the same division. Edited by Tamas Hofer, Eszter Kisban and Gyula Kaposvári, the three volumes are entitled Faluk, Mezővárosok,Tanyak. Budapest: MagyarNeprajziTarsasag, and Szolnok: Damjanich János Muzeum, 1974. □ The National Science Foundation (see HSN no. 3 for program description) supported five research projects during the second year of an agreement with the Institute of Cultural Relations (K.K.I.) of the HAS as follows: J.W. Mayer, California Institute of Technology, and J. Gyulai, Central Research Institute of Physics, for the study of “Ion implantation in semiconductors.” D.M. Roy, Pennsylvania State U., and F.D. Tamas, U. of Chemical Engineering at Veszprem, for the study of “Processes taking place in cement hydration.” J.E. Johnson and R.P. Tengerdy, Colorado State U., and J. Hollo', U. of Technical Sciences,forthe study of“Removal of heavy metals from fresh waters.” C.J. Mirocha, U. of Minnesota and M. Palyusik, Veterinary Medical Reserach Inst, for the study of "Mycotoxins: Toxins from Fusarium and Stachybotrys.” / M.N. Bleicher, U. of Wisconsin, and L.F. Tóth, Mathematics Institute of the HAS for arranging seminars in “discrete geometry and approximation theory.” □ The ACLS Ethinic Studies Project has retained Prof. Andrei Simic, as a consultant and coordinator of the first phase of the undertaking. This phase will entail the compilation and NO. 7, 1975 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER cataloguing of sources on Eastern European populations and cultures outside of Eastern Europe, primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Latin America, Australia, and New Zeland. For the time being Russians are excluded from consideration, however, some ethnic groups of the Soviet Union will be included: Ukranians, Ruthenians, Moldavians, Jews, Gypsies, peoples of the Caucasus, such as Armenians and Georgians, as well as the Baltic peoples and Finns. The project will try to create (1) a directory of libraries and archives containing collections related to the subject.area; (2) a bibliography of bibliographies; (3) an annotated bibliography of outstanding and literary works regarding each group; (4) an annotated bibliography of works indirectly concerned with East European immigrant groups such as studies dealing with migration, immigration, acculturation; (5) a directory of scholars and students involved in the study of East European immigrant societies and cultures; (6) an annotated directory of educational programs focusing on East European immigrant studies; (7) an annotated directory of immigrant periodicals, journals, and newspapers. A secondary goal involves the creation of a directory of “foci of ethnic solidarity.” While the principal considerations of the project are based on library research, this data would be oriented toward the facilitation of field work. The “foci” refers to those associations, institutions, and activities which act as coalescent mechanism within Eastern European immigrant groups. Data will be collected with the intention of publication. For further information contact Dr. Andrei Simic, Assist. Prof, of Anthropology, U. of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007. □ Portland State U. will again sponsor an intensive program in Hungarian studies during the 1975 summer session, from June 23 to August 21. Courses offered include Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Hungarian; Political Systems of South Eastern Europe; and Independent Study. Any person at least 16 years of age may apply regardless of academic status. Tuition is $195. and entitles the registrant to take also other courses offered in the summer session. For application and information write to Prof. L.J. Éltető', Department of Foreign Languages, Portland State U., Box751, Portland, OR 97207. □ The Kodály Institute will hold its fourth Summer Course at Wellesley College from June 29 to July 26,1975. The course will be held in cooperation with the New England Conservatory of Music. (For detailed description see HSN no. 2.) Interested parties should write to Kodály Musical Training Institute, 525 Worcester Street, Wellesley, MA 02181. □ HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION P.O. Box 1084, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903 Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 257
