Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1977 (5. évfolyam, 13-15. szám)
1977 / 14. szám
HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION 177 Somerset Street P.O. Box 1084, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Address Correction Requested Return Postage Guaranteed Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 257 MEETINGS (Continued) trating on the political evolution since 1956; and LaszloTikos (U. of Massachusetts) dealing with the development of literature since the revolt. A fourth panel focused on Hungarian art and music in a comparative manner. No report of its composition was available when HSN went to press. We appreciate Prof. Held’s contribution and would like to encourage organizers of panels, conferences, meetings, etc. to follow his example and inform HSN about such events before and after they have taken place. The editors are unable to attend all worthwhile events and must rely on reports from participants. □ The American Hungarian Educators’ Association held its 1977 conference at Bloomington, Indiana, on April 1 and 2, comprising the following panels and workshops. The preservation of Hungarian immigration material and the creation of a permanent collection and archives at Indiana U., was the concern of a group chaired by Paul Body (Ohio State U.). Participants were Mary Boros-Kazai (Indiana U.), Thomas Szendrey (Gannon Coll.), and Bela Biro (U. of Pittsburgh). Hungarians in America was the topic of another panel chaired by Anna Katona (Coll, of Charleston). Linda Degh spoke on “Hungarian ethnic stereotypes,” August J. Molnár (AHF) and Robert S. Hosh (AHF) discussed “The Vasvary Collection and prospects for interdisciplinary research in documenting the history of Hungarians in America.” A session on Hungarian Civilization was chaired by Lee Congdon (Madison Coll.), and comprised three papers. Anna Katona spoke of “American Influences on Hungarian Political Thought;” Agnes H. Vardy (Robert Morris Coll.) presented a paper on “Hungarian Participation in the Young Germany Movement: the Case of Karl Beck;” and Dalma Hunyady Brunauer (Clark U.) discussed “Women’s Liberation, 1910: Margit Kafka’s Letters to the Nyugat.” The session on contemporary Hungary was chaired by Thomas Spira (U. of Prince Edward Island) and had four presentations: Andrew Kerek (Miami U.) spoke on “Language Research in North America: A Thematic and Bibliographic Survey;” Esther H. Leser (U. of North Dakota) compared Faust with The Tragedy of Man; Karoly Nagy (Middlesex County Coll.) discussed the poetry of Gyula Illyés; and György Gömöri (Cambridge U.) spoke about Hungarian poets living in Western Europe, the U.S., and Canada. □ A conference is being planned on War and Society in East Central Europe during the 18th and 19th Centuries, at the East European Section of the Center for European Studies, Graduate School, City U. of New York, in February or March 1978. The program committee consists of Gunther E. Rothenberg (Dept, of History, Purdue U.), Denitch Bogdan (Dept, of Sociology, Grad. School, CUNY), George Simor (Library, Grad. School, CUNY), and Béla K. Király (Dept, of History, Grad. School, CUNY). Send suggestions to the program director, Prof. Király, P.O. Box 568, Highland Lakes, NJ 07422. □ A sympsoium on Hungarian culture is being planned for the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association at Houston, Texas, between November 29 and December 4. Inquiries are invited by the organizer, Michael Sozan, Assoc. Prof., Dept, of Anthropology and Sociology, Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, PA 16057. □ HUNGARIAN REFERENCE SHELF A series of inexpensive publications facilitating Hungarianrelated research for the English speaking scholar. 1 HUNGARIAN ETHNOGRAPHY: A Bibliography of English Language Sources, by David R. Howell (University of Virginia), 1976. 319 entries, 24 pages. $1.80 plus 204 handling, $2.00 2. EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS RELATED TO HUNGARY AND HUNGARIAN SUBJECTS. Compiled by Joseph Széplaki (University of Minnesota), 1976. 48 entries, in issue no. 11 of the HSN. $1.50 plus 204 handling, $1.70. 3. HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORMS: A Selective, Partially Annotated Bibliography, by Gabriel F. Horchler (Library of Congress), 1977. 1,620 entries, 190 pages. $4.95 paper; $8.95 cloth. 4 MASTER’S THESES RELATED TO HUNGARY AND HUNGARIANS ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Compiled by Joseph Széplaki; and UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ON HUNGARIANCANADIANS: A Preliminary Check List of Theses. Compiled by John P. Miska. Both: 1977. 53 entries in issue no. 13 of the HSN. $1.50 plus 204 handling, $1.70. 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HUNGARIAN LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Compiled by Andrew Kerek (Miami University). In Preparation. Order: HUNGARIAN RESEARCH CENTER AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION Post Office Box 1084 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 8 NO. 14, 1977 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
