Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1977 (5. évfolyam, 13-15. szám)
1977 / 13. szám
IREX REPORT 1975-1976 According to the annual report of the International Research and Exchange Board, 164 U.S. and 168 Soviet and East European scholars and scientists participated in the exchange programs, and 24 persons were preparatory fellows or third country dissertation fellows. In addition, 60 ad-hoc travel grants were awarded for collaborative and bilateral projects. The country distribution was as follows: AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS NomiReWith# of nated jected drew Man-Months Bulgaria 3--20 Czechoslovakia 8 1-50 GDR 6--20 Hungary 12-1 74* Poland 12--71 Romania 9--80** Yugoslavia 17 2 3 100 TOTALS 67 3 4 413 *Two months out of 1974-75 quota; 3 out of 1976-77 "Five months out of 1976-77 quota. EUROPEAN PARTICIPANTS quota. NomiNot With# of nated Placed drew Man-Months Bulgaria 7-1 24 Czechoslovakia 23 7 2 84 GDR 6--20* Hungary 11--70 Poland 17 6-74 Romania 1--3 Yugoslavia 10 1-95 — — — — TOTALS •Five months to 75 14" be used in 1976-77. 3 370 "Four deferred to 1976-77, six nominated as alternates. The 12 American participants in the exchange program with Hungary were as follows: Nicholas Bariss, Prof, of Geology, U. of Nebraska. Five months at the Geographical Research Inst., Budapest, to study valley and slope development in the loesses of the Mezofold area. Alice Choyke, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, State U. of New York, Binghamton. Two months at the Archaeological Inst., HAS, to study European paleo-faunal collections. Alexander Farkas, staff member, Kodály Inst., Wellesley. Nine months at the Kodály Inst., Kecskeme't to study Kodály teaching methods and composition of music for children. (Extension of the original grant.) Maria Horvath, Assist. Prof, of History, St. Peter’s Coll. Ten months at the Inst, of History, HAS, to study the István Bethlen government: 1921-25. Roger Kanét, Assist. Prof, of Political Science, U. of Illinois, Urbana. One month at the Economics Inst., HAS, to study the political implications of economic integration in Eastern Europe. Michael Plummer, Assoc. Prof, of Mathematics, Vanderbilt U. Ten months at the Mathematics Inst., HAS, to study factorization of graphs. (Extension of original grant.) George Radan, Prof, of Art and Archaeology, Villanova U. Five months at the Archaeological Inst., HAS, to study Pannonian river commerce. William Schmitt, M.D., Researcher in Family Medicine, Duke U. Six months at Semmelweis U.of Medicine, to study comparative medical system analysis. Anthony van Den Pol, Ph D. candidate in psychology, Yale U. Six months at Semmelweis U. of Medicine, to investigate the role of the peripheral nervous system in endoctrine synthesis and secretion (Left early.) Stephen Vardy, Prof, of History, Duquesne U. Eight months at the Inst, of History, HAS, to study Hungarian historiography from the 15th to the 19th centuries. (Extension of original grant.) Desider Vikor, Ph.D. candidate in history, Harvard U.Twelvemonths at Széchényi Natl. Library, to study Hungarian monasticism in the High Middle Ages: origins and development. Judith Thornton, Prof, oi Economics, U. of Washington, to study the time-rate use of resources under socialism. (Withdrew.) The 11 Hungarian participants in the exchange program were as follows: Elek Kisida, Assist. Prof., Second Surgical Clinic, Semmelweis Medical U. Five months at the Tufts U. School of Medicine and at the Boston V.A. Hospital, to study experimental investigation of the role of plateles in the mechanism of irreversible shock; electron microscopy in endotoxin shock. ErnoKiss, Head of Research Dept., Research Inst, for Beet Culture, Sopronhorpacs. Five months at the Dept, of Agronomy, Colorado State U., to study sugarbeet breeding: diseases and production practices. Gyula Koltai, Assoc. Director, Research Inst, of Hungarian Trade Unions. Five months at the Dept, of Economics, Harvard U., to study the influence of scientific-technical development on management and the industrial worker. Endre Mocsári, Deputy Head of a Dept., Central Veterinary Inst. Five months at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the USDA National Animal Disease Center, Iowa, and the Dept, of Veterinary Pathology and Hygiena, U. of Illinois, to study immunology and laboratory diagnosis of transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) of swine. (Continued on page 11) MISCELLANEOUS NEWS (Continued) sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Körtvélyessy is Assist. Prof, of Anthropology at Ohio U. □ Summer courses in Hungarian language and culture are again offered by Portland State U., between June 20 and August 19. Anyone over 16 years of age is eligible. Regular college credit is offered. Participants may take other courses in the summer program. For information write to Dr. L.J. Elteto, Dept, of Foreign Languages, Portland State U., Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. □ Learning Hungarian as a second language. Language and culture courses are offered to non-Hungarian citizens through an agency of the Hungarian Government, called Mothertongue Conference (Anyanyelvi Konferencia) as follows: (1) For ages 7 to 14 at Lake Balaton. In two-week cycles between July 22 and August 30. Content: language instruction, music, and recreation. Cost $100. (2) Forages 15 to 18 at Sárospatak. A four-week course in Hungarian language and culture with lectures, study trips, recreation between July 17 and August 16. Cost is $220. (3) Teacher training courses at Debrecen, Sárospatak, Budapest and Lake Balaton, between July 20 and August 3. Content: teaching Hungarian as a second language, theory and methodology, visits to on-going courses as listed above. The Hungarian Government provides each participant with free room, board, and tuition. For further information write to: Anyanyelvi Konferencia védnökségé, 1905 Budapest, Benczúr utca 15. □ NO. 13, 1977 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 9
