Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1984 (12. évfolyam, 39-42. szám)

1984 / 41. szám

and 5, 1984. AHEA and the Midwest Slavic shared two sessions: Bennet Kovrig (U. of Toronto) chaired a joint session on “Hungary in 1984: A Roundtable.” Participants were: Janos Horvath, Karoly Nagy, and George Bisztray. Another joint session was chaired by Karoly Nagy. Papers given were Bulcsu Veress’ “Romanian-Hungarian Relations and the Minority Question.” András Ludanyi “The Csángó Hungarians in Moldavia: Model for Integration or Assimilation?” Sylvia Forgus (Appalachian St. U.) “The Poles: The Nationality Policies of Bismarck and Hitler.”

Guest speakers included Jo'zsef Jankovics (International Association of Hungarian Studies, Budapest) who discussed Mihály Bethlen as well as the work of the association. Miklós Vásárhelyi (HAS) discussed the 1946, 1953, and 1956 economic reform programs. Dezsó'MonoszIdy (Wien) read one of his short stories, and his wife recited several of his poems. The banquet speaker was Paul Marer on “Hungarian Economic Reform: From Centralized Planning to Market Socialism.” (The above summary was adapted from a report by Martha Pereszlenyi-Pinter.) □

The Hungarian chair at Indiana U. organized an all-American graduate student conference on Hungarian studies on April 23 and 24,1984. The opening address was given by György Ra'nki (Indiana U.). Symposia were as follows: Session “A” on HISTORY was chaired by István Deák (Coiumbia U.). Participants were Glen Furnas (U. of Washington) “The Historiography of the Compromise in 1867;” Alice Freifeld (U. of California, Berkeley) “The Role of Festivals in Liberal Hungary;” Alan B. Kennady (Columbia U.) “The Impact of the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1905 on the Russian Dumaof 1906;" Mary Boros-Kazai (Indiana U.) “Immigration to the U.S.,” Michael Bernhard (Columbia U.) “The Hungarian Revolution of 1919.” Session “B” on HISTORY was chaired by Gustav Bayerle (Indiana U.). Participants were Elizabeth Boross (U. of Anglia, Norwich, Great Britain) “Currency Stabilization, Capital Accumulation and Large Hungarian Enterprise, 1924-1929;” Marian Feldman (Indiana U.) “Conscience Against the State —Rozsika Schwimmer, a Voice of Opposition;” Monika Gacsi (Kossuth L.U. and U. of Kentucky) “Land Reform Plans of the Populist Movement in Interwar Hungary;” Kevin Kenyon (Indiana U.) “The Second Vienna. Arbitration in 1940;” Sam Wilson (Indiana U.) “The Historiography of Oscar Jaszi and his Danubian Plan;” James Felak (Indiana U.) “The Great Powers and the First Vienna Arbitration in 1938.” The session of FOLKLOREANDSOCIOLOGY was chaired by Linda Degh (Indiana U.). Participants were Etti de Laczay (New School of Social Research) “The Cultural Revolution ofthe Second Reform Generation: 1900- 1919;” Robert Jenkins (U. of Wisconsin) “The Hungarian Division of Labor; the Distribution of Work Authority;” Akos Rona-Tas (U. of Michigan) “A Cohort Analysis of Commercialization in Part-Time Farming;” Eva V. Huseby (U. of Michigan) “Identity Maintenance in Rural Hungary;” Judith Magyar (Montclair St. Coll.) “Ethnic Folk Art in Museums: a Boundary Maintaining Device;" Jeanne Nespor (U. of Oklahoma) “The Entrepreneuring Village.” The session of ECONOMICS was chaired by Paul Marer (Indiana U.). Papers were presented by Leyla Woods (U. of California, Berkeley) “The Effect of Size on the Behavior of Hungarian Firms;” Kent Osband (U. of California, Berkeley) “Hungarian Labor in Economic Reform;” Cathy Sokil (Indiana U.) “Current Issues in Hungarian Monetary Economics;” John B. Hall (New School of Social Research) “Economic Decentra-NO. 41. AUTUMN 1984, HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEW5LETTER

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lization and Plan Bargaining;” Isidora Lagos (Indiana U.) “Entrepreneural Socialism in Hungary;” Barbara Hicks (Indiana U.) “Some Reflectionson Economicsand Politics in Eastern Europe: the Cases of Hungary and Poland;" Wilma Ennenga (U. of Nebraska) “Agricultural Politics in Hungary, 1968-1980.” Special lecturers were Scott Blau (SUNY, Binghamton) “Foreign Factors in the Hungarian Economic Mechanism;” Roland Kuchel (Department of State) on “Current Social and Political Trends in Hungary;”and Vivian Abbott (IREX) “The Role of IREX in the East European Graduate Student Program. Achievements and Further Tasks.” □

The International Commission for History of Universities

will hold its next meeting in conjunction with the 15th International Congress of Historical Sciences at Stuttgart, West Germany. The opening address will be delivered byA.L. Gabriel, president of the commission and director emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute on “25 Years of Activities of the International Commission, 1960- 85." He will also offer a paper on “German Proctors, Receptors, and Reformators in the English-German Nation at the U. of Paris, 1495-1525.” László' Szögi of Hungary will contribute a paper on “The Commencement of the Instructions of Engineers at the U. of Budapest, or the Sources for the History of Universities.” József Antal, also of Hungary, will read a paper on “Die Hochschulpolitik des nationalen Liberalismus und die Ärztebildung in Ungarn, 1825-1876.” Also on the program is L. S. Domonkos (Youngstown St. U.) the only other U.S. participant, who will speak on “Robert Hutchins of the U. of Chicago in pursuit of the Ideal University.” For further information contact Prof. A.L. Gabriel, P.O. Box 578, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. □

The American Association for the Study of Hungarian History (AASHH) proposes a panel discussion for the AAASS convention at New York City between 1 and 4 November 1984. The topic is “The French Army and Intervention in Revolutionary Eastern Europe, 1917-1920.”The panel will be chaired and the papers dicussed by Bela K. Király (Brooklyn Coll., CUNY). Participants will be J. Kim Munholland (U. of Minnesota) on “The French Army and Intervention in Southern Russia." TheofanisG. Stavrou (U. of Minnesota) on “Greek Participation and the French Army’s Intervention in Southern Russia.” Glenn E. Torrey (EmporiaSt. U.) “General Henri Berthelot and the Army of the Danube.” Peter Pastor (Montclair St. Coll.) “The French Military and Hungary.” □

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