Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1986 (14. évfolyam, 47-50. szám)

1986 / 47-48. szám

interest and knowledge of More about East Central Europe generally and Hungary in particular is more evident in his last work, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London.” The introduction of this work details the essentials of the Turkish invasion of Hungary, which More used allegorically to express his opposition to Henry VIII. "In order to appreciate More’s choice of the Turkish invasion of Hungary as the basis of that allegorical work in which his own impending fate was mirrored, one should realize that More was, without doubt, not only an Engishman but also a cosmopolitan European in terms of his intellectual and spriritual life. In addition to this, he was intensely dedicated to the maintenance of the unity of Western Christiandom.” The author is prof, of history at Gannon U. d

Verdery, Katherine,“On the Nationality Problem in Transylvania Until World War I: An Overview.” East European Quarterly 19:1 (March 1985) 15-30.

According to the author, this article summarizes part of the historical presentation in the author’s recent book on Transylvanian peasantry. (See review in HSN no. 39, p. 5.) “The objective in this article under review is to give an analytical interpretation of some of the major events of Transylvania’s ethnic history, from an anthropologist’s point of view. Because the summary covers a large span of time and of subject matter, a schematic presentation is employed and supporting references to published literature are kept to a minimum. The interpretation was formed primarily through reading numerous secondary sources in Hungarian, Transylvanian, and Habsburg history, in English, French and Romanian, and putting the information from them together with anthropological theories on the nature of interethnic relations. It is hoped that this overview will prove useful to scholars, who have greater mastery of the historical particulars than the author, but who are seeking ways to organize their knowledge more comprehensively.” The author is assoc, prof, of anthropology at Johns Hopkins U. □

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Robert P. Austerlitz, 404 Philosophy Hall, Columbia U., New York, NY 10027, is presently working on Ob-Ugric (Hungarian, Vogul, and Ostiak) semantics. For reports on his recent papers, see Articles and Papers column of this issue.

Stephen Foltiny 255 Ewing Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, has nearly concluded a manuscript on Hungarian archaeology finds in the Peabody Museum at Harvard U., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and in the U. Museum in Philadelphia.

Maria Horvath-Krisztinkovich, 3837 Osier Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 2W7, Canada, concluded a draft for the Journal of Mennonite Studies (Winnipeg) on “Primary Sources Relating to the Anabaptists in Hungary.”

István Csicsery-Rónay, Sr., 2321 N. Wakefield, Arlington, VA 22207 is preparing a book on his wartime diary (1939-1944).

Gaza A. Katona, 2613 Shelby Lane, Falls Church, VA 22043, is planning to compile an annotated bibliography on the 1956 revolt.

William C. McGagg, Dept, of History, Michigan State U., East Lansing, Ml 48824-1036, is working on a revised edition of his “Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary" to be published by Columbia U. Press sometime in 1986. See review of the first edition in the HSN, no. 4, p. 6.

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Péter Béla Mérey, 128 Gilmour Avenue, Toronto, ONT M6P383, Canada, is interested in topics concerning genealogy and heraldry. He also is the publisher of The 21st Generation, a Journal of Family History.

Anton N. Nyerges, 201 Longford Court, Richmond, KY 40475, is preparing a volume on Lőrinc Szabó, similar to but larger than the volumes he has published on Hungarian writers and poets. See: reports in HSN no.6, p.2and no.6, p.7; no. 12, p.2; no.26, p. 3; no. 29, p.3; and no. 38, p.3.

Rose Stein, 560 Riverside Drive, Apt. 5B, New York, NY 10027, has been working on two manuscripts: “Matthias Corvinus and His Library,” and “The Hungarian Project of Columbia University’s Oral History Research Collection." Both works are scheduled to appear in the Hungarian Studies Review in the course of 1986.

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Paulovitch (3820 Logans Ferry Road, Plum Boro, PA 15239) are engaged in a genealogical study of the Paulovitch family.

Dieter P. Lotze (462 Hartz Avenue, Meadville, PA 16335) is preparing two studies for publication; one on comparative Hungarian literature, and another on the philosophy of Madach’s The Tragedy of Man. The first article is to be published in a special issue of the Revue de Litérature Comparée (Paris), the latter one in the Les fondements philosophiques de la Tragödie de L 'Homme de Madách.

Thomas Szendrey (Dept, of History, Gannon U„ Erie, PA 16541) is planning to compile a historical dictionary of inter-war East Central Europe, with a projected total word count of 240,000. For each country the following categories of entries will be included: 1. political leaders; 2. social and economic personalities; 3. religious leaders; 4. personalities of the arts and sciences; 5. social and political structures; 6. intellectual movements and institutions. Hungary is projected to have 150 entries. Interested persons may write to the address above.

Tamás Hofer (Ethnographic Research Group, HAS, Budapest, Országház utca 30, Hungary 1250) is investigating social mobility, cultural stratification through analyses of careers, family histories and networks. Place of research: Budapest. István Fodor (Niehler Kirchweg 71, 5000 Köln 60, West Germany) is preparing two articles on the Hungária of Miklós Oláh (1536).

Isabelle Chopin (35 Kinaird Street, Cambridge, MA 02139) is presently studying “The Hungarian community in New Brunswick, N.J.: patterns of assimilation across three waves of immigrants.” She is preparing this study for her dissertation at the Sorbonne in 1986.

Elizabeth M. Rajec (500 East 77th Street, Apt. 216, New York, NY 10021) is working on a bibliography of primary and secondary sources by Ferenc Molnár, to be available in 1986 from Böhlen Publisher, Vienna, Austria.

László Papp (1197 Valley Road, New Cannaan, CT 06840) is preparing a history of the Hungarian student movement in the U.S.

Paul Marer (School of Business, Indiana U. Bloomington, IN 47401) is known for his research and writing on economic topics, trade, technology transfer, and economic reform in East Central Europe with emphasis on Hungary. He published a book East-West Technology Transfer: Study of Hungary 1968- 1984. (Paris: OECD, 1985) and several studies and articles, such as “Economic Reform in Hungary.” In Morris Bornstein (ed.), Comparative Economic Systems: Models and Cases, (New

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