An Invitation to attend the

American Hungarian Educators’ Association 29th Annual Conference

Hungarians at a Turning Point

April 22 – 25, 2004

Hosted by:Global Education Center of

Montclair State University, NJHungarian Cultural Center, NY

The Consulate General of Hungary, NYAmerican Hungarian Folklore Centrum, NJ

Montclair State UniversityUpper Montclair, New Jersey

at Valley Road and Normal Avenue

Easily accessible by public transportation and by carOnly 20 minutes from Manhattan

The American Hungarian Educators' Association (AHEA) is a professional and scholarly organization devoted to the teaching and dissemination of Hungarian culture, history, folklore, literature, language, fine arts, music and scientific achievements. Through annual conferences and its newsletter, American Hungarian Educator, it seeks to provide an opportunity for those interested in Hungarian Studies and Hungarian Heritage to further these interests. The CONFERENCES provide a forum for scholarly addresses and an opportunity for workshops and discussion groups devoted to topics of special interest. In order to reach as wide an audience as possible, the primary language of the conferences is English; some papers are presented in Hungarian.

General Information & OfficersPresident: Susan Glanz Vice-President: Judit Kesserű Némethy Secretary: Ruth Biro Treasurer: Enikő M. Basa Advisory Board: George Bisztray, Mario Fenyo, Katalin Nagy To contact us: 4515 Willard Ave. Apt. 2210, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-3685 ~ Fax: (301)657-4764 Email: eniko.basa@verizon.nethttp://www.magyar.org/ahea/

Conference Organizing Committee:Enikő M. Basa, Susan Glanz, Kálmán Magyar, András Márton, Károly Nagy, Judit Kesserű Némethy, Peter Pastor, Martha Pereszlényi-Pintér, Péter Sárközy, Ivan Sanders, István Sohár, Louise O. Vasvári

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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Thursday, April 22, 2004 – Location: Montclair State University, Richardson Hall7:00 PM Registration8:00 PM – Movie and Discussion ”Bánk Bán”

STUDENT CENTER Friday, April 23 Saturday, April 24Time Room 419 Room 417 Room 419 Room 417

8:00-9:00 Registration Business Meet9:00-9:25 Opening Address Keynote Address9:30-11:00 Literature I [1] Economics [8]11:15-12:45 History I [2] Education I [3] Education II [9] Folklore [10]Lunch13:45-15:15 Literature II [4] Science [5] Linguistics [11-a] History II [12]15:30-17:00 Music [6] Transitions [7] Linguistics [11-b] Culture [13]19:00 Reception at

ConsulateDinner Dance Hungarian Club

Saturday, April 24, 2004 ~ Special Program: 9:00-12:00 - Field Trip to Hungarian Schools in New York and New Jersey15:00-17:00 - Round Table Discussion with Leaders of the American Hungarian Schools

Sunday, April 25, 2004 ~ Programs in New York City10:00 – 12:00 – Guided Tour in Downtown New York City12:00 – 15:00 – Champagne Brunch at Louise O. Vasvári’s Residence [registration required]17:00 – 19:00 – Art Exhibit Opening Reception at Aich Galleries, New York City

Thursday, April 22, 2004Location: RICHARDSON HALL, Room 114

[Building to the right of the Student Center]

8:00 PM Registration and Wine and Cheese8:30 PM Hungarian movie: ‘Bánk Bán” A film adaptation of the Hungarian opera, "Bánk Bán." It is 1213, and Endre II is off fighting foreign wars, leaving his beloved Queen Gertrud. While traveling through the countryside to ascertain the condition and needs of the people, Bánk has left his beautiful, adored young wife Melinda in the care of the court as a lady-in-waiting to the queen. As Bánk is discovering widespread famine and oppression, the honorable and faithful Melinda is finding herself at the mercy of Gertrud's younger brother, Prince Otto of Meran. His pursuit of Melinda is encouraged by Gertrud, who also pressures Melinda to submit to her brother's advances. Director: Csaba Káel, Photography: Vilmos ZsigmondWith: Éva Marton, Andrea Rost, Kolos Kováts, Dénes Gulyás Friday, April 23, 2004Location: STUDENT CENTER

8:00 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:25 Opening Remarks by:Susan ColePresident, Montclair State University

9:30 – 11:00 PANEL 1~ LITERATURE I ~ Room 419Hungarians at a Turning Point I

Chair: Ivan Sanders, Columbia University, New York, NY

Enikő M. Basa, Library of Congress, Washington DC “New Directions in Post-1989 Hungarian Literature”

Cartherine Portuges, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA “A Century of Budapest on Film”9:30 – 11:00 PANEL 1~ LITERATURE I ~ Room 419 [continued]

István Dobó, University of Debrecen, Hungary“Autobiography in Twentieth-Century Hungarian Literature”

András Kiséry, Columbia University, New York, NY“Tivadar Thienemann Revisited”

11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 2 ~ HISTORY I ~ Room 419Teachers, Lawyers, Diplomats: Changes in Hungarian Traditions

Chair: Gabor Vermes, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

János Mazsu, Debrecen University, Hungary“Public Education and Social Modernization in Hungary in the 19th Century”

Mónika Mátay, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ“Emergence of a Legal Class: Power of the Professions”

Thomas Lorman, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH“A Failed Rapprochement: Hungarian Policy Towards Romania, 1932-1936”

11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 3 ~ EDUCATION I ~ Room 417Teaching Methods in Hungary and the United States: A Comparative Approach

Chair: Martha Pereszlényi Pintér, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH

Susan Glanz, St. John's University, Queens, NY”Birds of a Feather... An International Comparison of Faculty Motivation to Teach Online”11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 3 ~ EDUCATION I ~ Room 417 [continued]

Nóra Arató, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research,University of Michigan “What Has Change Got To Do With It? The Influence of Principals on Teacher Involvement in School Change: Hungary and the United States”

Sylvia Csűrös Clark, St. John's University, Queens, NY”Media Images Among Modern College Students: A Cross-Cultural Comparison”

Tyler Jason Weedon, George Washington University, Washington, DC”The Hungarian Approach to Mathematics Teaching: Comparative Lessons for Mathematics Instruction in the United States”

12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH in the Cafeteria or Dining Room

13:45 – 15:15 PANEL 4 ~ LITERATURE II ~ Room 419Transylvanian Themes

Chair: Enikő M. Basa, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Paul Sohar, Free-Lance Writer/Translator, Warren, NJ“Sándor Kányádi: Cosmopolitan Poet with a National Identity”

Narcisz Fejes, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH“The Transylvanian as the Cosmopolitan Other: Questions of National Identity in Bram Stoker’s Dracula”

Amedeo Di Francesco, University of Naples, Italy “A történelem tragédiája és egy tragédia története—magyar fordulópontok Szőcs Géza Ki cserélte el a népet című drámájában”

13:45 – 15:15 PANEL 5 ~ SCIENCE ~ Room 417Hungarian Scientific Geniuses

Chair: István Sohár, University of Medicine & Dentistry, Piscataway, NJ

András Prékopa, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ & ELTE, Budapest“The Revolution of János Bolyai”

János Bergou, Hunter College, NY, NY“Zoltán Bay, the Quiet Genius of Physics”

András P. Fodor, Consulting Engineer, Stanford, CT“Oszkár Asbóth and the ‘Hungarian Helicopter”

15:30 – 17:00 PANEL 6 ~ MUSIC ~ Room 419New Keys to Fit the Old Doors: Explorations in Béla Bartók's Life and Works

Chair: Judith Olson, Am. Hungarian Folklore Centrum, Bogota, NJ

Elliott Antokoletz, University of Texas, Austin, TX“Musical Symbolism in Béla Bartók’s Duke Blue Beard’s Castle: Trauma, Gender, and the Unfolding Unconscious”

Paolo Susanni, University of Texas, Austin, TX"Béla Bartók's Out of Doors Suite: The Use of Modal Transformation and Axial Symmetry as a Means of Musical Progression"

Lynn Hooker, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN“Modernism in the Periphery: Béla Bartók and the new Hungarian Music Society of 1911 – 1912”

15:30 – 17:00 PANEL 7 ~ TRANSITIONS ~ Room 417Transitions in Hungarian Society

Chair: Péter Sárközy, Deputy Consul General, New York

György Csepeli – Gergő Prazsák, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Budapest“Transition to Information Society in Hungary”

Csaba Nikolenyi, Concordia University, Montreal,Canada“Cabinet (In) Stability in Post-Communist Hungary”

Éva Novák, Univesity of Szeged, Hungary“Between Past and Future”

19:00 VISITING SCHOLARS REUNION AND RECEPTIONHosted by Ambassador Dr. Gábor Horváth, Consul General, Hungarian Consulate of New York City227 East 52nd Street, NY, NY [Between 2nd & 3rd Aves]

PERFORMANCE BY THE THRESHOLD THEATER OF NEW YORKGyörgy Spiró: Soap Opera [Szappanopera]The Hungarian Cultural Center will present the Threshold Theater English language workshop production of this controversial play. The work elevates questions of identity, responsibility and morality to a universal level. Spiró is a major contemporary Hungarian writer, whose Soap Opera has been produced to great acclaim in Hungary.

Transportation from the Hotel to the New York City Reception will be provided by the Conference.

Saturday, April 24, 2004Location: STUDENT CENTER

8:15 – 9:00 STUDENT CENTER ROOM 419BUSINESS MEETING OF AHEA Open to all attendees

9:00 – 9:25 KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Ambassador Dr. Gábor Horváth, Consul General“Hungary in the EU: Benefits and Challenges of Competitiveness”

9:30 – 11:00 PANEL 8 ~ ECONOMICS ~ Room 419Hungary’s EU Paradigm

Chair: Susan Glanz, St. John’s University, Queens, NY

Andrew Felkay, Kutztown University, Kutztown. PA “Hungary and Poland During the Last Stages of Negotiations: Personal Impressions”

Emese Ivan, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada“Strategic Relations and Sport Policy: The City, the Nation State and the EU”

Zoltan Tarr, Independent Scholar, New York - Budapest“The Expansion of the EU to Eastern Europe”

11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 9 ~ EDUCATION II ~ Room 419Hungarians Beyond Hungary's Borders: Minorities and the Diaspora [SESSION IN HUNGARIAN]

Chair: Judit Kesserű Némethy, New York University, NY

11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 9 ~ EDUCATION II ~ Room 419 [continued]

Gábor Dömötör, Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris, Easton, CT”Az Európai Unióba való belépés kihatásai a külföldi magyar nevelésre” [“Effects of Hungary's Entry in the European Union on Hungarian Education Abroad”]

Miklós Fogarasi. Bodnár Gábor Cserkészcsapat, Boston, MA”Bostoni magyar gyerekek nevelése - az elsõ tíz év” [“Education of Hungarian Children in Boston - First Ten Years”]

Katalin Vörös, University of California, Berkeley, CA”Kapcsolattartás: Magyar tudósok és diákok UC Berkeley-ben”[“Keeping in Touch: Hungarian Scientists and Students at UC Berkeley”]

Dezső Benedek, University of Georgia, Athens, GA”Milyen az erdélyi magyar kultúra túlélési esélye?”[“What is the Chance for Survival of Hungarian Culture in Transylvania”]

11:15 – 12:45 PANEL 10 ~ FOLKLORE ~ Room 417Ways and Perspectives of Performing a New Hungary in Music and Dance

Chair: Kálmán Magyar, Am. Hungarian Folklore Centrum, Bogota, NJ

Irén Kertész-Wilkenson, Independent Scholar, London /Budapest(current research funded by Open Society Institute and Leverhulme Fund)"Conversations on the Long Road of Hungarian Roma Music and Dance"  David Malvinni, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA“Jazz in Hungarian Gypsy Music” Judith Olson, American Hungarian Folklore Centrum, NJ"Who's leading?  The Interaction of Music and Dance in Táncház" 

12:45 – 13:45 ~ Lunch at Red Hawk Diner behind the Student Center

13:45 – 17:00 PANEL 11 ~ LINGUISTICS ~ Room 419Learning, Maintaining, and Losing Hungarian Language Competence

Chair:  Louise O. Vasvári, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY & NYU, NY

Anna Szabolcsi, New York University, NY“Why is the Hungarian Language Interesting to Linguists Even if They Do Not Speak a Word of It?”

Carol Rounds, Columbia University, NY“Word Order, Pedagogy and Poetry in Between”

Gergely Tóth, U. of California, Berkeley, CA“Integration and Assimilation, The Hungarian Community in the Bay Area”

Robert Vago, Queens Coll., NY & Graduate Center, City University, NY“The Regularity of Language Loss in the Context of Bilingualism”

Martha Nyikos, Indiana University, Bloomington, INKatalin Nyikos, Georgetown University, Washington, DC“Hungarian Oral Discourse: Fluency and Accuracy.”

13:45 – 15:15 PANEL 12 ~ HISTORY II ~ Room 417Ethnic, Political, and Social Cleansing of Hungarians

Chair: Marina Cunningham, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Steven B. Vardy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA“Ethnic Cleansing and Its Impact on Hungary”

13:45 – 15:15 PANEL 12 ~ HISTORY II ~ Room 417 [continued]

Peter Pastor, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ“Hungarian Victims of Stalin’s Purges in the USSR”

Agnes Huszár Várdy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA “Hungarians on the GULAG: GULAG Interviews in 2003”

15:30 – 17:30 PANEL 13 ~ CULTURE ~ Room 417Discovering the Past

Chair: Károly Nagy, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

Martha Pereszlényi – Pintér, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH“From Art Nouveau to Art Deco: The Rise of the Hungarian Middle Class as Affected by French, German, Austrian, and Other Influences on Hungarian Decorative Arts in the Interwar Period [1920’s to early 1940’s]”

Ruth Biro, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA"Remembering Raoul Wallenberg's Humanitarian Mission In Hungary”

Gyöngyvér Harkó, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ“The Folk-Ballad - Our Common Cultural Heritage (Similarities and Differences in Hungarian, Scottish and English Folk-Ballads”

Julius Nyikos Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA “The Peoples’ Propaganda: Anti-Nazi Jokes”

SPECIAL SESSIONS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2004: FIELD TRIP AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION FOR HUNGARIAN CUMMUNITY WEEKEND SCHOOL EDUCATORS

Coordinator and Discussion Leader: Judit Kerekes, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY

There are three weekend Hungarian schools in the New York area: Passaic, New York City and New Brunswick. Each of them is community based, supported and staffed by enthusiastic volunteers dedicated to maintain Hungarian culture among the children of Hungarian descent.

9:00 Meeting at the Conference: STUDENT CENTER, Room 417.

Transportation will be provided to one of the Hungarian Schools of the participants’ choice:

Arany János Hétvégi Magyar Iskola, New York, NYLeaders: Anna Kovács, principal – István Sándor, past principal –

Zsuzsa Ferenczy – teacher

Szent István Magyar Iskola, Passaic, NJLeaders: Emese Kerkay, principal – Tamás Marshall – teacher

Széchényi Magyar Iskola és Óvoda, New Brunswick, NJLeaders: Rita Difiore, secretary – John Difiore, principal –

János Gorondi, past principal – Zsolt Balla, past principal

10:00 - 12:00 FIELD TRIP

15:00 – 17:00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AT STUDENT CENTERROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED

Introductory Presentation: Judit Kerekes, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY“The Role of Active Participation in Pedagogy”

19:00 HUNGARIAN DINNER DANCE “THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE”AT THE AMERICAN HUNGARIAN CITIZENS’ LEAGUE [“LIGA”]21 New Schley Street, Garfield, NJ, 07026

We are all invited to attend a “true” Hungarian style community dinner dance to the live music of the Harajda Family Orchestra and enjoying delicious Hungarian style dinner.

Sunday, April 25, 2004A day in New York City

10:00 Walking Tour of Downtown ManhattanTour meeting will be announced

12:00 CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH AT THE HOME OF LOUISE O. VASVÁRI[REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND LIMITED TO 40]Cultural program to be announced.

17:00 ART EXHIBITION OPENING AND RECEPTIONPaintings by Zita Zvolszky from Hungary[www.zvolszky.hu]Hosted by Hungarian Cultural Center, NYAndrás Márton, directorAICH Studio, 218 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010Tel: 2121-686-4220

REGISTRATION FORM:

Mail or email to: American Hungarian Folklore CentrumP.O. Box 262, Bogota, NJ 07603, USATel: 201-836-4869 ~ Fax: 201-836-1590 Email: Magyar@magyar.org

Please register me for the 2004 AHEA Conference

AHEA Registration by 4/10/04 $ 25.00 ________College Students with valid ID free Late or on sight registration $ 30.00 ________Dinner Dance, Saturday $ 30.00 ________ [Includes dinner and cocktails]Tour of Lower Manhattan, Sunday $ 15.00 ________Champagne Brunch, Sunday $ 15.00 ________One Day Registration: $ 15.00 ________AHEA MembershipIndividual: $ 15.00 ________Couples: $ 20.00 ________Students / Retirees: $ 10.00 ________

Total Registration Fee Enclosed: ________

Hotel Information:

HOLIDAY INN - Wayne334 Route 46 East Service Road – Wayne, NJ 07470Tel: 1-973-256-7000 ~ Fax: 1-973-890-5406email: hiwaynefairfield@aol.comweb: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/WNENJ$ 80.000 / night – make your own reservation – mention MSU conference Includes continental breakfastWe will provide transportation to and from the hotel

TRANSPORTION:

TRAIN:MidTOWN DIRECT-Montclair service operates between Montclair Heights Station and Penn Station New York from early morning until late evening, Monday through Friday. Peak period service will also run to and from Hoboken Heights and Newark Broad Street stations, plus you can use either MidTOWN DIRECT-Montclair or Hoboken-bound trains to reach Newark Broad Street Station. Call 1-800-626-RIDE or visit http://www.njtransit.com for complete NJTransit information and schedules.

BUS:New York City (by bus): DeCamp Bus No. 66 leaves from the Port Authority Bus Terminal and drops you off on campus near College Hall. If the bus is not going all the way to campus, get off at Mt. Hebron and Valley roads, turn right (north) on Valley, and walk one block to the Normal Avenue traffic light, then turn left to campus entrance. Check out for schedule: http://www.decamp.com/commuter.htm

FROM HOTEL TO CONFERENCE:Transportation will be provided to all registered participants from the Hotel to the Conference at appropriate times.

FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL:Bus, taxi or car service, check with hotel [45 USD from Newark, closest]

SUPPORT AND HELP:

Before and during the conference you may call or contact:Kalman Magyar ~ Cell: 201-615-9240 or email: magyar@magyar.org

Hungarian Cultural Center, New York231 East 52nd StreetNew York City, NY 10022

AN INVITATION TO ATTTEND THE 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THEAMERICAN HUNGARIAN EDUCATOR’S ASSOCIATION

APRIL 22 – 25, 2004 – MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY