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Hungarian Studies at the University of Toronto in 2010-11
August 31st, 2010
Language, literature, culture, history and film courses are among the offerings at the University of Toronto’s Hungarian Studies Program in 2010-11. The Program is part of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the newly expanded Munk School of Global Issues. Hungarian language, literature and culture courses have been available at the University since 1977 when the Hungarian Chair was established and it is good to see that the programs are continuing and being promoted. On September 9th 2010, interested students are encouraged to participate in an information session about courses and scholarship opportunities: http://www.munkschool.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventId=9459
Among those teaching courses this year are Professor Robert Austin, who is the Program’s Coordinator, Susan Papp, Eva Tomory and C. Babey. The complete list of courses and their descriptions can be found on this page of the university’s website: http://www.utoronto.ca/hungarian/index.html . Those interested might also wish to look at the student exchange and study abroad programs sections of the site as well as scholarships and awards listed here: http://www.utoronto.ca/hungarian/courses%202010-2011.html
Remember also to check for scholarship opportunities offered by the Hungarian government through the Balassi Institute, some of which are described below – and in more detail on this page: http://www.hungarianpresence.ca/youth/scholarships-407.cfm
Gabor Csepregi’s New Challenge: St Boniface
July 22, 2010
The Canada-Hungary Educational Foundation would like to congratulate its Vice-President, Dr Gabor Csepregi on his appointment as Vice-President (Teaching and Research) at the Collège Universitaire St Boniface. Gabor has made significant contributions to the development of the Dominican University College as an educational institution during his tenure there as President and Regent of Studies. Read more...
Hungarian State Scholarships for Foreign Students 2010-11
Once again the Balassi Institute is offering Hungarian State scholarship to foreign students, including Canadians. There are two programs under which Canadian students, researchers, musicians, artists can apply. The first one is administered by the Hungarian Scholarship Office (MOB) and detailed information about it is in section 1 below.
In section 2 you can find information about the 10 month Hungarian Language and Culture Program (Magyar Nyelv es Magyarságismereti Képzés) offered to Canadians of Hungarian origin who wish to learn Hungarian or improve their knowledge of the Hungarian language and learn about Hungarian history, culture at the same time. Please note that the application deadline for this program is March 25th and applications should be forwarded with all necessary documentation to the Canada-Hungary Education Foundation by that date.
For more information click here.
Interview with Professor Imre Szeman, University of Alberta
By Eva Hegyi
February 2010
Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and Professor of English, Film Studies, and Sociology at the University of Alberta. He is going to teach at the Central European University in Budapest in the summer of 2010. Our current intern, Eva Hegyi, has recently conducted an interview with the professor. Read more…
Hungarian Doctoral Fellowship at U of Alberta
The University of Alberta’s Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies is offering a fellowship in the value of $25,000 to a doctoral student from Hungary for 2010-11. Applications are accepted in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts. Application deadline is April 15th 2010.
For details on this award, click here or contact the Chair of the Wirth Institute. Dr Franz Szabo at franz.szabo@ualberta.ca.
MA in International Economy and Business offered by the Corvinus University Budapest
This two-year MA program is offered in English at one of Europe's best economics universities (ranked 6th by the Financial Times among international economics Faculties). The aim of the program is to provide graduates with a thorough understanding of the processes of international economy, ranging from the fields of international business and economics to international politics and international law. This qualification should be attractive to students seeking analytical and business skills in an international context. The core content of the program reflects the increasing globalisation and continuous evolution of international economics and business management. Besides giving a sound methodological foundation in statistics and micro- and macroeconomic theory, the program addresses the main aspects of the global economy: trade, finance, factoring and information flows, multinational corporations, corporate strategies, international organisations, development, regionalism and integration, intellectual property, etc.
This program should be of value to Canadian students with an interest in Central Europe and those interested may be eligible to apply for a Hungarian government scholarship from the Hungarian Scholarship Board also described on this page.
Please note that the application deadline for this MA program is February 28th 2010.
For more information on the program, see the information package HERE. For more information on Corvinus university, see their website here: http://economics.uni-corvinus.hu
A general description is also available in Hungarian HERE.
Competition for secondary and post-secondary students/ Concours pour les étudiants du secondaire et du post secondaire
CHEF is announcing a Canada-wide essay and video competition on the immigrant experience in Canada - for secondary and postsecondary students under the age of 25. You will find on this page the links to the detailed guidelines as well as the entry form in English and French. The entry form can be downloaded in pdf format. You need to fill in the entry form and send it with your entry to:
CHEF/FECH
PO Box 74083/ B.P. 74083
5 av. Beechwood Ave,
Ottawa, Ontario,
K1M 2H9
Note that the deadline for receiving entries is has been extended from October 31st, 2008 to December 15th, 2008.
If you have any questions, please write to youthcontest@hungarianpresence.ca
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Canadian student in Budapest
Ottawan Fanni Barocsi is studying Hungarian language and culture at the Balassi Institute - on a scholarship offered by the Hungarian government to foreign students. She will be starting her undergraduate studies in the fall of 2008 at Queen's University. She recently sent us this report.
Eyes across the Atlantic—Hungary’s State Security and Canada’s Hungarians, 1956-1989
Christopher Adam, a doctoral candidate in history currently completing his dissertation at the University of Ottawa, traveled to Bratislava on November 14, 2007 to present a paper at an international conference, which examined the activities of Communist-era state security agencies in the former Eastern bloc countries. Organized by the Nation’s Memory Institute of Slovakia (UPN), the conference presenters examined the role that Soviet advisors played in the satellite states, as well as the NKVD/KGB’s cooperation with other state security agencies in Eastern Europe and their activities in occupied East Germany and Austria.
For more information and the abstract of the presentation, click here ...
Hungarian students prepare for 1,000-kilometre Canadian bike tour
Csaba Borsai, a secondary school teacher at Regnum Marianum High School in Budapest plans to take his students on a 1,000-kilometre bike tour of central Canada in July.
Entitled A Bridge between the Danube and the Saint Lawrence, the Catholic school's tour aims to introduce the students to the Canadian landscape and serves as a type of protest against global warming. Read more...
Arrested Development -The 1956 Revolution
by Emily Morry, April 2003
This essay was written for an undergraduate Russian history seminar that Emily Morry took at McGill University. There, she graduated with an honours degree in 2003, majoring in American history and minoring in Eastern European history. The following year, she pursued her Master's in history at McGill, producing a thesis entitled, "Brothers Gonna Work it Out?: Rap Music as a Reflection of the Complex Status of African Americans in the 1980s." In 2005, Emily began her PhD degree in American history at the University of Rochester. She intends to write her dissertation on conceptualizations of geographic places and living spaces in African-American music from blues to hip hop.
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was one of the most shocking jolts to the Soviet system in the post-Stalin era. Although the revolution was spontaneous, the massive discontent that resulted in the uprising had been brewing for some time. Hungarians were stifled under the repressive regime of Matyas Rakosi of 1947-1953 and were disappointed when the more enlightened leadership of his successor Imre Nagy, was brought to a halt in 1955. The internal affairs of the Soviet Union in 1956 also had an impact on the satellite states and further fueled the intra-party strife, intellectual protest and massive social unrest that set the wheels of revolutionary action in motion. Thus, an understanding of the event itself is not complete without an analysis of its preconditions and causes. A true understanding of the revolution is also incomplete if one simply analyzes the chronology of the events themselves without obtaining insight into the psychology of both those who were involved in the uprising and those whom such events affected. Eyewitness memoirs of both revolutionaries and ordinary Hungarians alike are thus invaluable. This paper seeks to create a balanced description of the causes, events and aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution by utilizing both factual sources and eyewitness accounts. It is hoped that by focussing on the personal experiences of average Hungarians, a fuller understanding of the event is reached.
Click here to read the full essay...
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