2023 - Qunnipiac Univ., Connecticut

After two years online, AHEA is excited to return face-to-face on the scenic Quinnipiac University campus! It's not too late to get your paper on the program and join in the collegial atmosphere that makes AHEA conferences so memorable.

Activities

Hungarian Picnic, a twice yearly get-together for Hungarians and friends in the Washington, DC area

Homecoming Forum (with the Hungarian Embassy and the Hungarian American Foundation): a forum for exchange of ideas and the problems and questions of Hungarians studying and working in the US

Supports sessions at professional organizations on Hungarian topics

Liaison for the Smithsonian Institution 1976 Festival of American Folklife and the Hungarian participants–the only Eastern European country able to participate

Presented Position Papers to and testified before the President’s Commission on Language and International Studies

Account Registration

Publications

American Hungarian Educator -- The newsletter of the Association, edited by Enikő M. Basa, reports on the annual conference and members` meeting and carries announcements about books, programs, scholarships and general news: Volume I (1978) - Volume XLII (2020)

Newsletter-- As of December 2020, the Membership Committee publishes a monthly Newsletter, edited by Andrew Behrendt, reporting on events, starting with the President` Corner, Member Spotlight, upcoming publications, and conference news.

Hungarian Cultural Studies - e-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association publishes selected papers and other articles of interest to Hungarian Studies, including selected papers from our yearly conferences. (Launch date: 2008, Louise O. Vasvári, Editor-in-Chief, 2011-2022)

Membership Benefits

AHEA provides opportunities for those interested in Hungarian studies and Hungarian heritage to further these interests by:

- actively supporting ethnic and multicultural programs to broaden awareness, within the United States, of Hungarian contributions to civilization;

- deepening the appreciation for Hungarian culture among Americans of Hungarian origin;

- encouraging the maintenance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian studies in English.

AHEA provides access to the most current research in Hungarian Studies. Engaging with a supportive and dynamic community of scholars. Advancing professional opportunities.

The AHEA is open to cooperation with all groups interested in supporting Hungarian culture and Hungarian studies within the United States and Canada, as well as Central European countries with large indigenous Hungarian minorities.

Memberships

Regular $30/year

Couples/Joint $50/year

Student $10/year

Three years $80

Institutional/4-employee $100/year

Life Time $500

Life Time Couple $750

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Awards, Scholarships

Péter Basa Award
Research Presentation Awards
Steven Béla Várdy Legacy Scholarship
Helena History Press Scholarship.

Newsletters

We are pleased to issue our call for abstracts for the 47th Annual AHEA Conference which will be held in person at Quinnipiac Quinnipiac University’s North Haven Campus in Hamden, CT

e-Journal

Hungarian Cultural Studies, e-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association, a peer-reviewed, no fee open access annual scholarly journal which appears in September

Steven Béla Várdy Scholarship

Eligible candidates for the Steven Béla Várdy Legacy Scholarship must be a member of AHEA whose degree and research focus is in history

Amount Awarded: 2,500 USD.

Research Presentation Award

Be preferably a graduate student currently enrolled or a junior scholar. These awards support contributing to expenses related to attendance at AHEA’s annual conference.

Péter Basa Award

Péter Basa Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes and activities of the AHEA

Helena History Press Scholarship

An annual award that has been established by Helena History Press to recognize a scholar in any field of the humanities who specializes in scholarship related to or about Central and East Europe.

Amount Awarded: 2,500 USD

Scholarship Recipients

"The Hungarian Museum Area during the Quarantine Culture - Core and Peripheral Cultural Industrial Mechanisms"

Lengyel, Zsanett University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Hungarians Talk Homeward from the Celestial Empire: Voices in the Hungarian Press on China and the Chinese

Mátyás Mervay Eötvös Lóránd University - Budapest

"The Opportunity of Cultural Autonomy for Hungarians in Romania"

Kovács, Bálint Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

GOVERNANCE

OFFICERS 2021 -2023

Klára Papp President

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Helga Lénárt-Cheng Vice-President

St Mary's College California

Moraga, Cal.

Zsuzsanna Varga Secretary

University of Glasgow

Scotland

Kálmán Magyar Treasurer

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

James P. Niessen Past President

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Board of Directors of the Association is made up of the Officers, the Members-at-Large, the Membership Development Chair and the three appointed Ex Officio members.

Nóra Deák

ELTE SEAS Library

András Ludányi

Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio

Mártha Perszlényi-Pintér

John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio

Katalin Kádár Lynn

Membership Development Chair

Helena History Press, Reno, Nevada

Judith Kesserű Némethy Ex Officio: Nominating Committee Chair

New York University

Katalin Vörös Ex Officio: AHEA Webmaster

University of California, Berkeley

Membership Development Committee

chair

Katalin Kádár Lynn, Helena History Press, Reno, Nevada

Advisor

Louise O. Vasvári, Stony Brook University & New York University

Members

Andrew Behrendt, Missouri S&T Nóra Deák, ELTE SEAS Library, Budapest, Hungary; Andrew Lee, Northern VA Community College Jeffrey Pennington, University of California, Berkeley; Zsuzsanna Varga, University of Glasgow, Scotland; Elizabeth Vos, Magyar Marketing, Evansville, Indiana

Standing Program Committee

Cultural Studies

Louise O. Vasvári, Stony Brook University & New York University; András Kiséry, City College of New York

Language/Literature

Ákos Farkas, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary; Zsuzsanna Varga, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Education

Mártha Pereszlényi-Pintér, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH; Viktoria Batista, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Music/Folklore

Sarah Lucas, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas; Judith Olson, American Hungarian Folklore Centrum, NJ

History/Political Science

James P. Niessen, Rutgers University, New Jersy; András Ludányi, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

Science/Economics

Susan Glanz, St. John's University, New York, NY; Andrew Lee, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA

President's Corner

Dear AHEA Members and Colleagues, Greetings! I hope and trust that you are doing well and that your academic year is off to a wonderful start. Call for Abstracts: We are pleased to issue our call for abstracts for the 47th Annual AHEA Conference which will be held in person at Quinnipiac University’s North Haven Campus in Hamden, Connecticut (in the USA). The abstract submission form offers some new venues for scholars to present their work. In addition to paper presentations, panel discussions, and workshops, we have added book presentations and roundtable discussions to the choice of options for presenters.

Wishing you good health and continued success,

Klára Papp, PhD
President, AHEA

Exhibited Books by Members

István Deák (1926-2023)

This it to inform you that a distinguished, long-time member of AHEA, professor István Deák of Columbia University, passed away on January 9, 2023.

Nyugodjék békében!

István Deák, Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History, died at his home in Paso Robles, California, on January 9, 2023. He is survived by his wife Gloria, an art historian, and his daughter Eva....

Please Read his obituary

American Hungarian Educators Association

Established in 1974

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