4515 Willard Ave. #2210
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
eniko.basa at verizon dot net
2009 Program
American Hungarian Educators Association
34th Annual Conference
14 – 16 May 2009
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
“Hungarians in the New World”
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, AHEA 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 discussion groups devoted to topics of special interest. To reach as wide an audience as possible, the primary language of the conference is English.
Officers: President: Judith Kesser? Némethy – Vice-President: Louise O.Vasvári
Secretary/Treasurer: Enik? MolnárBasa
Secretary/Treasurer: Enik? MolnárBasa
Contact: Enik? M. Basa, 4515 Willard Avenue, Apt. 2210,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Fax: 301 657-4763 − Email: eniko.basa@verizon.net
Program Committee:
Cultural Studies: Louise Vasvári (louise.vasvari@sunysb.edu)
Education: Judith Kesser? Némethy (jn2@nyu.edu)
History: Peter Pastor (pastorp@mail.montclair.edu)
Literature: Enik? M. Basa (eniko.basa@verizon.net)
Music/Folklore: Kálmán Magyar (magyar@magyar.org) and
Judith M. Olson (JudyOlson@aol.com)
Political Science/Economics: Susan Glanz (glanzs@stjohns.edu)
Local Organizing Committee: Katalin Vörös, voros@eecs.berkeley.edu,
Katalin Kádár Lynn, Ferenc Kovac, Irén Romoda, Gergely Tóth
UCB Sponsors:
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, http://iseees.berkeley.edu
European Union Center of Excellence, http://eucenter.berkeley.edu/index.html
Conference Program
Thursday 14 May 2009
306 Soda Hall – HP Auditorium
6:00 PM Registration – Soda Hall, 3rd floor, HP Auditorium Lobby
7:00 PM Introduction − StephanieMackley, Outreach Specialist
Katahdin Productions, Berkeley, CA
Film: Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Hungary’s Jews. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Incredibly, her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal – first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save her daughter. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh. (90 min.)
Open to the public
Friday Morning − 15 May 2009
All Sessions Are Held in the Bechtel Engineering Center
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8:00 – 9:00
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120A Bechtel – Registration; Continental Breakfast
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9:00 – 9:15
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120BC Bechtel
JudithKesser? Némethy, AHEA President – Official Opening Remarks
Jeff Pennington, Executive Director, ISEEES – Greetings
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9:15 – 10:20
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I. Invited Talks:
Ambassador Balázs Bokor
Consul General of the Republic of Hungary
Los Angeles, California
”1989 - The Year That Changed The Map of Europe and Thereby The World...”
Professor Andrew C. János
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, California
”E Pluribus Unum? Triumphs and Failures of Nation-Building in Greater Hungary”
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10:20 – 10:30
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Break
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120B Bechtel
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120C Bechtel
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10:30-12:30
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II. Cultural Change in Hungary
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III. Discovering New Worlds
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Chair: Julia Bader, UC Berkeley
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Chair: Steven Béla Várdy, Duquesne U.
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Louise O. Vasvári, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook & New York University. “Writing the Fragmented [Cultural] Body in Alaine Polcz’s Asszony a fronton”
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Patricia Valdata, U. of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. “Hungarians in the New World: A Grandchild’s Perspective”
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Kata Zsófia Vincze, Eötvös Lóránd Tudomány-egyetem & Hungarian Academy of Sciences. “Conflictive Ethnic Renaissance of Minorities in Hungary Today”
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Mónika Fodor, University of Pécs. “’Hungary 101’– Meanings and Uses of History in Narrative Ethno-Cultural Identity Construction among Hungarian-Americans”
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Wayne Kraft, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA. “’The Village Project’: Hungarian Peasant Culture as a Focus for Interdisciplinary Learning”
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Kriszti Kotka, UC Berkeley. “The Economic Transition of the Former Socialist Countries and the East Asian ‘Tiger’ Countries – Similarities and Differences”
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Susan Glanz, St. John’s University, New York. “Women in the Hungarian Labor Market”
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Mark Keck-Szajbel, UC Berkeley. “Budapest – New Worlds for Travel in East Central Europe”
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Katalin Medvedev, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. “Fashion and Resistance of the Socialist Woman in Hungary 1948-1968”
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12:30-1:30
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LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
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Friday Afternoon − 15 May 20 120B Bechtel
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Friday Afternoon − 15 May 20
120C Bechtel
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1:30-3:30
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IV. Preparing Educators in
Hungary and the USA
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V. Hungarian Artists and
Filmmakers in the USA
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Chair: Gergely Tóth, UC Berkeley
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Chair: Jason Wittenberg, UC Berkeley
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Tünde Szécsi, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL. “Teacher Preparation in the USA and Hungary”
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Denis Feigler, Montclair State University, NJ. “The Influence and Historic Importance of the Works of Marcel Breuer and Moholy-Nagy”
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Julianna Connelly, Columbia University, NY. “Hungary and the United States: A Comparison of Gifted Education”
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László Munteán, Pázmány Péter Catholic University/USF. “The Language of Deception: György Kepes and Urban Camouflage”
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Endre Nagy, Starr King, Berkeley. “Francis Balázs Scholarship Program at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California”
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Catherine Portugues, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “Michael Curtiz & European Jewish Émigré(es) in Hollywood”
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Maurus Németh, OSB, Woodside Priory School, Portola Valley, CA. “How Benedictine Education Was Brought to California”
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Steven Kovács, San Francisco State University. “Hungarians in Hollywood: Waves of Immigration”
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3:30-3:45
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BREAK
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3:45-5:45
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VI. Interwar Hungary
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VII. Hungarians in the World of Science
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Chair: Ágnes H. Várdy, Duquesne University
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Chair: Susan Glanz, St. John’s University
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Katalin Kádár Lynn, Independent Scholar,
St. Helena, CA. “Strange Partnership:
Lord Rothermere, Stephania von Hohenlohe and the Hungarian Revisionist Movement”
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George Lázár, Independent Researcher, Piedmont, CA. “Hungarians in Silicon Valley”
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Katalin Juhász, Eötvös Lóránd Tudomány-egyetem/UCB. “Handwritten History: The Diaries of Andor Hertelendy”
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Emese Ivan, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. “Sport, Environment, and the Politics of Hope”
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Steven Jobbitt, California State University, Fullerton. “Question of Modernity in Ferenc Fodor’s Geography of Hungarian Being”
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Ádám Rendek, Anshen + Allen Architects, San Francisco. “Building Information Modeling (BIM)”
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George Csicsery, Independent Filmmaker, Zala Films, Oakland, CA. “Troop 214/214-es Csapat”
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Márta Beb?k, UC Berkeley. “Hungarians in the New World of Stem Cells”
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Friday Evening Reception
Hosted by
Mrs. Elvira Örly
1720 Arch Street
Berkeley
Phone: 510-845-1498
7:00 – 10:00 PM
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Saturday Morning − 16 May 2009
All Sessions Are Held in the Bechtel Engineering Center
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8:00-9:00
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VIII. AHEA Business Meeting
120C Bechtel
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120B Bechtel
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120C Bechtel
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9:00-11:00
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IX. Film and Language
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X. Innovations in Pedagogy
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Chair: Louise Vasvári, SUNY SB and NYU
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Chair: Judith Kesser? Némethy, NYU
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Peter Hargitai, Florida International University, Miami, FL. “Homoerotic Suggestion in Antal Szerb’s ‘Utas és holdvilág’”
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Erzsébet Molnár, University of Miskolc. “Current issues in Sámuel Brassai’s Language Pedagogy” (in Hungarian)
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Erika Sólyom, American Corner Budapest, Corvinus University. “From “Informal Magázás”to”FormalTegezés”: A New Era with a New Twist in Language Use”
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Katalin Kollár Tóthné, Albany Unified School District, CA and Hungarian School, SF Bay Area. “New Interactive Tool to Motivate Children to Learn Reading in Hungarian”
(in Hungarian)
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Gergely Tóth, UC Berkeley. “The Opposing Tendencies of Native Language Attrition vs. Heritage Language Learning: Hungarian and German in the San Francisco Bay Area”
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Szilvia Gilbert, SFBA Hungarian Heritage Foundation, Belmont, CA. “Keresztmetszet a San Francisco Öböl-környékén m?köd? magyar szervezetek életér?l és fennmaradásuk lehet?ségér?l” (in Hungarian)
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Julia Bader, UC Berkeley. “The Holocaust, the Avant-Garde and the Work of Péter Forgács”
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András Margitay-Becht, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA. “Teaching With Games:
A Cross-Cultural Comparison”
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11:00-11:15
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BREAK
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11:15-1:15
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XI. World War II and Its Aftermath
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XII. Literature
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Chair: Susan Glanz, St. John’s University
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Chair: Enik? M. Basa, Library of Congress
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Barnabás Rácz, Eastern Michigan University. “Anti-fascist Resistance at Hungarian Universities: The Táncsics Battalion (1944-45)”
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László Körössy, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. “Philosophy and Theology in the Zrinyiad”
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Julia Bock, Long Island University, NY. “The Generations of Hungarian Jewish Doctors during the Holocaust. A Collective Biography”
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Helga Lénárt-Cheng, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA. “Sándor Lénárd (Alexander Lenar): Self-Portrait in Three Languages”
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Alice Freifeld, University of Florida, Gainesville. “Crossing Borders: Hungarians on the Move between 1945 and 1949”
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Endre Szentkirályi, Nordonia Hills City Sch., Northfield, OH. “Surviving Socialism: Applying the Lessons of Áron Gábor's Túlélés to a Postcommunist Capitalist World”
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Jason Wittenberg, UC Berkeley. “Clerical Resistance to Communism and Its Political Consequences”
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Peter Sherwood, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “A Kind of Constructive 'Misunderstanding'? The German and English Versions of Sándor Márai's A gyertyák csonkig égnek: Die Glut and Embers”
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1:15-2:00
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BOX LUNCH DELIVERED
Saturday Afternoon − 15 May 2009
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120B Bechtel
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120C Bechtel
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2:00-4:00
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XIII. Hungarian Voyagers and Settlers
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XIV. Hungarian Culture Here and There
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Chair: Katalin Kádár Lynn, St. Helena, CA
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Chair: Irén Romoda, UC Berkeley
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| Enik? Molnár Basa, Library of Congress. “A Hungarian Observer in the United States” | Judit Havas, Eötvös Lóránd Tudományegyetem és Pet?fi Irodalmi Múzeum. “’A valóság és álom határán’, Jékely Zoltán Álomnaplója a korszak s a Nyugat Harmadik Nemzedékének írói munkássága tükrében” (in Hungarian) | |
| Zsuzsanna Varga, Glasgow University, UK. “Discovering New Worlds: Hungarians Visiting Britain, France, and Germany in the Reform Age” | Dezs? Benedek, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. “Az erdélyi magyar kultúra helyzete” (in Hungarian) | |
| Philip Bognar, Sanford-Brown Technical College, St. Louis, MO. “Lajos Kossuth’s Visit to St. Louis, March 9-16, 1852” | Éva Novák Kissné, University of Szeged. “Családtípusok a mai magyar kultúrában” (in Hungarian) | |
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Royanne Kropog,Baton Rouge School System, Holden, LA. “The Story of Árpádhon, Hungarian Settlement, Louisiana 1896-2006”
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Judit H. Ward, Rutgers U., NJ, and Sylvia Cs?rös Clark, St. John’s University, “Serving Hungarians in the New World for over 50 years: The American Hungarian Foundation” |
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4:00-4:15
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BREAK
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4:15-6:00
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XV. Roundtable(in Hungarian)
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XVI. Musical Traditions and Learning Models
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Chair: Katalin Vörös, UC Berkeley
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Chair: Judith M. Olson, American Hungarian Folklore Centrum, NJ
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Attila Papp Z., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Etnikai-Nemzeti Kisebbségkutató Intézet. “Az amerikai magyar szervezeti élet és értelmezési lehet?ségei” (Ways of Interpretation of Hungarian-American Ethnic-based Public Life and Identity)
Respondents:
Judith Kesser? Némethy, New York University
Endre Szentkirályi, Nordonia Hills City Schools, Northfield, OH
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Lynn Hooker, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. “’Liszt is Ours’; The Hungarian Commemoration of the Liszt Centennial”
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Zina von Bozzay, Mills College, Oakland, CA. “City Folk: A 21st Century Generation of Magyar (Hungarian) Folk Singing”
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Anne Laskey, Holy Names Univ., Oakland, CA. “Implementing Zoltán Kodály’s Vision for Music Education in the U.S.”
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Ferenc Tobak, Living the Traditions and Tobak Studios, Fort Bragg, CA. ”The Moldavian Hungarian ‘Csángó’ Bagpipe Players and Their Art”.With filmed and live presentation.
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BOOK AND DVD FAIR – EXHIBIT AND SALES
If you would like to display or sell your books during the conference, please respond by email to voros@eecs.berkeley.edu. Books and DVDs can be purchased during the conference – cash or check only.
10% of the proceeds will support the
American Hungarian Educators Association
SATURDAY EVENING BANQUET
Location: Bancroft Hotel Great Hall
2580 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Telephone: 510-649-1000
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Wine Tasting and Reception
6:30 PM
B A N Q U E T
7:30 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
“Keeping Cool in A Climate of Change”
Dr. Evan Mills
Staff Scientist
University of California
U.S. Department of Energy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Analysis Department
Abstract
The world is warming and the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 2007 to scientists around the world who have illuminated the natural and driving forces, while pointing the way towards how we can get out of the greenhouse. The choices are to mitigate, adapt to emissions, or suffer. We will likely do some of each. The talk takes a high-level tour through the scientific evidence for the human contribution to climate change, deconstructs common contrarian disinformation, and lays out some solutions and challenges in re-stabilizing the climate.
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Farewell and Closing of the 34th AHEA Conference
Judith Kesser? Némethy
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Berkeley Local Organizing Committee:
Katalin Kádár Lynn, Irén Romoda, Gergely Tóth, Katalin Vörös
Special Program
Sunday 17 May 2008
WINE TOUR TO THE WORLD FAMOUS NAPA VALLEY
Join us for a very special, private tour, and luncheon in the Napa Valley.
Travel by Beau Vine executive motor coach, from Berkeley to St. Helena, followed by luncheon and a wine tasting at two of Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries
Sunday 17 May 2009
9:30 am departure
· Private tour & tasting at Merryvale, St. Helena, CA
· Hosted Luncheon for AHEA at the home of Douglas & Katalin Kádár Lynn, St. Helena
· Private tour & tasting at the Kapcsándy Family Winery: Yountville, CA Hosted by the Proprietor: Lajos Kapcsándy
Return to Berkeley at approximately 6:45 pm
Limited Capacity/Reservation Deadline: 30 April 2009
$ 95 per person
2009 AHEA Conference � University of California, Berkeley
Driving, Parking, Transportation and Hotels
Transportation
The best way to visit Berkeley is to avoid driving. Take BART from the airports, SFO or OAK, then taxi or the campus bus to your hotel. Parking is very difficult but if you have to, here are the locations: http://berkeley.edu/visitors/parking.html
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Airport Shuttle
For Reservations and Information
Please Call:
1 (877) 467-1800 Bay Area Toll Free
1 (415) 467-1800 Outside the Bay Area
1 (877) 467-1800 Bay Area Toll Free
1 (415) 467-1800 Outside the Bay Area
Campus Shuttle (BearTransit)
Perimeter (P)
Campus Map with hotel, conference and social events locations
Hotels
Please make reservations as early as possible. 14-17 May falls within graduation week and as a result hotels are filling up fast.
Hotels within walking distance from the conference:
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UCB The Women’s Faculty Club
510-845-5084 ($115-130)
Sponsor: Voros-Tobias TFC 20112
Easton Hall
2451 Ridge Road (at Scenic)
510-204-0732 ($85-115
Some with shared bthr)
Mention conference at UCB
Bancroft Hotel
2680 Bancroft Way
510-549-1000 ($149)
Ask for UCB rate
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Easton Hall
2451 Ridge Road (at Scenic)
510-204-0732 ($85-115
Some with shared bthr)
Mention conference at UCB
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
510-845-7800 ($160)
Ask for UCB rate
Hotel Durant
600 Durant Avenue
510-345-8981 ($179)
Ask for UCB rate
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Hotels with shuttle service to UCB:
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DoubleTree Berkeley Marina
200 Marina Boulevard, Berkeley
510-800-444-3344 ($139)
Ask for UCB rate
The Claremont Resort & Spa
41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley
888-221-5459 ($182)
Ask for UCB rate
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Travelodge – Berkeley
1820 University Ave, Berkeley
510-843-4262 ($110)
Ask for UCB rate
La Quinta Inn
920 University Ave, Berkeley
510-949-1121 ($115)
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Registration Form
American Hungarian Educators Association
34th Conference
14-16 May 2009
University of California, Berkeley
“Hungarians in the New World”
Please print this form and mail to:
Enik? M. Basa (eniko.basa@verizon.net)
4515 Willard Avenue
Apt. 2210
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Make checks payable to AHEA
Name:________________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Email:________________________________________________
AHEA Membership Dues for 2009
Individual: $15.00 __________
Couples: $25.00 __________
Students/Retirees: $10.00 __________
AHEA Registration Fee Before 30 April, 2009 $60.00 __________
After 30 April, 2009 $80.00 __________
Students $20.00 __________
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Friday Reception(at Mrs. Elvira Örly’s home) $10.00 _____
Saturday Banquet (Bancroft Hotel Great Hall) $65.00 _____
Sunday Wine Tour $95.00 _____
Suggested Donation to Transylvanian Scholarship Fund $10.00 _____
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $_____________
You can also sent payments directly to enikombasa at gmail dot com via PayPal.