CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

AHEA — American Hungarian Educators Association

http://ahea.net

48th Annual Conference
(in-person only)

May 2 – 4, 2024

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ USA

The American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA) will hold its 48th Annual Conference in person at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. We welcome participation by academics, independent scholars, and graduate students interested in Hungarian culture, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, political science, education, folklore, fine arts, music, and other related disciplines.

This year’s conference theme is:  Reimagining Boundaries: Hungary and Hungarians in a Global Context

Presentations should report the results of original research. Proposals can address a broad range of topics dealing with Hungarian culture, including interactions between Hungarians and others, as well as life in the Hungarian diaspora. We also welcome presentations on methodology and those that provide directions for future research.

Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2024.

Abstracts are reviewed on a rolling basis. Presenters should expect to hear back within two weeks.

Abstracts (200-250 words) should be submitted through this form.

Submission guidelines:

-   The official languages of the conference are English and Hungarian. Abstracts and presentations in either language are welcome.

-   Only one “Individual Presentation” per author will be considered. Roundtables, workshops, and book presentations are exceptions in that scholars participating in those can also submit an “individual presentation”.

-   All authors must be AHEA members. Information on joining or renewing membership may be found on the AHEA website.

We invite abstracts in the following categories:

- Individual presentations describe original research by the author. Altogether the total time allotment is thirty minutes (15 - 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 - 15 for questions and discussion).

-   Panel discussions are for interactive discussion of a topic among a panel of experts. Typically, a panel of two or three speakers makes introductory remarks. The audience is then invited to make comments and question the panel. Panel discussions are scheduled for 60 minutes and run concurrently with other sessions.

-   Workshops provide training on a specific skill, technique, or process and may involve one or more instructors. Workshops are intended to emphasize learning through participation, discussion, and “hands-on” activities. Workshop organizers must specify an upper limit on attendance. Workshops are scheduled for 60 minutes.

-   Roundtable discussions are intended for informal discussions of pressing current topics important to scholars in the field and to provide a venue to both share with and learn from each other. Each submission should have no less than three participants knowledgeable in the discipline.

-   Book Presentations: Recently published books are invited for presentation either by the author or by an interested reader. These offer a short, max. 10 - minute synopsis of a book published within the last year and of potential interest to the members of AHEA.

Az Amerikai Magyar Tanáregyesület évente megrendezi tudományos konferenciáját, amelynek témája a magyar kultúra, történelem, irodalom, nyelvészet, szociológia, antropológia, politológia, pedagógia, néprajz, szépművészet, zene és más kapcsolódó tudományágak.

48. éves konferenciánk helyszíne Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey-ben. A konferencia témája: Újragondolt mezsgyék: Magyarország és a magyarok a nagyvilágban

Az előadások nyelve angol, de örömmel fogadunk magyar nyelvű előadásokat is. Szeretettel várunk konferenciánkra minden kollégát, érdeklődőt. Akik a fenti témához kapcsolódva a jelzett területek bármelyikéről előadást szeretnének tartani, kérjük, hogy absztraktjukat 2024. február 1-ig online adják be.

Program Committee

Cultural Studies:

Mártha Pereszlényi-Pintér, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio

Mari Réthelyi, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Education:

Krisztina Fehér, Cleveland State University and University of Debrecen

Andrea Parapatics, University of Pannonia, Veszprém

History/Political Science/Social Sciences:

Péter Krisztián Zachar, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, Budapest

James P. Niessen, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Linguistics/Literature:

Ákos Farkas, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary

Zsuzsanna Varga, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Music/Folklore:

Sarah Lucas, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Texas

        Judith Olson, American Hungarian Folklore Centrum, New Jersey

Science/Economics:

Andrew Lee, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia

Katalin Vörös, University of California, Berkeley

Chair: Helga Lenart-Cheng, President, AHEA
 

Local Organizing Committee Chair
James P. Niessen, PhD

World History Librarian

Alexander Library

Rutgers University

169 College Ave

New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163

Members

Members:

Kálmán Magyar
Klára Papp

Katalin Vörös

Csilla Varga
Katalin Nagy
Nóra Fekete
Judit Kerekes

Sponsors

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Fulbright Hungary

Helena History Press

Contact: info@ahea.net