Hungarian Cultural Studies

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. People, Policies and Submissions

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Hungarian Cultural Studies aims to be politically neutral, providing a scholarly forum for original research in or related to Hungarian Studies, that is, all aspects of Hungarian culture across the humanities and social science disciplines. Articles related to Hungarian diaspora communities as well as Hungarians in the neighboring states of Hungary are also of interest. Articles published are based on a wide range of perspectives and utilize a plurality of theories and methodologies, with a comparative, multicultural and multidisciplinary nature.


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Vol 14 (2021)

Table of Contents

General Articles

The Roman Aqueduct of Aquincum in Technological and Cultural Contexts
László Munteán
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1-19
Mihály Lieb or Mihály Munkácsy? Developing Cultural Identity in Hungary’s German National Minority Schools
Éva Márkus, Maya Lo Bello
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20-40
Parent-Child Resemblance in Literature Before the Age of Genetics: A Physiognomic Interpretation of the Novels of Zsigmond Kemény and Miklós Jósika
Zsófia Kucserka
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41-51
Hungarian Jewish Stories of Origin: Samuel Kohn, the Khazar Connection and the Conquest of Hungary
Mari Réthelyi
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52-64
Intersections of Memory and History in Rural Hungarian Women’s Life Narratives: Three Case Studies
Izabella Agárdi
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65-79
Child and Family Benefits to Halt Hungary’s Population Decline, 1965-2020: A Comparison with Polish and Romanian Family Policies
Ildikó Szántó
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80-99
Meanings of the Color Yellow and Its Color Associates, Yellow-Black and Yellow-Green
Beáta Bálizs
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100-120

Thematic Cluster: English Translations from Hungarian: Expanding Genres, Deepening Approaches. Guest Ed: Peter Sherwood

Introduction: Translating from Hungarian into English
Peter Sherwood
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121-122
Inside Animalinside, Ottilie Mulzet's Translation of László Krasznahorkai’s Állatvanbent
Peter Sherwood
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123-144
The Fortunes of Hungarian Children’s Literature at Home and in the English-Speaking World
Anna Bentley
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145-163
Translating Hungarian Drama for the British and the American Stage
Jozefina Komporaly
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164-175

Review Articles

Rereading the Transmutations of Miksa Fenyő’s 1944-1945 Diary, Az elsodort ország [‘A Nation Adrift’]
Maya J. Lo Bello
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176-185
Culinary Nostalgia and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Addenda to Kinga Király's Az újrakezdés receptjei (2019) / Recipes for a New Beginning (2020)
Louise O. Vasvári
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186-204

Bibliography

Selected English-Language Bibliography of Interest for Hungarian Cultural Studies: 2020-2021
Zsuzsanna Varga
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205-213

Reviews

Fodor, Mónika. 2020. Ethnic Subjectivity in Intergenerational Memory Narratives: Politics of the Untold. New York and London: Routledge. 285 pp.
Izabella Agárdi
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214-217
Kurimay, Anita. Queer Budapest, 1873-1961. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Rita Béres-Deák
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218-220
Ébli, Gábor. National Museums and Civic Patrons: Practices of Cultural Accumulation in Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest: L'Harmattan, 2020.
Oliver A.I. Botar
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221-224
Péntek, János and Benő, Attila, 2020. A Magyar Nyelv Romániában (Erdélyben) [‘The Hungarian Language in Romania (in Transylvania)’]. Ed. Miklós Kontra. Kolozsvár and Budapest: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület (EME) and Gondolat Kiadó.
Siarl Ferdinand
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225-228
Laczó, Ferenc and Gabrijelčič, Luka Lisjak, eds. The Legacy of Division East and West After 1989. Budapest: Central European University Press. 2020. 337 pp.
Susan Glanz
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229-232
Rieder, Ines and Diana Voigt. 2019. The Story of Sidonie C. Freud's Famous “Case of Female Homosexuality.” Trans. Jill Hannum, Ines Rieder. Saint Helena, CA: Helena History Press. 371 pp.
Ágnes Huszár
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233-236
Eörsi, László. 2019. Pesti Lányok, 1956 ['The Pest Girls, 1956']. Budapest: Noran Libro Kiadó.
Borbála Juhász
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237-239
Petneki, Katalin and Petrich, Kató. 2019. Gyermekvonat Angliába. Egy budai kislány levelei (1920-1921) (‘A Children’s Train to England. Letters of a Little Girl from Buda, 1920-1921’). Budapest: Európa Kiadó. 287 pp. illus.
Judit Kádár
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240-243
Fejős, Zoltán. 2020. “Kaper Kóntri.” Magyar rézbányászok Amerikában (‘“Kaper Kóntri.” Hungarian Copper Miners in America’). Budapest: Korall. 286 pp.
László Kürti
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244-246
Kusz, Veronika. 2020. A Wayfaring Stranger: Ernst von Dohnányi’s American Years, 1949-1960. Oakland: University of California Press. 233 pp.
Sarah M. Lucas
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247-249
Glant, Tibor, ed. 2020. Az Egyesült Államok útja Trianonhoz: Az Inquiry és Magyarország jövője, 1917-1918, Források ('The Approach of the United States to Trianon: The Role of “Inquiry” in Defining Hungary’s Future, 1917-1918, Sources'). Trans. Gergely Máté Balogh Budapest: Bölcsészettudományi kutatóközpont, történettudományi intézet: 1-272.
Andrew Ludányi
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250-253
Georg B. Michels. 2021. The Habsburg Empire under Siege: Ottoman Expansion and Hungarian Revolt in the Age of Grand Vizir Ahmed Köprülü. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021. 603 pages.
Alexander Maxwell
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254-255
Lendák-Kabók, Karolina, ed. 2020: Üvegplafon? Vajdasági magyar (értelmiségi) női perspektivák. [‘Glass Ceiling? Vojvodina Hungarian (Intellectual) Women’s Perspectives’]. Újvidék: Forum. 374 pp.
Agatha Schwartz
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256-259
Menyhért, Anna. 2020. Women’s Literary Tradition and Twentieth-Century Hungarian Writers: Renée Erdős, Ágnes Nemes-Nagy, Minka Czóbel, Ilona Harmos-Kosztolányi, Anna Lesznai. Trans. Anna Bentley. Leiden: Brill. 339 pp.
Agatha Schwartz
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260-263
Veto, Miklos. 2020. From Budapest to Paris (1936-1957) – An Autobiography. Translated by Rajat D. Acharya. Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications. 145 pp.
Dávid Szőke
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264-267
Kardos, Klára. 2020. The Auschwitz Journal. A Catholic Story from the Camps. Trans. Fr. Julius D. Lelocky, O. Cist. Brewster: Paraclete Press [Auschwitz napló. Budapest: Szent Gellért Kiadó, 2001 http://www.ppek.hu/konyvek/Kardos_Klara_Auschwitzi_naplo_1.pdf ].
Louise O. Vasvári
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268-273