4.0830 Lists: Hungary; Tolkien's Language (2/108)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 12 Dec 90 23:00:13 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0830. Wednesday, 12 Dec 1990.
(1) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 09:37:11 PST (78 lines)
From: hcf1dahl@UCSBUXA.BITNET
Subject: Hungarian Electronic Discussion Group
(2) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 09:03:38 MST (30 lines)
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Tolkien and Language
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 09:37:11 PST
From: hcf1dahl@UCSBUXA.BITNET
Subject: Hungarian Electronic Discussion Group
Attached is an electronic version of an article which will be appearing
in the next issue of REACH, the print newsletter of the Humanities
Computing Facility of the University of California, Santa Barbara, due
to go in the mail early next week.
Humanists interested in following developments from the very start are
welcome to send me their e-mail addresses for early inclusion in the
process.
Eric Dahlin
HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.bitnet
HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
REACH, November & December 1990
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Research & Educational Applications
of Computers in the Humanities
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Newsletter of the Humanities Computing Facility
of the University of California at Santa Barbara
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HCF PLANS HUNGARIAN ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION GROUP
The UCSB Humanities Computing Facility is in the final stages of
establishing an electronic discussion group which will serve as a forum
for the exchange of ideas and information on Hungarian issues. As soon
as details are available, they will be announced in _REACH_ and posted to
HUMANIST and other electronic lists.
According to Llad Phillips, Associate Dean of the College of Letters and
Science responsible for computerization, the development of the
discussion group "is a logical step in our continuing relationship with
Hungarian institutions of higher education."
The discussion group will carry forward a long connection between UCSB
and Hungary which goes back to the late 1970s when John Menzies, then
Assistant to the Dean in the Graduate Division, joined the U.S. Foreign
Service after receiving the Ph.D. from UCSB, and was soon posted to
Budapest.
In collaboration with Professor William Reardon of Dramatic Art, then
Acting Dean of the Graduate Division and later Associate Dean of the
College of Letters and Science, Menzies helped to initiate an exchange
program between UCSB and Hungary which has continued vigorously to this
day. Later, Professor Ursula Mahlendorf of the Department of Germanic,
Oriental and Slavic Languages and Literatures, added significant support
to the program during her tenure as Associate Dean in the College of
Letters and Science.
Over the years since, a number of Hungarian scholars, assisted by
Fulbright and UCSB support, have visited the campus. Several years ago,
Geza Jeszenszky, then a historian from Eotvos Lorand University, and now
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hungary, was in residence at UCSB.
Currently, Tibor Frank, also a historian from Eotvos Lorand University
has been a visiting faculty member. In the summer of 1990, Frank
organized an international conference at UCSB on the opening of Eastern
Europe. He is now planning a festival of culture and the arts for early
1991.
Just recently, two UCSB faculty members, David Hamilton and David
Messick, both of the Department of Psychology, made separate visits to
Hungary. Messick will return in July.
Anyone interested in the development of the discussion group should
communicate with the coordinator of the Humanities Computing Facility:
Eric Dahlin
HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.bitnet
HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 09:03:38 MST
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Tolkien and Language
This item, from USENET's sci.lang, may be of interest:
Forwarded message follows:
>From Julian Bradfield <jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk> Thu Dec 6 14:00:46 1990
From: ecsv24@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Bradfield)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf-lovers,sci.lang
Subject: Tolkien language mailing list now in operation
Keywords: mailing list, Tolkien, linguistics
Message-ID: <7475@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Dec 90 21:00:46 GMT
Reply-To: Julian Bradfield <jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U
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TolkLang
Contact: tolklang-request@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield)
Purpose: Discussions of the linguistic aspects of
J.R.R. Tolkien's works. This covers everything from Elvish
vocabulary and grammar to his use of Old English. The list is
(lightly) moderated.