About the Institute for Hungarian Studies

The Institute of Hungarian Studies is the center of all instructional and scholarly activites related to the Hungarian society, history, culture and language at Rutgers. Established by an agreement between Rutgers and the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Republic of Hungary, it is a multidisciplinary endeavor, bringing together specialists from a wide range of fields in the social sciences, the humanities and the arts.

 
Specifically, the Institute
 

-	supports an undergraduate curriculum in Hungarian Studies administered by the Program in Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures and various other departments -- with substantial, sustained, and very highly valued financial support from the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Republic of Hungary and the Hungarian Fulbright Commission;
-	contributes to the instructional and extracurricular content of the Central European Studies major and the Graduate Certificate in Central European Studies;
-	holds a public lecture series highlighting the state of the art in research on Hungary and central Europe;
-	participates in joint research projects involving other institutions within Rutgers as well as on the outside
-	provides an opportunity for Rutgers faculty and graduate students to present and discuss their work on Hungary;
-	provides a "home away from home" for Hungarian scholars visiting the U.S.;
-	encourages the participation of Rutgers undergraduate and graduate students in university programs in Hungary by fostering immediate contacts with Hungarian institutions of higher learning;
-	develops and maintains a range of Hungarian- and central-European-related electronic data and communication services (such as these webpages); and
-	assists the development of Hungarian book, journal, record and document collections in all Rutgers and affiliate libraries.