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Kar

Természettudományi Kar

Szervezet

TTK Társadalom- és Gazdaságföldrajzi Tanszék

Kód

lh2n9728

Cím

Geography of Hungary - Hungarian Geography (angol nyelvű kurzus)

Tervezett félév

Őszi

ECTS

5

Nyelv

Oktatás célja

The aim of the course ‘Geography of Hungary – Hungarian Geography’ is to offer insight into the specific geographical features of Hungary. The course focuses not only on topics that range from the physical geography of the Carpathian Basin to the demographic problems and urbanisation issues of Hungary, but also on the history of Hungarian geography itself. As part of the course, students will be introduced to the morphological systematisation of landscapes connected to the Carpathian Basin, and will become familiar with its geological background (including the plate tectonic concept of the Carpathian Basin), with the evolution of its drainage network, and with the region’s biogeography and the geography of its soils. Students of the course will also obtain knowledge of the Carpathian Basin’s landscape geography, and will become acquainted with the physical geography and morphology of plains, hills, and mountains built up by different types of rocks (volcanic, carbonate, metamorphic, etc.) and with the natural resources of the various landforms. The other main focus of the seminars is on Hungarian geography during the twentieth century, and on the broader ideological factors that influenced and sometimes even determined the conduct and nature of geographical and social sciences. These lectures will show that scientific knowledge is principally a social construction and a cultural product, and will aim to put the ideas and works of various geographers into the ‘situated messiness’ in which they were embedded. In so doing, this course will inform students about the most influential Hungarian geographical concepts and thinkers, as well as about the unique historical geographical features of Hungary. Another goal of the course is to map the current population trends (e.g. the changing spatial pattern of the ethnic groups in the Carpathian Basin), and their regional impact on future population processes. Our endeavour is to provide an overview of the main demographic events with an emphasis on both internal and international movements. Among other issues, we will deal with the status and position of different ethnic and national minority groups in Hungary and in the neighbouring countries. The seminars will also deal with the historical background of actual political and social challenges connected to ‘ethnicity’ and ‘nationality’ in the Carpathian Basin. Within the confines of the semester’s final block, we aim to present the most important stages and characteristics of urbanisation in Hungary, with a particular emphasis on post-WWII (socialist and post-socialist) trends. Besides general urbanisation processes, the historical development and the current specificities of the country’s settlement network will be taken into consideration as well.

Tantárgy tartalma

Class 1 Hungarian geography in international perspective c.1900-2010; Historical geographies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1919); lecture (21st September) – lecturer: Róbert Győri Class 2 Hungarian geography and ‘Truncated Hungary’ (1920-1947); lecture (29th September) – lecturer: Róbert Győri Class 3 Historical geographies of the socialist period (1948-1990); lecture (6th October) – lecturer: Róbert Győri Field trip to the Great Hungarian Plain (13rd October) optional - organisers: Róbert Győri, Zsolt Bottlik and Noémi Ujházy Class 4 Geography of the ethnic minorities in Hungary; lecture (20th October) – lecturer: György Farkas Class 5 Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin I; lecture (27th October) – lecturer: György Farkas Class 6 Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin II; lecture (10th November) – lecturer: György Farkas Class 7 The urbanisation processes and urban history of Hungary; lecture (17th November) – lecturer: Márton Berki Class 8 The current settlement network of Hungary: A concise overview; lecture (24th November) – lecturer: Márton Berki Class 9 Physical geography of the Carpathian Basin I; lecture (1st December) – lecturer: János Móga Class 10 Physical geography of the Carpathian Basin II; lecture (8th December) – lecturer: János Móga

Számonkérés és értékelés

Class assessment will be one 3,000 word essay, the topic of the essay is a matter of negotiation with the lecturers. The title of the class essay should be submitted by December 5th, and the submission deadline for the class essay is December 16th. We will endeavour to have essays marked by 20th December.

Irodalomjegyzék

Physical geography of the Carpathian Basin Karátson, Dávid. (ed.) (1999): Pannon Enciklopaedia Magyarország földje - The land that is Hungary. Kertek 2000 Kiadó. CD. Pécsi, Márton (1996): Geomorphological regions of Hungary. Geographical Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest p. 121. Historical geography of Hungary – history of Hungarian geography Hungarian geography in international perspective c.1900-2010.; Historical geographies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1919) Ablonczy, Balázs (2007): ‘Pál Teleki. The Life of a Controversial Hungarian Politician.’ Wayne, NJ. pp. 9-14, 19-32, 36-39, 45-46. Beluszky, Pál (2002): ‘The Spatial Differences of Modernisation in Hungary at the Beginning of the 20th Century.’ Centre for Regional Studies, Pécs. 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(2005): ‘National and Ethnic Minorities in Hungary, 1920 – 2001.’ Social Science Monographs, Boulder, Colorado http://www.mtaki.hu/uj_intezeti_kiadvanyok/agnes_toth_ed_national_and_ethnic_minorities_in_hungary.html Available data on minority groups in Hungary: Hungarian Central Statistical Office www.ksh.hu Research Institute of Ethnic and National Minorities, Hungarian Academy of  Sciences http://www.mtaki.hu/english/index.html The settlement network and urban history of Hungary Bajmócy, Péter – Hegedűs, Gábor (2008): Transformation of the Settlement System in Post-Socialist Hungary. In: Kertész, Ádám – Kovács, Zoltán (eds.): Dimensions and Trends in Hungarian Geography (Studies in Geography in Hungary, 33.). Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Geographical Research Institute, Budapest, pp. 135–148. http://www.human.geo.u-szeged.hu/files/c/hegedus/transformation-1.pdf Beluszky, Pál (1999): The Hungarian Urban Network at the End of the Second Millennium (Discussion Papers No. 27). 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