Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-05-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.08
Rita Jeney
{"title":"Stein Aurél szövegeken alapuló földrajzi–régészeti felfedezései Dél-Ázsiában","authors":"Rita Jeney","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.08","url":null,"abstract":"Sir Aurel Stein’s name is best known for his archaeological discoveries along the Silk Road, and among Indians he is famous primarily as a Sanskrit scholar. However, the fact that during his research career Stein also made significant archaeological discoveries in South Asia is less known to the broader public, and less discussed in the scholarly literature. Between 1888 and 1943, Stein led several expeditions to South Asia with the goal to examine some historical geographical or archaeological question and, in many cases, he formulated his research question based on some written source. The goal of the following article is to discuss Aurel Stein’s geographical and archaeological expeditions in South Asia based on the nature of his written sources. An overview of these expeditions will allow a general description of Stein’s scholarly work in South Asia as well as a presentation of his role in the history of Indian archaeology.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125005659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-05-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.07
Szabolcs Felföldi
{"title":"Árnyék a Selyemúton","authors":"Szabolcs Felföldi","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.07","url":null,"abstract":"The world-famous Hungarian–British archaeologist Aurel Stein was just visiting the Tarim basin on his second major expedition to the Inner Asian section of the Silk Road in 1907, when he became a witness to a rare astronomical phenomenon, a total solar eclipse. He also captured his impressions in his work entitled Ruins of Desert Cathay, also published in Hungarian. At the same moment, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky, a pioneer in color photography, as a member of a Russian scientific expedition was trying to take the world’s first color photograph of a total solar eclipse on a snowcapped hillside in Russian Turkestan (today Uzbekistan), in the middle of a snowstorm. In a special way, the lives of the Hungarian archaeologist and the Russian photographer of the Silk Road were intertwined for a moment. In my paper I take a look at this special moment from an astronomical, geographical, and historical perspective as well.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115651757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-05-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.06
János Kubassek
{"title":"Kőrösi Csoma Sándor utazásai, tudományos életműve és hatása a földrajz nézőpontjából","authors":"János Kubassek","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.06","url":null,"abstract":"Many disciplines consider the oeuvre of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös as belonging to their field of expertise. His scholarly achievements are indeed related to linguistics, oriental studies, Tibetology, Indology as well as the history of religion, and Buddhism. Csoma de Kőrös’s interest in the original homeland of Hungarians was aroused by the articles of Ézsaiás Budai, György Pray and the lectures of Professor Blumenbach from the University of Göttingen. He mastered the Tibetan language and, using Tibetan literature hitherto unknown to European scholars, as well as his personal travel experience, he wrote a dissertation entitled “Land Survey of Tibet in Accordance with Tibetan Sources.” The paper contains important data on the characteristics of the Tibetan provinces discussing their economy and environment, as well as their mineral resources, rivers, lakes, and glaciers. Alexander Csoma de Kőrös had a significant intellectual influence on Hungarian geographers. Lajos Lóczy, Ervin Baktay, Jenő Cholnoky, László Kádár and Dénes Balázs all greatly valued his work. The Hungarian Geographical Society immortalized its memory with a laudatory medal. His statue was erected in the garden of the Hungarian Geographical Museum in 1984.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130513460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.02
I. Bangha
{"title":"Magyarországról származó utazók a 19. századi Indiában","authors":"I. Bangha","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.02","url":null,"abstract":"For centuries, India has been of special importance to Hungarians due to its accessibility and cultural richness. As early as before the twentieth century, many Hungarians or travellers of other nationalities from historical Hungary visited the subcontinent. In this study, along with drawing attention to some lesser-known travellers, I will examine the social backgrounds, the motives and interests of all the people who we know at present reached India before the twentieth century.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134463490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.05
L. Balatonyi, B. Lengyel, Ádám Berger
{"title":"Nature-based solutions as water management measures in Hungary","authors":"L. Balatonyi, B. Lengyel, Ádám Berger","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.05","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change, loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems are all linked and have devastating consequences for our socio-economic stability, health and well-being. Working with nature is increasingly recognized as an efficient way to tackle these growing challenges, according to the new EEA report ‘Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.’ In line with the basin wide updated flood risk strategy like International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (hereafter: ICPDR) Flood Risk Management Plans 2021. Multilevel action plans have been developed. The EU level plans, such as the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, from the geographical point of view (for example: EU Green Deal) are mainly based on watersheds and on macro-regional scale. However, at the same time, counties should elaborate their strategies on their own level. Hungary has many strategies, one of the most relevant in terms of climate change is the Hungarian National Water Strategy (hereafter: HNWS), also known as, Kvassay Jenő Plan.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128450105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.03
Zoltán Wilhelm
{"title":"A magyar utazók által közvetített India-kép máig élő hatásai","authors":"Zoltán Wilhelm","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.03","url":null,"abstract":"Reviewing the books about India published in Hungarian over the last 100 years, it is conspicuous that most authors attempted to publish their experiences and impressions in a generalized and typified manner, with a hint of the cultural supremacy of the West. Of course, they aimed to put their impressions in a European context and published accordingly. Besides the positive epithets−like fabulous, wonderful, mystical, magnificent, rich, exotic, interesting, the pearl of Asia−“labels” negatively influencing the public also appear. Our work was focused on those published books which were available to the public, thus influencing the image of India in Hungary. We did not include scientific articles, except the publications of the Geographical Review, the journal of the Hungarian Geographical Society. We studied the issues published between 1880 and 1945. Authors of the Geographical Review at that time often wrote about exotic travels−such as those to India−and their articles were verified by the authority of the esteemed Society, thus these were considered points of reference. As a result of the unfavourable tone generally used to describe India and presented in our work, there is a well-defined, generalized image of India in the public’s perception, clearly reflected in different questionnaires, too.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134398309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.04
Dezső Szenkovics
{"title":"Huszti Györgytől Brunner Erzsébetig: magyar–indiai kultúrkapcsolatok az évszázadok tükrében","authors":"Dezső Szenkovics","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.04","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout their history, Hungarians have always looked with great interest at the East, in which they saw their former homeland, Magna Hungaria. Perhaps this is the reason why the instinctive interest of Hungarian travellers, scientists, merchants and artists was sincere. At the same time, it is surprising that, despite the fact that the Hungarian nation was never one of the European colonizers, many Hungarians, or persons belonging to a minority living in the territory of Hungary, showed interest in the East and came to India over the centuries. These individuals, returning home and writing down the experiences they gained during their stay in India, have contributed significantly to giving Europeans an insight into the exotic world of Indian religions, literature, languages, arts. Without wishing to be exhaustive, the study highlights the development of Hungarian–Indian cultural relations and presents those Hungarians who played an important role in the continuous development of these cultural ties.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123370113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.01
Róbert Tésits, Zoltán Wilhelm
{"title":"„Magyarok Dél-Ázsiában” – Előszó a Modern Geográfia tematikus számához","authors":"Róbert Tésits, Zoltán Wilhelm","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.02.01","url":null,"abstract":"The Hungarian public considers Sándor Kőrösi Csoma to be the father of Tibetan studies, and sees him as an example who has inspired countless Hungarians on the path of Oriental research. At the same time, hundreds of our compatriots visit the tomb of the Hungarian role model of perseverance, dedication and Oriental research in Darjeeling, India. Sándor Kőrösi Csoma “attracted” numerous prominent Hungarian personalities to the subcontinent, many of whom made a lasting impression in the region. The names of many of our compatriots who once performed remarkably in South Asia have been forgotten or are completely unknown to the public, even though many scientists, artists, travelers and businessmen have visited and lived in the subcontinent, creating a bridge between Hungary and the South Asian countries. In order to recall their memory and nurture their intellectual legacy, the Center for Asia at the University of Pécs, together with the Modern Geographical Foundation, applied to the National Cultural Fund, requesting the financial background of a memorial conference. A selection of peer-reviewed, edited articles from the conference lectures is published in the current thematic issue of Modern Geográfia.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"163 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125955835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.15170/mg.2023.18.01.06
Dávid Lovász
{"title":"Egyetemi folyóirat-szerkesztőségek a nemzetközi láthatóság növelésének útján (Egy kerekasztal-beszélgetés tanulságai)","authors":"Dávid Lovász","doi":"10.15170/mg.2023.18.01.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2023.18.01.06","url":null,"abstract":"The University of Pécs Library and Knowledge Center organized a conference for November 23rd, 2022. The purpose of the symposium was to introduce the new trends of Open Access scientific publishing and good Hungarian and international practices, as well as to present the opportunities aimed at efficiently supporting the publishing activity and measured academic accomplishments of university teachers and researchers. One of the professional blocks of the event was about the development possibilities of editorial offices and the international visibility of scientific output in the form of a round table discussion. At this discussion, the editors-in-chief and editors of altogether four journals from four university faculties (Hungarian Journal of African Studies, Public Administration and Infocommunications Law PhD Studies, Modern Geográfia, Tourism and Rural Development Studies) discussed possible development opportunities.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122045800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern GeográfiaPub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.06
Marianna Molnár
{"title":"A nyelvjáráshoz fűződő földrajzi és nyelvi szempontú attitűdvizsgálat pécsi gimnazisták körében","authors":"Marianna Molnár","doi":"10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.06","url":null,"abstract":"This research project has investigated the attitude of grammar school students in Pécs towards dialects. This study has been carried out by involving 192 students in the modified matched guise technique, focusing on the effect of geographic factors on students’ judgement of language variations. According to the preliminary hypotheses, the attitude towards dialects is unanimously judgmental, whereas negative opinion is significantly dominant in case of cognitive factors. Results also show that students who live in villages have a less negative opinion about the dialect speaker than those who come from towns. Contrary to the assumptions, the positive image of the Hungarian village does not influence the discriminative attitude towards the dialect and its speaker.","PeriodicalId":293208,"journal":{"name":"Modern Geográfia","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123748057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}