A brief sketch of my presentation titled Intellectuals in the Union of Hungarian

Workers of Romania

Title (Slide No.1.): Intellectuals in the Union of Hungarian Workers of Romania (MADOSZ)
Introduction (Slide No.2-3.):
(Slide No.2.) Short presentation of MADOSZ (periods and modalities of activity,
ideology)
(Slide No.2.) Groups in MADOSZ (Intellectuals, Workers, Petite-Bourgeois, Peasants)
(Slide No.3.) The Group of Intellectuals (Names, Dates and Places of Naissance)
The Problematics of this Presentation (Slide No.4.):
What general Statements can be made in the Case of the Group of the Intellectuals
from MADOSZ, if we are analysing them altogether?
Can we find correlations in their socio-cultural backgrounds?
Was being part of the Communist Movement a Response to certain Circumstances of a
new generation of Hungarians from Romania?
Sources and Methods (Slide No.5.):
Autobiographies, Memoirs
The Pre-1989 Eras Romanian and Hungarian Historiography on MADOSZ
(concisely)
Literary Encyclopaedia of Hungarians from Romania (Romniai Magyar Irodalmi
Lexikon - RMIL)
Methods: Source Criticism, Analyzation, Group Biography-writing methods
Problems (Slide No.6.):
Group as Fiction
Approaches as Modalities of Legitimization (Pre-1989 Historiography, RMIL)
How far can we take our Generalization? (there are always some Who count as
Exception)
The Scarcity of the Sources
General Statements about the Group (Slide No.7-12.):
(Slide No.7.) The Members of the Group come from Multicultural Regions of the late-
Austro-Hungarian Empire a Map
(Slide No.8.) They all start to socialize and to accommodate as citizens in important
regional Cities their milieu
(Slide No.8.) Almost all of Them have some Learning Experience abroad
(Slide No.9.) Almost all of them fancy Communist Ideology in the late 20s and join
the Movement in the first half of the 30s. Why? Romania of the 30s
 (Slide No.10.) Political papers made by them between 1932-1934
(Slide No.11.) The International Framework of Creating the MADOSZ. The
Movement and the International Processes Nazis, Comintern, the Peoples Front-
ideology
(Slide No.11.) The Role of Faith in Communist Autobiographies Citations
(Slide No.12.) Continuity and Discontinuity of Ideas and Political Beliefs from 1932
to 1934 as reflected in their Papers and Programs
(Slide No.13.) A Great Exception: Balogh Edgrs Path from the Sarl Movement to
MADOSZ. A Hardliners Path to the top: Bnyai Lszl and Mayer Lszl
Brief Summary and Raised Questions (Slide No.14-15.):
(Slide No.14.) A Concise Characterization of the Group of Intellectuals in MADOSZ
(Slide No.15.) Raised Questions
(Slide No.15.) The Other Groups to cover