Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Abbreviation	HAS
Formation	November 3, 1825 (1825-11-03) (186 years ago)[1]
Type	national academy
Headquarters	Budapest
Coordinates	47°30′05″N 19°02′47″E / 47.5013°N 19.0463°E / 47.5013; 19.0463
Region served	Hungary
President	József Pálinkás
Website	mta.hu

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in short: HAS; Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.

History

The history of the academy began in 1825, when Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of the Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and the study and propagation of the sciences and the arts in Hungarian. It received its current name in 1845. Its central building was inaugurated in 1865, in neo-Renaissance style.

Sections of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Count István Széchenyi offers one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society.

Today it has eleven main sections:

• I. Linguistics and Literary Studies Section
• II. Philosophy and Historical Studies Section,
• III. Mathematical Sciences Section,
• IV. Agricultural Sciences Section,
• V. Medical Sciences Section,
• VI. Technical Sciences Section,
• VII. Chemical Sciences Section,
• VIII. Biological Sciences Section,
• IX. Economics and Law Section,
• X. Earth Sciences Section,
• XI. Physical Sciences Section.

Presidents of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

József Teleki	November 17, 1830 - February 15, 1855
Emil Dessewffy	1855. April 17, 1855 – January 10, 1866
József Eötvös	March 18, 1866 – February 2, 1871
Menyhért Lónyay	May 17, 1871 – November 3, 1884
Ágoston Trefort	May 28, 1885 – August 22, 1888
Loránd Eötvös	May 3, 1889 – October 5, 1905
Albert Berzeviczy	November 27, 1905 – March 22, 1936
Joseph Habsburg	March 22, 1936 – October 1944
Gyula Kornis	March 7, 1945 – October 29, 1945
Gyula Moór	October 29, 1945 – July 24, 1946
Zoltán Kodály	July 24, 1946 – November 29, 1949
István Rusznyák	November 29, 1949 – February 5, 1970
Tibor Erdey-Grúz	February 5, 1970 – August 16, 1976
János Szentágothai	October 26, 1976 – May 6, 1977
János Szentágothai	May 6, 1977 – May 10, 1985
Iván Berend	May 10, 1985 – May 24, 1990
Domokos Kosáry	May 24, 1990 – May 9, 1996
Ferenc Glatz	May 9, 1996 – May 4, 2002
Szilveszter Vizi	May 5, 2002 – May 6, 2008
József Pálinkás	May 6, 2008

Research institutes

• ATOMKI, Institute of Nuclear Research
• Research Institute for Linguistics
• Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI)
• Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
• KFKI Research Institutes
• Biological Research Centre, Szeged
• Chemical Research Center of the HAS
• HAS Research Institute of Philosophy
• HAS Institute for Psychology

Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts

Main article: Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts

The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Hungarian: Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the HAS. Some of the known members are György Konrád, Magda Szabó, Péter Nádas writers, Zoltán Kocsis pianist, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó film directors.The president is László Dobszay musical historian.

References

1. ^ "A Magyar Tudományos Akadémiáról" (in Hungarian). MTA. http://mta.hu/cikkek/akademiarol__22321. Retrieved 24 February 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Brief history of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in English)
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in English) -- also available in Hungarian
• Picture of its central building -- additional picture
• homepage of the Széchenyi Academy

Coordinates: 47°30′3.88″N 19°2′47.4″E / 47.5010778°N 19.0465°E / 47.5010778; 19.0465