CURRICULUM VITAE William M. Batkay Office Address: 210 Dickson Hall, Montclair State University Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043 Office Telephone:[973] 655-4238 E-mail: batkayw@mail.montclair.edu CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor of Political Science, Retired Department of Political Science EDUCATION PhD in Political Science: Columbia University, 1972 MA in Political Science: Columbia University, 1967 East European Studies Certificate: Institute on East Central Europe, Columbia University, 1967 BA: Fordham University, 1965 I. PUBLICATIONS A. Book: /Authoritarian Politics in a Transitional State: Istvan Bethlen and the Unified Party in Hungary, 1919-1926/. East European Monographs, No. CII. Boulder, Colorado: East European Monographs, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1982. B. Book Chapters: "Jewish Religion(s) and Jewish State: The Case of Conservative and Reform Judaism in Israel," in Gustavo Benavides and M. W. Daly, eds., /Religion and Political Power/, 119-32. State University of New York Press, 1989. "Trianon: Cause or Effect--Hungarian Domestic Politics in the 1920's," in Bela K. Kiraly, Peter Pastor, and Ivan Sanders, eds., /Total War and Peacemaking: Essays on the Treaty of Trianon/, 509-27, Vol. VI of War and Society in East Central Europe. East European Monographs, Brooklyn College Press, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1982. C. Articles: "Judaism's Challenge to the Nation-State: AReappraisal of Hannah Arendt," /History of European Ideas/, Vol. 20, Nos. 4-6 (1995):745-750. "Is the French Baccalauréat Elitist? World Class Assessment: A Response,"/Outcomes/ Bulletin," Office of Institutional Assessment, Montclair State, 5/1 (Fall 1992-93):6. "Marking Birth of Jewish State: Agudas Achim Examines Growth of Liberal Judaism in Israel," Sullivan County (New York) Jewish /Star/, May 1991/Iyar 5751:4,13. "To 'The Embattled Humanist at His Word Processor': Relax, Things Have Been Worse, And They're Not as Bad as You Think Now," /the Aegis/: Publication of the Institute for the Humanities, Montclair State college, Spring 1991. "On Teaching for Critical Thinking in the Introductory Political Science Course," /Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines/, Newsletter of the Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, December 1990. "Things Your Mother Never Told You About Critical Thinking," /Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines/, Newsletter of the Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, May, 1990. "Critical Thinking and Public Authority: State of the Inquiry," /Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines/, Newsletter of the Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, Volume 5, Number 1 (February 1990):5-6. "Zionism Now More Than Ever," /Kol Emunah: The Voice of Faith/, Bulletin of Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey, March 1988:1-3. Reprinted in revised form in /Hatzioni: MERCAZ News & Views/, Newsletter of MERCAZ, The Movement to Reaffirm Conservative Zionism, Vol.III, No.1(Fall 1988):6-7. "Political Zionism: Necessity and Contradiction," /Kol Emunah: The Voice of Faith/, Bulletin of Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey, May 1988:4-6. "Some Considerations on the Role of a Ruling Party in a Semi- Traditional Society: the Unified Party in Hungary, 1922- 1926," /The Montclair Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities/, Vol.I, No.1 (Fall 1972):3-17. D. Book Reviews: "Jewish Education Worldwide, by Himmelfarb and Della Pergola: A book review," /Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion/, 1991. "Persistence and Flexibility: An Anthropological Perspective on the American Jewish Experience, ed. by Walter P. Zenner, and Between Two Worlds: Ethnographic Essays on American Jewry, ed. by Jack Kugelmass: A book review," /Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review/, 14/1-2 (1992):72-73. "Anglish/Yinglish: Yiddish in American Lifeand Literature," by Gene Bluestein: A book review," /Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review/, 13/2 (1991):22. "The Other Jews: The Sephardim Today, by Daniel J. Elazar: A book review," /Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review/, 13/1 (1991):25. "And the World Stood Silent: Sephardic Poetry of the Holocaust: A book review," /Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review/, 13/1 (1991):25-26. "Israel at the Polls, 1981: A Study of the Knesset Elections, by Howard R. Penniman and Daniel J. Elazar, editors: A book review," /Journal of Church and State/, Vol. 30 (Winter 1988):170. "The Press During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, by Domokos G. Kosary: A book review," /Canadian-American Slavic Studies/, Spring 1988. "War Communism in Hungary, by Gyorgy Peteri: A book review," /American Historical Review/, February 1986. "Hungary and the Jews: Policy and Legislation, 1920-1943, by Nathaniel Katzburg: A book review," /American Historical Review/, February 1983. "Hungary After Two Revolutions (1919-1922), by Ferenc Poloskei: A book review," /Slavic Review/, December 1982. "A Case Study of a Soviet Republic: The Estonian SSR, by Tonu Parming and Elmar Jarvesoo: A book review," /American Historical Review/, February 1979. E. Translations: "Power, Democracy, Democratic Power--the Debate Between Istvan Bibo and Gyorgy Lukacs, by Sandor Szilagyi: A translation," /TELOS/, forthcoming. "Introduction, by Gabor Barta: A translation," in /The Laws of John I (1526-1541) and Ferdinand I,/ 1-103, a volume in The Laws of Hungary Project, supported by Canada Council, The Law Faculty of Lorand Eotvos University (Budapest, Hungary), The Institute of the Historical Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Science, and Charles Schlacks, Jr., publisher, in press. "The Hungarian Valmy and Saratoga, by Aladar Urban: A translation," in a future volume of War and Society in East Central Europe, Brooklyn College Press, in press. "The Army of 1848-49 Hungarian War of Independence, by Dr. Zoltan Barcy: A translation," in a future volume of War and Society in East Central Europe, Brooklyn College Press, in press. "The War Industry of the War of Independence, by Joseph M. Borus: A translation," in a future volume of War and Society in East Central Europe, Brooklyn College Press, in press. "The Collapse of the Hungarian Red Army, by Peter Gosztonyi: A translation," in Peter Pastor, ed., /Revolutions and Interventions in/ Hungary and Its Neighbor States, 1918-1919/,69-79, Vol. XX of War and Society in East Central Europe. East European Monographs, No. CCXL. Boulder, Colorado: Social Science Monographs; Highland Lakes, New Jersey: Atlantic Studies on Society in Change, Atlantic Research and Publication, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1988. "France and Hungary at the Beginning of the 1920's, by Magda Adam (Hungarian Academy of Science): A translation," in Bela K. Kiraly, Peter Pastor, and Ivan Sanders, eds., /Total War and Peacemaking: Essays on the Treaty of Trianon/, 145-82, Vol. VI of War and Society in East Central Europe. East European Monographs, No. CV. New York: Social Science Monographs, Brooklyn College Press, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1982. "'Memorandum,' by Gyorgy Lazar (pseudonym): A translation," in /Witness to Cultural Genocide: First-hand Reports on Rumania's Minorities Policies Today/, Introduction by Gyorgy Schopflin. New York: Committee on Human Rights in Rumania, 1979. "Among Social Scientists in America, by Erno Gall: A translation," in American Sociological Association /Footnotes/, Vol. 1, No. 5 (May 1973), 5, 9. F. OTHER TRANSLATIONS: From 1976 to 1986 I served as a paid contract translator for the Joint Publications Research Service of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service of the United States Government. Dozens of my translations from Hungarian, mostly short newspaper and journal articles, were published regularly in serial and non-serial reports issued by the FBIS, especially /USSR and East European Scientific/ / Abstracts/, /Translations on Eastern Europe:/ / Economic and Industrial Affairs/ and ibid., / Political, Sociological, and Military Affairs/, and ibid., /Scientific Affairs/. II.PAPERS DELIVERED Aug. 1992 "Judaism's Challenge to the Nation-State: A Reappraisal of Hannah Arendt," Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Aalborg, Denmark. Published in revised form in /History of European Ideas/, 1995 (see under ARTICLES, above). Nov. 1991 "Religious Judaism and Socio-Political Cleavage in Israel," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nov. 1989 With Maurie Sacks, "Marginality and Impotence: The Political Defeat of an Urban Folk Environment," Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC. Oct. 1988 "Orthodox Judaism and Socio-Religious Conflict in Contemporary Israel," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, Illinois. Dec. 1988 "The Conservative Rabbinate and Zionism: A Reappraisal," Twentieth Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Massachusetts. Nov. 1987 "Israel and American Jewish Identity," Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Oct. 1987 "Israel, Jewish Denominations, and American Jewish Identity," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Louisville, Kentucky. Dec. 1986 "Authenticity and Power: Religious Challenges to Orthodox Judaism in Israel," Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nov. 1986 "Conservative and Reform Judaism in Israel: The Search for Legitimacy," Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Washington, DC. Apr. 1982 Trianon: Cause or Effect--Hungarian Domestic Politics in the 1920's," University Symposium and Conference on Hungarian Culture and History, sponsored by the American Hungarian Educators' Association, Montclair State College. Apr. 1976 "Authoritarian Politics and the Role of the overnment Party in Hungary in the Interwar Period," First Annual Conference of the New England Slavic Association, University of Connecticut at Storrs. Apr. 1976 "Authoritarian Politics in a Semi-Traditionalist Society: The Case of Hungary in the Interwar Years," New Jersey Political Science Association Convention, Montclair State College. III. HONORS AND AWARDS: A. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS: Summer 1991 $1200 Summer Stipend for compliation of original documents on "The Zionist Idea in Conservative Judaism". Summer 1987 $2000 Summer Stipend for research project on "Israel, Jewish Denominations, and American Jewish Identity". B. SEPARATELY BUDGETED RESEARCH AWARDS: 1986 6 SH released time for research for a scholaraly paper on Conservative and Reform Judaism in Israel. 1981 6 SH released time for translation of Hungarian-language book chapter on Hungarian law codes. 1977 6 SH released time for research for a scholarly article on Hungarian politics in the 1920?s. C. GLOBAL EDUCATION AWARD: June 1996 $2700 award to attend Council on International Education Faculty Development Seminar in Budapest, Hungary (See International Seminar Participant, below). D. SABBATICAL LEAVE AWARDS: Spring 1995 One semester sabbatical leave, teaching undergraduate political science courses in English and Hungarian at Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, Hungary. Fall 1979 One semester sabbatical leave, for curriculum research on East European film. IV.PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES A. RESEARCH SEMINAR PARTICIPANT: Summer 1986 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Religion and Nationalism: The Dilemma of Citizenship," Religious Studies Department, University of California--Santa Barbara. B. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PARTICIPANT: June 1996 CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange, Second International Faculty Development Seminar, "Hungary and East Central Europe: A Region in Transition," International Studies Center, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. C. ChautauQua Short Course Participant: October 1991 Participant in weekend-long Chautauqua Short Course on Revolution in Eastern Europe, led by Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu of the University of Maryland Poltical Science Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. D.Professional Meetings, Chair 1996 Panel on Educational Initiatives in Hungary, Annual Conference of American-Hungarian Educators Association, Montclair State University. 1990 Literature Panel: Approaches to Gyorgy Konrad?s / The Case Worker/, Fifteenth Annual Conference of American-Hungarian Educators Association, Montclair State College. 1988 Panel on Judaism: Change and Identity, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, Illinois. E. Professional Meetings, Chair and Discussant: 1981 Panel on Hungarian-Russian Relations in Modern History, Fifteenth Annual Duquesne University History Forum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. F. Professional Meetings, Discussant: 1976 Panel on Ethnic Identity and Maintenance in Soviet and Non-Soviet Settings, Fifth Conference on Baltic Studies, Columbia University. G. Professional Meetings, Invited Participant: 1983 Roundtable conference to discuss methodology, collaborative structure, and organization of The Laws of Hungary Project (see under Translations, above), Lorand Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary. 1980 Symposium on Making of the Post World War I Peace: A Case Study on Trianon, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, New York. H. CRITICAL THINKING WORKSHOP, participant 1990 Introduction to Critical Thinking, Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College. I. Professional Association Positions: 1986 Nominated for election to Executive Committee of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History. 1983 Nominated for election to Executive Committee of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History. 1976 Member, Nominating Committee of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian H History. 1974 Nominated for election to Executive Committee of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History. J. Other Professional Positions: 1982 Member, Program Committee, Tenth Brooklyn College Conference on Society in Change. 1981-85 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Series on War and Society in East Central Europe, Brooklyn College Press. 1981 to Book Review Editor for Hungarian Books, 1990 /East Central Europe/. 1974-75 Member, Advisory Council to the Estonian- American Ethnic Heritage Studies Program ponsored by the Estonian Learned Society in merica, New York. K. Public Lectures/TALKS Presented: March 1996 "Commentary on Weekly Torah [Bible] Reading," Saturday afternoon service, Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. December 1995 "Commentary on Weekly Torah Reading," Saturday afternooon service, Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. October 1995 "Personal Experiences as a Jew in Hungary," monthly Friday /havurah /service/, /Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. December 1994 "Jews and Politics--the U.S. Elections," monthly /havurah /service/, /Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. January 1991 "Recent Events in the Middle East and USSR and American Jews," Temple Beth Shalom, Clifton, New Jersey. April 1990 "Jews and Turks in Bulgarian History," Bul- garian Civililization Week, Montclair State College. April 1990 "Critical Thinking and I; or, how I fell into critical and am still bemused by what I found there," Fellows' Forum, Institute for Criti- cal Thinking, Montclair State College. October 1989 Participant in roundtable discussion on "Communism in Crisis," sponsored by History and Political Science Departments, Montclair State College. April 1989 "The Palestinian Declaration of Independence and the Future of Israel," Temple Beth Sha lom, Clifton, New Jersey. October 1988 "The Palestinian Uprising and the Future of Israel," Temple Beth Shalom, Clifton, New Jersey. April 1988 "Centrality of Israel to Conservative Juda ism," Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. October 1985 "South Africa, Israel, and the United States: Relations Under Stress," Jewish Center of West Orange. April 1985 Participant in panel discussion on United States Foreign Policy in Central America, sponsored by Latin American Student Organiza tion, Montclair State College. March 1985 "Jewish Affairs Abroad," Y Schneider Reti- rees, YM-YWHA of North Jersey, Paterson, New Jersey. March 1983 "Israel and the Palestinians: The Struggle Over Land," Middle Eastern Students Organiza tion, Montclair State College. December 1982 Participant in roundtable discussion "From Brezhnev to Andropov," School of Humanities and Social Science, Montclair State College. September 1981 Featured participant in panel discussion on Bulgarian Culture and History, Bulgarian Fes tival, Montclair State College. March 1974 Participant in panel discussion on "Racism: A Comparative Perspective," Montclair State College. Fall 1974 "Post-World War I Politics in Hungary," graduate seminar in East European History, columbia University, New York. Fall 1972 "American Politics and Government," American Language Program, Columbia University, New York. L. Consultative Services: 1991 Evaluator of article submitted to /Czechoslo- vak and Central European Journal, /New York, New York. 1989 Reviewer of three applications for funding, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York, New York. 1981 Expert Witness on East European political and social life at hearings to consider political asylum applications from Polish refugees, Federal District Court, Newark, New Jersey. M.CURRENT/PAST Professional Organization MEMBERSHIPs: American Anthropological Association. Jewish Studies Association. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. American Association for the Study of Hungarian History. Baltic Studies Association. Society for Political and Legal Anthropology. American-Hungarian Educators Association. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. American Political Science Association. APSA Section on Religion and Politics. APSA Section on West European Politics. American Translators? Association. V.COURSES TAUGHT American Government and Politics Comparative Politics Contemporary West European Politics Directed Study Government and Politics of the East European States Government and Politics of the Post-Soviet States International Relations Introduction to Politics Politics of the Developing Areas (graduate) Selected Topics in Political Science VI. CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIVERSITY: A. Service On College-Wide Bodies: 1. Chair: 1992-1996 Personnel Advisory Committee, Political Sci- ence Department. 1984-1990 Political Science Department. 2. Representative: 1986 Co-chair, Break-Out Session on Politics: Egalitarian or Elitist, Third Annual Presi- dential Fall Symposium. 1992-1996 Political Science Department Representative to Local 1904, American Federation of Teach ers. 1985-1990 Joint Advisory Boards, Legal Studies and Paralegal Programs. 1984-87 At-Large Representative, All-College Curricu- lum Committee. 1984 Academic Subcommittee, Inauguration Committee to plan inauguration convocation for Presi dent Donald Walters. 1983 Executive Committee, Latin American Studies Program. 1980-83 Personnel Advisory Committee, Political Sci- ence Department. 1980-83 Curriculum Committee, Political Science De- partment. 1977-83 Executive Committee, Russian Area Studies Mi- nor Program, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. 1975 Preparedness Committee, Local 1904, American Federation of Teachers. 1975 Expanded Executive Council, Local 1904, American Federation of Teachers. 1975 Negotiating Team, Council of New Jersey State College Locals, American Federation of Teach ers. 1974 Personnel Advisory Committee, Political Sci ence Department. 1973 Public Administration Minor Committee, Po litical Science Department B. Symposium/Conference/Lecture Organizer, Coordinator or Chair: 1988 Organized lecture presentation by Rabbi Leonid Feldman, well-known former Soviet re fusenik, on religious and ethnic situation in the Soviet Union. 1979 Organizer and co-chair, Symposium on American Diplomacy in a Changing World. 1979 Organizer and co-chair, Symposium on American eeds and the American Election. 1979 Co-organizer and coordinator, one-day confer ence on employment opportunities in public administration, Political Science Department. C. HONORS PROGRAM RECRUITMENT 1990 Invited participant, Honors Program Recruit- ment Dinner, Montclair State College. VII. CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY: 1989 to Invited Interviewer, Fulbright Selection Com- 1994 mittee for New Jersey, Fulbright Teacher Ex- change Program, interviews held at Montclair State College. 1988 Invited Participant, Conference on Zionist Thought Within the Conservative/Masorti Move- ment, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York City. 1987 to Member, MERCAZ, The Movement to Reaffirm Con- present servative Zionism, United Synagogue of Amer ica. 1987 Invited participant on two-week Young Leader- ship Mission to Israel, sponsored by MERCAZ and The United Synagogue of America. 1987 Member, Congregational Choir, Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey. 1986 Interviewed by staff writer for the /News/, Paterson, New Jersey, for an article on President Reagan's bombing of Libya, published on April 16, 1986. 1985-86 Member, Parent-Teacher-Student Organization, Career Day Planning Committee, Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey. 1985 Member, Steering Committee, New Jersey Jewish Faculty Network. 1983-86 Member, New Jersey Jewish Faculty Network. 1983 Representative of Board of Trustees, Congre- gation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, New Jersey, at Conference on The Future of the American Synagogue, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City. 1981-83 Co-editor, /Kol Emunah/, monthly congregational bulletin, Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Mont- clair, New Jersey. 1975-76 Volunteer, Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Montclair, New Jersey. VIII. PAST/PRESENT PUBLIC ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS: American Art Pottery Association American Civil Liberties Union American Museum of Natural History ARZA, Association of Reformed Zionists in America Association on American Indian Affairs Audubon Society B'nai B'rith International Brooklyn Botanic Garden Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, NJ Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair, NJ Delaware County (N.Y.) Historical Society Jewish Museum, NY, NY MERCAZ, American Conservative Zionist Organization Metropolitan Museum of Art Montclair Art Museum Montclair Historical Society National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA The Nature Conservancy Newark Museum Save the Children Federation Temple Agudas Achim, Livingston Manor, NY United State Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. WNYC Radio, NY, NY World Jewish Congress YIVO, Jewish Institute for Social Research, NY, NY