Mocsary's Faculty Page
Position: Instructor of History
Fields of Study: History of Hungarian Settlement, Louisiana; Louisiana History
Classes usually taught: Louisiana History, 321; American History 201-202; Western Civilization 101-102
Office Room number: 348 Fayard Hall
Office phone number: 549-5286
E-mail: vmocsary@selu.edu
Faculty Page web address: http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/vmocsary/
Education: Masters in History from SLU. 6 Hours toward PhD at the University of Southern Mississippi
Awards/honors:
- Southeastern Louisiana University: Member of the honor societies of Gamma Beta Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, The Thirteen Club, and Phi Kappa Phi.
- Active in honors program at SLU for two years.
- Recipient of the first annual Dudley Johnson award for outstanding graduate student in history in 1989.
Publications:
- "Strangers in a Foreign Land: An Early History of Hungarian Settlement, Livingston Parish, Louisiana." Southeast Louisiana Historical Association Papers, 1987-88, vol. 12.
- Arpadhon: The Largest Rural Hungarian Settlement in the United States, Folklife in the Florida Parishes Series, vol. IV, Center for Regional Studies and Archives, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La., 1990.
- "Arpadhon: Hungarian Immigration and Settlement," in The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, vol. X, A Refuge For All Ages: Immigration in Louisiana History, Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana: Lafayette, 1996, pp. 644-651.
- Wrote and submitted an article entitled, "The Hungarians of Livingston Parish, Louisiana," to be published in the ethnicity volume of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 2nd edition in 2003. It is being published by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the University of North Carolina Press.
Presentations:
- Ms. Mocsary has given numerous presentations on the history of Hungarian Settlement, Louisiana. Here are some of the most recent:
- Fri., Oct. 8, 2004.Presented paper entitled, "The Hungarian Harvest Dance of Hungarian Settlement, Louisiana," at the Twenty-Third Annual Gulf South Historical and Humanities Conference at Moblile, Alabama.
- Fri., Oct. 7, 2005, Presented paper entitled, "Two Churches in Hungarian Settlement: A Unique Ethnic Community in Southeast Louisiana," at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Gulf South Historical and Humanities Conference at Pensacola Beach, Florida.
- Sat., March 18, 2006-Teacher's Workshop historical and powerpoint presentation entitled, Magyar Culture in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
- Thurs., June 22 , 2006--Teacher's Workshop lecture entitled, "Race and Ethnicity in
Hungarian Settlement, Louisiana." - Sat., April 15, 2000--a historical, folklife, and musical presentation on the Hungarians of Livingston Parish at the Louisiana Folklore Society Millennium Conference in Baton Rouge.
- May 25, 2000--Presented a paper entitled, "The Hungarians of Livingston Parish, Louisiana," at the 25th Annual Conference of the American Hungarian Educator's Association in Budapest, Hungary.
- Oct. 10, 2000--presentation and lecture about the Hungarians of Albany to the Women's Club of the First Christian Church in Hammond.
- Sept. 26, 2001--Presentation of brief history of Hungarian Settlement with Hungarian folk songs to tour group at Old World Bakery near Albany, Louisiana.
- Oct. 18, 2001--Presentation of brief history of Hungarian Settlement with Hungarian folk songs to tour group at Old World Bakery near Albany, Louisiana.
- Tues., July 8, 2003Taught "Cultures of Hungarian" for LSU's Lagniappe Studies Unlimited summer program on Cultures in Louisiana.
- Sat., Sept. 20, 2003 Guest speaker at the monthly meeting of HUNGARLA (Hungarians of Louisiana) in Kenner, Louisiana.
- Sat., Oct. 18, 2003Presented paper entitled, "A Magyar Ingredient in Louisiana's Gumbo of Cultures," at the Twenty-Second Annual Gulf South Historical and Humanities Conference at Pensacola Beach, Florida.