A Római Magyar Akadémia – Collegium Hungaricum állami ösztöndíjasai a két világháború között

Absztrakt

The paper examines the statistical data and the circumstances of the first scholars of the Hungarian Academy – Collegium Hungaricum – in Rome, Italy. The institution was established in 1927 and it received the first scholars in 1928/1929. The research focuses on the period between 1928 and 1941, when 121 scholars – researchers and artists – got the support of the Hungarian State to get a chance to enlarge their knowledge and experience in Italy. The main aim of the scholarship was to educate in abroad those talented Hungarians who would be able to profit their experience for the benefit of their homeland in the future.