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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 29/09/2026

🌙 Researchers’ Night at Blinken OSA Archivum! A curatorial tour, a lively panel discussion, and a unique workshop exploring “flawed” photographs from the Főfotó collection. Thank you to everyone who joined us for an inspiring evening! 📷

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 23/09/2026

For over two decades, Verzió has been an important forum in Hungary for documentary film and human rights, reaching more than 270,000 people. The HUF 50 million grant is the largest state funding the festival has received to date. 🎬

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 23/09/2026

🎬 Great news for Verzió! The National Film Institute has awarded HUF 50 million to support the 23rd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, taking place Nov 16–25, 2026. More: www.verzio.org/en

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 14/09/2026

🎓 AY 2026/27 begins at the Archivum! During Orientation Week, incoming CEU students met our staff, explored archival materials, learned about research opportunities, and discovered the Archivum’s postgraduate courses and specializations. Photos: Dániel Végel

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 10/09/2026

📚 Visegrad Lecture Series How did electoral rules shape the final years of the Soviet Union? Join Dima Kortukov for a lecture on the 1990 parliamentary elections and the political struggles that helped shape the USSR’s collapse. 📅 Sept 14, 3:00 p.m. 📍 Blinken OSA Archivum

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 04/09/2026

🎓 Results are in! The July 2026 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA selection is complete. Congratulations to all researchers who received full or partial support, and thank you to everyone who applied! See the results & projects: archivum.org/hu/news/resu... Photo: Fortepan, RFE/RL transmitting station

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 31/08/2026

📚 We’re ready to welcome researchers back! The Blinken OSA Archivum Research Room reopens on September 2, with improved services and several recently available collections waiting to be explored. 🕙 Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 28/08/2026

📚 Now accessible: the Erzsébet Kajári Collection. From records on Hungary’s Ministry of the Interior (1945–1986) to Holocaust research materials, the collection includes state security documents, anti-Jewish laws, witness testimonies, and more.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 03/08/2026

Notice to Our Visitors Due to the extraordinary weather conditions and related energy considerations, the Galeria Centralis will remain closed throughout this week. We will inform our visitors about the reopening date in due course. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 28/07/2026

📷 A family photo album is more than a collection of memories—it is also a historical source. The Blinken OSA Archivum has expanded the records of the Privát Fotó és Film Foundation (PFFA) with newly processed textual documents.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 21/07/2026

Late Soviet Higher Education and Mechanisms of Its Loyalty: A Comparative Context during the Cold War (1965–1985) by Alexander Dmitriev. Visegrad Lecture Series 📅 July 22, 2026, 11:00 AM 📍 Archivum, Meeting Room 💻 Online: shorturl.at/AVefo

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 21/07/2026

Visegrad Lecture Series July 22, 2026, 11:00 AM Archivum, Meeting Room Online: shorturl.at/AVefo The Intellectual and Literary Heritage of Ukrainian Émigrés in Post-World War II Europe by Iryna Yakovenko,

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 14/07/2026

📂 Now Available for Research: The László Karvalics Papers The collection reveals how media policy and political communication were managed in 1980s Hungary, through confidential reports, internal Party documents, appointment diaries, and handwritten notes. #Archives #History #Hungary

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 09/07/2026

📢 VISEGRAD SCHOLARSHIP AT OSA – NEW CALL! How do we name and understand reality in a rapidly changing world? Join the 2026/27 Visegrad Scholarship and explore "Naming Reality" through archives, media, documentary practices, and culture. 📅 Deadline: 25 July 2026

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 07/07/2026

📚 Summer opening hours at the Blinken OSA Archivum Research Room Please note our revised summer schedule. The Research Room closes early on Fridays in July and will be closed from August 3 to September 1. Galeria Centralis remains open throughout the summer.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 02/07/2026

📸 Super 8 and Its Archives: Archival Mediation and Amateur Media Research with Julieta Keldjian Etcheessarry explores how amateur films from Hungary and Uruguay offer new perspectives on Cold War history, memory, and everyday life through home movies.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 02/07/2026

📸 The Politics of Restitution and the Making of the Liberal Order with Joshua Leifer (Yale University) explores how Holocaust restitution became a cornerstone of democratic transition after 1989, linking historical justice with the rule of law, democracy, and European integration.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 02/07/2026

Snapshots from the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation (#ECCHRD), hosted by the Blinken OSA Archivum in Budapest. Archivists, librarians, and information managers from across Europe are meeting to discuss the future of human rights documentation.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 24/06/2026

📸 Older adults left more traces in the archives than we often assume. Discover how seniors organized, protested, and advocated for pensions and care under state socialism in East-Central Europe. With Maren Hachmeister. July 1, 11:15 AM. Online: shorturl.at/4CmB1

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 19/06/2026

A few moments from the opening of On Peace Square – The Peace Group for Dialogue. Through archival documents, state security records, and personal stories, the exhibition revisits the history of independent peace activism in 1980s Hungary. Photos: András Zoltai

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 19/06/2026

Yesterday, Galeria Centralis opened its new exhibition, On Peace Square – The Peace Group for Dialogue. The exhibition explores the story of one of Hungary’s most remarkable grassroots peace initiatives of the 1980s and the enduring relevance of dialogue and civic action.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 16/06/2026

📷 How did Poland’s Solidarność movement inspire readers in Japan? Join Anna Nakai (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) for a Visegrad Lecture on translation, activism, and the global circulation of ideas across Cold War borders. 📅 June 24, 11:00 AM

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 12/06/2026

🎬 Visegrad Lecture Series How did Soviet and Ukrainian cinema represent nuclear modernity before and after Chornobyl? Stanislav Menzelevsky (Indiana University) explores film, ecology, and political change from 1972–1996. 📅 June 17, 11:00 🔗 shorturl.at/AVefo

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 11/06/2026

📸🏳️‍🌈 Records Uncovered opens at CEU Vienna on June 16. Developed by Blinken OSA Archivum and the Háttér Archive & Library, the exhibition traces LGBTQIA+ activism in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1945–1999. Our colleague Csaba Szilágyi joins the opening roundtable.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 09/06/2026

On Peace Square – The Peace Group for Dialogue opens on June 18 at 6 PM at Galeria Centralis. Discover how young peace activists in 1980s Hungary sought an independent path beyond both state structures and the democratic opposition. Free entry until Oct 25. #archives

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 08/06/2026

At the ACTIVATE seminar in Milan, Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi presented how the Blinken OSA Archivum engages with human rights and social justice through projects including Refugee DocsMap, Records Uncovered, and community archiving initiatives. 📸

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 08/06/2026

How can archives work with social movements while preserving their histories? At the ACTIVATE seminar in Milan, researchers and archivists explored the challenges of documenting activism, marginalized communities, and social change from the 19th century to today. 📸

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 04/06/2026

📚 Visegrad Lecture Series Why are some voices remembered while others are overlooked? Dr Tereza Hendl examines how the experiences and ideas of East European and Central Asian dissidents have often been marginalized in debates about the region. 📅 June 10, 11:00 📍 Archivum

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 04/06/2026

📚 Visegrad Lecture Series How did people imagine the future during the upheavals of the 1980s and 1990s? Dorine Schellens explores how writers and thinkers in the GDR and Soviet Russia envisioned new possibilities in times of profound change. 📅 June 10, 11:00 📍 Archivum

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 02/06/2026

📚 Work-in-Transition How do historians navigate a rapidly changing academic and technological landscape? Scholars from Budapest, Vienna, and New York come together to discuss new research and reflect on archives, writing, and historical practice today.

Image: Keleti pályaudvar, csarnok, Fortepan/Hegyi Zsolt, Balla Demeter felvétele, 1970, Photo ID 148151

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 01/06/2026

📸 Visegrad Lecture Series | June 3, 11:00 AM How can monitoring, documentation, and public evidence contribute to peace and security? John W. Bessai explores the Helsinki process and the role of institutions, human rights, and public communication in sustaining common security in Europe.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 01/06/2026

📸 Visegrad Lecture Series | June 3, 11:30 AM Júlia Székely (ELTE) explores how political graffiti was documented and interpreted under Hungarian state socialism. Drawing on state security files, OSA, and Fortepan collections, she examines competing visual narratives of dissent.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/05/2026

Archives matter because evidence matters. The David Rohde Collection on Srebrenica at Blinken OSA Archivum continues to inform researchers, journalists & exhibitions beyond our walls. Explore the collection: catalog.archivum.org/catalog/jD7b... #Archives #Srebrenica #HumanRights

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/05/2026

Last month, copies of these materials became part of the exhibition Reporting War: The Role of the Media in the Collapse of Yugoslavia at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Exhibition: muzej.ba/en/

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/05/2026

📚 From the archives to an exhibition in Sarajevo A few years ago, Blinken OSA Archivum shared digital copies of journalist David Rohde’s notebooks with @birneucom. Rohde was the first Western journalist to report on Srebrenica mass graves. birn.eu.com

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/05/2026

📢 VISEGRAD SCHOLARSHIP AT OSA – NEW CALL! How do we name reality amid censorship, propaganda, and contested truths? The 2026/2027 call invites scholars & artists to explore archives, dissidence, media, and human rights. 🎓 MA degree required 🗓️ Deadline: 25 July 2026 Supported by the Visegrad Fund

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 21/05/2026

📚✨ CEU Gender Studies students from Vienna visited the Archivum last week for tours, conversations, and a closer look at archival research. We’re delighted this recurring program continues to attract interest—and may grow further next year. Photos: Lilit Hakobyan

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 21/05/2026

🔎 How do archives become spaces for discussion? Last week, CEU Gender Studies students explored the Archivum through an introduction by Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi, tours of our collections, and a Research Room session on archival research. Photos: Lilit Hakobyan

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 21/05/2026

📚🏛️ Last week, students from CEU Gender Studies visited the Archivum. From collections to unexpected objects, archives sparked lively conversations throughout the day. Thanks for joining us—we’re excited this annual program may expand next year! ✨ Photos: Lilit Hakobyan

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 15/05/2026

Visegrad Lecture Series Join Michał Gęsiarz for "Networking Through the Iron Fences: Transnational Solidarities in Central Europe from 1956 to 1989" 🗓 May 20, 11:00 AM 💻 Online: shorturl.at/w31D1

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 15/05/2026

🎨 Could exhibitions become sites of transnational contact across the Cold War divide? Join Jana Farská Hájková for Gallery as an Outstretched Hand: Czechoslovak Exhibitions Abroad in the 1960s 🗓 May 20, 11:00 AM 📍 Archivum, Meeting Room 💻 Online: shorturl.at/w31D1

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 07/05/2026

📚 Archival practice in action @OSA Archivum Students in the Archives & Evidentiary Practices specialization work hands-on with archival materials and collection metadata—exploring how archives shape evidence, justice & memory in a changing world. #archives #CEU

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 30/04/2026

📚 Visegrad Lecture Series Propaganda Patterns: Soviet Information Strategies and Their Re-emergence in 21st-Century Hybrid Warfare Against Ukraine Drawing on Blinken OSA Archivum collections, this talk reveals the “genetic code” of modern disinformation targeting Ukrainian identity.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 28/04/2026

Unrolling decades-old photo strips from the 1980s Főfotó collection—fragile, unpredictable, almost performative. 🎞️ Unclaimed images of everyday life: holidays, homes, quiet moments. Archives don’t just preserve data—they hold memory. 🗂️

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/04/2026

⚡ When energy systems faltered, politics followed. 1990–91 wasn’t just transition—it exposed fragile infrastructures and limited choices. Join Karolina Gawron-Tabor to explore how Poland, Czechoslovakia & Hungary navigated crisis through short-term stabilization.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 22/04/2026

When buildings spoke politics… In the early Cold War, architecture wasn’t just design—it signaled ideology. From “formalism” to “socialist realism,” language reshaped culture. Join Richard Anderson at Archivum to unpack how words transformed architecture.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 20/04/2026

What can free play teach us about democracy? 🎲 From East Germany to today—explore children’s agency, public space & participation in this hands-on workshop. Learn from lived experience + interactive dialogue. 🗓 May 9, 10:00–13:00 Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/8DFP2VbfFn

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 17/04/2026

⚠️ Visitor Cards at the Archivum From April 20, 2026, a new security system will be introduced at the Blinken OSA Archivum. Access beyond reception (incl. Research Room) requires a visitor card. Please collect it on arrival and return it before leaving.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 14/04/2026

⚖️ What is “law” under socialism? In 1970s Soviet Georgia, dissidents reimagined legality through culture, memory & writing—both aligning with and quietly challenging official norms. 📚 Visegrad Lecture Series | Apr 22

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 14/04/2026

🎭 Scripts as plans. Actors as workers. Stages as sites of ideology. What happens when theatre meets central planning? A talk on Hungarian-language theatre in socialist Romania—where creativity and control collide. 📚 Visegrad Lecture Series | Apr 22

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