Blinken OSA Archivum
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A repository of archival documents related to the history and afterlives of the Cold War, grave international human rights violations, and marginalized communities. | Visit us in Budapest, Hungary, or online at archivum.org!
There was “no poverty” in autocracies — at least officially.
Miklós Zsámboki’s new post revisits sociologist István Kemény, whose 1970 research exposed the reality of poverty in Hungary and cost him his career.
Read more: archivum.org/entries/blog...
Miklós Zsámboki’s new post revisits sociologist István Kemény, whose 1970 research exposed the reality of poverty in Hungary and cost him his career.
Read more: archivum.org/entries/blog...
There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)
Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.
archivum.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There was “no poverty” in autocracies — at least officially.
Miklós Zsámboki’s new post revisits sociologist István Kemény, whose 1970 research exposed the reality of poverty in Hungary and cost him his career.
Read more: archivum.org/entries/blog...
Miklós Zsámboki’s new post revisits sociologist István Kemény, whose 1970 research exposed the reality of poverty in Hungary and cost him his career.
Read more: archivum.org/entries/blog...
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert presented (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum) at CIVICA Café on Nov 17, 2025. He explored the Archivum’s archival work, public programs, teaching, and his own role in shaping its mission.
More: archivum.org/news/the-arc...
More: archivum.org/news/the-arc...
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert presented (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum) at CIVICA Café on Nov 17, 2025. He explored the Archivum’s archival work, public programs, teaching, and his own role in shaping its mission.
More: archivum.org/news/the-arc...
More: archivum.org/news/the-arc...
📜 New at the Archivum! The Executive Board Records of FIMITIC — the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability — are now open for research. Explore the stories of advocacy and resilience preserved in these archives. #Archivum #FIMITIC #DisabilityHistory
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📜 New at the Archivum! The Executive Board Records of FIMITIC — the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability — are now open for research. Explore the stories of advocacy and resilience preserved in these archives. #Archivum #FIMITIC #DisabilityHistory
📚 “Living in dystopian times: Dissident thinking on moral foreign policies before 1989 and its applicability after” with Prof. Rick Fawn.
Join us Nov 20, 2025, 11:00 at OSA for a talk on how dissident moral ideas shaped post-1989 foreign policy.
💻 Zoom in: shorturl.at/JPjwr
Join us Nov 20, 2025, 11:00 at OSA for a talk on how dissident moral ideas shaped post-1989 foreign policy.
💻 Zoom in: shorturl.at/JPjwr
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
📚 “Living in dystopian times: Dissident thinking on moral foreign policies before 1989 and its applicability after” with Prof. Rick Fawn.
Join us Nov 20, 2025, 11:00 at OSA for a talk on how dissident moral ideas shaped post-1989 foreign policy.
💻 Zoom in: shorturl.at/JPjwr
Join us Nov 20, 2025, 11:00 at OSA for a talk on how dissident moral ideas shaped post-1989 foreign policy.
💻 Zoom in: shorturl.at/JPjwr
📰 Breaking News!
Today, the research room will open at 2:00 p.m.
We apologize for the inconvenience. 🙇♀️
Today, the research room will open at 2:00 p.m.
We apologize for the inconvenience. 🙇♀️
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📰 Breaking News!
Today, the research room will open at 2:00 p.m.
We apologize for the inconvenience. 🙇♀️
Today, the research room will open at 2:00 p.m.
We apologize for the inconvenience. 🙇♀️
Join us for the next Visegrad Scholarship at OSA talk!
🗓 Nov 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/HAYl9
Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz on “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
#BlinkenOSA #VisegradScholarship
🗓 Nov 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/HAYl9
Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz on “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
#BlinkenOSA #VisegradScholarship
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Join us for the next Visegrad Scholarship at OSA talk!
🗓 Nov 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/HAYl9
Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz on “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
#BlinkenOSA #VisegradScholarship
🗓 Nov 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/HAYl9
Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz on “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
#BlinkenOSA #VisegradScholarship
Today, on World Digital Preservation Day, the USAGM terminated the funding of Szabad Európa, the Hungarian-language service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As the keeper of the RFE/RL Research Institute's historical archives, we highlight the role of digital preservation: tinyurl.com/bdd9pudu
As the keeper of the RFE/RL Research Institute's historical archives, we highlight the role of digital preservation: tinyurl.com/bdd9pudu
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today, on World Digital Preservation Day, the USAGM terminated the funding of Szabad Európa, the Hungarian-language service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As the keeper of the RFE/RL Research Institute's historical archives, we highlight the role of digital preservation: tinyurl.com/bdd9pudu
As the keeper of the RFE/RL Research Institute's historical archives, we highlight the role of digital preservation: tinyurl.com/bdd9pudu
📚 Memory and Its Complex Legacies — At the 2025 ASEEES Convention, scholars explored how personal, collective, and institutional memories shape the past and influence what societies remember or forget.
#ASEEES2025 #MemoryStudies #Humanities
#ASEEES2025 #MemoryStudies #Humanities
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📚 Memory and Its Complex Legacies — At the 2025 ASEEES Convention, scholars explored how personal, collective, and institutional memories shape the past and influence what societies remember or forget.
#ASEEES2025 #MemoryStudies #Humanities
#ASEEES2025 #MemoryStudies #Humanities
📢 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Nov 6, 11AM 📍Archivum (2nd Floor) 💻Zoom: shorturl.at/OsM1S
Immanuel R. Harisch (Univ. Vienna) on the Communist-dominated WFTU (1953–1978) and Cold War labor debates. #LaborHistory #WFTU #BlinkenOSA #ColdWar
Immanuel R. Harisch (Univ. Vienna) on the Communist-dominated WFTU (1953–1978) and Cold War labor debates. #LaborHistory #WFTU #BlinkenOSA #ColdWar
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📢 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Nov 6, 11AM 📍Archivum (2nd Floor) 💻Zoom: shorturl.at/OsM1S
Immanuel R. Harisch (Univ. Vienna) on the Communist-dominated WFTU (1953–1978) and Cold War labor debates. #LaborHistory #WFTU #BlinkenOSA #ColdWar
Immanuel R. Harisch (Univ. Vienna) on the Communist-dominated WFTU (1953–1978) and Cold War labor debates. #LaborHistory #WFTU #BlinkenOSA #ColdWar
🌍 Helsinki at 50: Human Rights, Peace & Security
Our colleagues András Mink and Ioana Macrea-Toma represented Blinken OSA Archivum at an international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords — a milestone in Cold War diplomacy & human rights.
#BlinkenOSA #HelsinkiAt50
Our colleagues András Mink and Ioana Macrea-Toma represented Blinken OSA Archivum at an international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords — a milestone in Cold War diplomacy & human rights.
#BlinkenOSA #HelsinkiAt50
October 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🌍 Helsinki at 50: Human Rights, Peace & Security
Our colleagues András Mink and Ioana Macrea-Toma represented Blinken OSA Archivum at an international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords — a milestone in Cold War diplomacy & human rights.
#BlinkenOSA #HelsinkiAt50
Our colleagues András Mink and Ioana Macrea-Toma represented Blinken OSA Archivum at an international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords — a milestone in Cold War diplomacy & human rights.
#BlinkenOSA #HelsinkiAt50
🧠 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Upcoming Presentation
Join us on Oct 29, 2025 (11:00 a.m.) for Elene Nabakhteveli’s talk:
“Building Science Across Borders: The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Soviet Era.”
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor | 💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/xcXUC
Join us on Oct 29, 2025 (11:00 a.m.) for Elene Nabakhteveli’s talk:
“Building Science Across Borders: The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Soviet Era.”
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor | 💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/xcXUC
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🧠 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Upcoming Presentation
Join us on Oct 29, 2025 (11:00 a.m.) for Elene Nabakhteveli’s talk:
“Building Science Across Borders: The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Soviet Era.”
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor | 💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/xcXUC
Join us on Oct 29, 2025 (11:00 a.m.) for Elene Nabakhteveli’s talk:
“Building Science Across Borders: The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Soviet Era.”
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor | 💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/xcXUC
📢 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗦𝗔! 🎓
🧭 Research Theme (2025/2026): Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after)
🗓️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
📍 Location: Blinken OSA Archivum, Budapest 🇭🇺
🔗 Details: shorturl.at/51gfL
Supported by the International Visegrad Fund
🧭 Research Theme (2025/2026): Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after)
🗓️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
📍 Location: Blinken OSA Archivum, Budapest 🇭🇺
🔗 Details: shorturl.at/51gfL
Supported by the International Visegrad Fund
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗦𝗔! 🎓
🧭 Research Theme (2025/2026): Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after)
🗓️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
📍 Location: Blinken OSA Archivum, Budapest 🇭🇺
🔗 Details: shorturl.at/51gfL
Supported by the International Visegrad Fund
🧭 Research Theme (2025/2026): Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after)
🗓️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
📍 Location: Blinken OSA Archivum, Budapest 🇭🇺
🔗 Details: shorturl.at/51gfL
Supported by the International Visegrad Fund
📘 The Former “Yugoslavia Tribunal” as Monument of Justice is out!
A deep dive into the ICTY’s legacy, archives & Srebrenica history. Proud to have Csaba Szilágyi, Chief Archivist and Head of Human Rights Program at Blinken OSA Archivum as external advisor.
🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
A deep dive into the ICTY’s legacy, archives & Srebrenica history. Proud to have Csaba Szilágyi, Chief Archivist and Head of Human Rights Program at Blinken OSA Archivum as external advisor.
🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📘 The Former “Yugoslavia Tribunal” as Monument of Justice is out!
A deep dive into the ICTY’s legacy, archives & Srebrenica history. Proud to have Csaba Szilágyi, Chief Archivist and Head of Human Rights Program at Blinken OSA Archivum as external advisor.
🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
A deep dive into the ICTY’s legacy, archives & Srebrenica history. Proud to have Csaba Szilágyi, Chief Archivist and Head of Human Rights Program at Blinken OSA Archivum as external advisor.
🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
On September 26, we welcomed the fellows of @ceudeminst.bsky.social's Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA). Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi & Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert shared insights into our Cold War and human rights collections, and the role of archiving for social justice.
October 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On September 26, we welcomed the fellows of @ceudeminst.bsky.social's Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA). Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi & Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert shared insights into our Cold War and human rights collections, and the role of archiving for social justice.
Between September 25 and 27, our colleague, historian András Mink, took part in the International Journalism Forum in Athens, to discuss the relationship between archives and journalism.
📺 Watch the conversation: tinyurl.com/44ddbxxw
🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc324vnv
📺 Watch the conversation: tinyurl.com/44ddbxxw
🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc324vnv
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Between September 25 and 27, our colleague, historian András Mink, took part in the International Journalism Forum in Athens, to discuss the relationship between archives and journalism.
📺 Watch the conversation: tinyurl.com/44ddbxxw
🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc324vnv
📺 Watch the conversation: tinyurl.com/44ddbxxw
🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc324vnv
A new academic year has begun at Blinken OSA Archivum!
During CEU Orientation Week, students explored our online platforms, collections, and teaching programs.
This fall & winter we’re offering courses on archives, history, law, and social justice.
👉 Full course list: archivum.org/news/ay-2025...
During CEU Orientation Week, students explored our online platforms, collections, and teaching programs.
This fall & winter we’re offering courses on archives, history, law, and social justice.
👉 Full course list: archivum.org/news/ay-2025...
AY 2025/26 Begins at the Archivum
The new academic year kicked off at the Archivum with orientation of incoming students, course presentations and planning of group visits from various units across CEU.
archivum.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A new academic year has begun at Blinken OSA Archivum!
During CEU Orientation Week, students explored our online platforms, collections, and teaching programs.
This fall & winter we’re offering courses on archives, history, law, and social justice.
👉 Full course list: archivum.org/news/ay-2025...
During CEU Orientation Week, students explored our online platforms, collections, and teaching programs.
This fall & winter we’re offering courses on archives, history, law, and social justice.
👉 Full course list: archivum.org/news/ay-2025...
The results are in! 🎉 The July 2025 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA winners have been announced.
This year’s theme: Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after).
Thanks to all who applied!
👉 archivum.org/news/results...
This year’s theme: Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after).
Thanks to all who applied!
👉 archivum.org/news/results...
September 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The results are in! 🎉 The July 2025 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA winners have been announced.
This year’s theme: Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after).
Thanks to all who applied!
👉 archivum.org/news/results...
This year’s theme: Living in dystopian times: Lessons from the Cold War (and after).
Thanks to all who applied!
👉 archivum.org/news/results...
🎉 We’re Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence! Over 5,000 letters & postcards sent to Radio Free Europe’s legendary show will be processed. By 2026, they’ll be searchable, readable & freely available online 📬✨
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎉 We’re Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence! Over 5,000 letters & postcards sent to Radio Free Europe’s legendary show will be processed. By 2026, they’ll be searchable, readable & freely available online 📬✨
📣 Final Reminder: Call for Papers! Deadline Soon!
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📣 Final Reminder: Call for Papers! Deadline Soon!
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
Thank you, Director Rév!
István Rév, Professor at the Central European University and Founding Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on August 1, 2025.
Our announcement: archivum.org/news/thank-y...
István Rév, Professor at the Central European University and Founding Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on August 1, 2025.
Our announcement: archivum.org/news/thank-y...
August 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thank you, Director Rév!
István Rév, Professor at the Central European University and Founding Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on August 1, 2025.
Our announcement: archivum.org/news/thank-y...
István Rév, Professor at the Central European University and Founding Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on August 1, 2025.
Our announcement: archivum.org/news/thank-y...
📢 The Research Room will be closed for summer break from August 1–29, 2025.
We'll reopen on September 1 at 10:00 AM.
Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the rest of the summer! ☀️📚
We'll reopen on September 1 at 10:00 AM.
Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the rest of the summer! ☀️📚
August 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📢 The Research Room will be closed for summer break from August 1–29, 2025.
We'll reopen on September 1 at 10:00 AM.
Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the rest of the summer! ☀️📚
We'll reopen on September 1 at 10:00 AM.
Thanks for your understanding and enjoy the rest of the summer! ☀️📚
🗂️ How do we archive dissent?
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
July 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🗂️ How do we archive dissent?
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism.
📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online
📢 CFP open until Aug 31
📩 archivum@ceu.edu
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
📍 Blinken OSA Archivum colleagues joined the first in-person workshop of Discuss Data – History of Soviet Dissent and Samizdat/Samvydav (2023–2026), held July 14–15 at @fsobremen. The project builds a collaborative platform for researching Soviet-era dissent.
July 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📍 Blinken OSA Archivum colleagues joined the first in-person workshop of Discuss Data – History of Soviet Dissent and Samizdat/Samvydav (2023–2026), held July 14–15 at @fsobremen. The project builds a collaborative platform for researching Soviet-era dissent.
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
🗓️ July 28, 11AM
🎤 Anne Madelain: The Compound Fates of Post-Yugoslav Publishers in the Early 1990s and the Role Played by the Open Society Foundations
🎤 Jasna Jovicevic: Sounding Freedom: Avant-Garde Jazz in Cold War Hungary as Cultural Resistance
💻 Zoom: tinyurl.com/yer8765b
🗓️ July 28, 11AM
🎤 Anne Madelain: The Compound Fates of Post-Yugoslav Publishers in the Early 1990s and the Role Played by the Open Society Foundations
🎤 Jasna Jovicevic: Sounding Freedom: Avant-Garde Jazz in Cold War Hungary as Cultural Resistance
💻 Zoom: tinyurl.com/yer8765b
July 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
🗓️ July 28, 11AM
🎤 Anne Madelain: The Compound Fates of Post-Yugoslav Publishers in the Early 1990s and the Role Played by the Open Society Foundations
🎤 Jasna Jovicevic: Sounding Freedom: Avant-Garde Jazz in Cold War Hungary as Cultural Resistance
💻 Zoom: tinyurl.com/yer8765b
🗓️ July 28, 11AM
🎤 Anne Madelain: The Compound Fates of Post-Yugoslav Publishers in the Early 1990s and the Role Played by the Open Society Foundations
🎤 Jasna Jovicevic: Sounding Freedom: Avant-Garde Jazz in Cold War Hungary as Cultural Resistance
💻 Zoom: tinyurl.com/yer8765b