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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!
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“Poverty didn’t exist”—that’s what the regime claimed.
István Kemény proved otherwise, sparking a scandal that reshaped Hungarian sociology and forced him into exile.
On his centenary, we revisit his taboo-breaking 1970 lecture.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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What if an archive could reveal its many selves? At CIVICA Café, Mark László-Herbert guided listeners through the layers of the Blinken OSA Archivum—from counter-archives to public engagement and the personal stories behind the work.
Explore: archivum.org/news/the-arc...
The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café
Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Exciting news for researchers! The first series of the FIMITIC (International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability) Records is now available at the Archivum. Dive into decades of documentation on global disability advocacy. More info: archivum.org/news/executi...
Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research
The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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How did dissident moral thinking before 1989 influence foreign policy after communism? Prof. Rick Fawn explores two key hypotheses in his project on values, intervention, and the Visegrad legacy.
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Living in dystopian times: Dissident thinking on moral foreign policies before 1989 and its applicability to foreign policy after.
The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Rick Fawn (Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews).
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November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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How did words like freedom or truth shape the Cold War—and what happens to them now?
Join Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz for “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
🗓 Nov 13 | 11:00 a.m.
More: archivum.org/events/words...
Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric
The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz (Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études Françaises, Deputy Director).
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November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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How did words like freedom or truth shape the Cold War—and what happens to them now?

Join Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz for “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
🗓 Nov 13 | 11:00 a.m.

🔗 More info: archivum.org/events/words...
#ColdWar #PostTruth #BlinkenOSA
Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric
The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz (Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études Françaises, Deputy Director).
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November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Our colleague Ioana Macrea-Toma presented “Oral History for Intellectual Biographies” at #ASEEES2025, examining how oral history can recover the lives of intellectuals marginalized or forgotten after 1989.

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Memory and Its Complex Legacies: Ioana Macrea-Toma at the 2025 ASEEES Convention
Ioana Macrea-Toma contributed an online presentation at the 2025 ASEEES Convention, engaging with the conference’s theme of memory and its complex legacies in Eastern Europe.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Guided by Csaba Szilágyi, Márk László-Herbert, András Mink, Judit Hegedüs, and Zsuzsa Zádori, students explored the Blinken OSA Archivum and the Tactless Photojournalist exhibition—gaining hands-on insight into archives, research, and memory. #CEU #BlinkenOSA #History
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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How did Cold War tensions shape global labor? 🛠️ Harisch explores WFTU congresses (1953–1978), disunity, autonomy & ideology. Based on Blinken OSA archives.
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#TradeUnions #GlobalHistory #VisegradScholarship #BlinkenOSA
Debating Dis/Unity, Autonomy and Dogmatism at World Congresses: The Communist-Dominated World Federation of Trade Unions (1953–1978)
The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Immanuel R. Harisch (University of Vienna).
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October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🎙️ András traced how Hungarian exiles in France & the U.S. kept the 1956 Revolution’s legacy alive in dissident circles.
📚 Ioana explored Romanian exiles in Paris, whose documentation became a form of resistance.
Proud of their work linking exile, dissent & human rights.

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October 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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During the Cold War, Dubna’s Joint Institute for Nuclear Research united scientists from across the socialist world — blending politics, diplomacy & discovery.
Elene Nabakhteveli traces how science crossed borders even under ideological control.
#ColdWarHistory #ScienceDiplomacy
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM