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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 9d

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.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 11d

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

Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 25d

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...

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.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Sep 1

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...

Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 29

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Students, want to join in? As part of their internships, high school & university students are helping digitize this historic archive & design the site. Be part of the Teenager Party project 👉 archivum.org/about-us/job...

Archives Digitization Intern

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 29

🎉 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 📬✨

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 27

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CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives

The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 27

📣 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
📩 [email protected]
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 4

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...

Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Aug 1

📢 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! ☀️📚

Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 31

🎙️ Calling researchers, archivists, and media activists:
Submit your abstract (300 words) + CV for ACTIVATE Seminar 2: Mediactivism
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 31
✉️ [email protected]
#CallForPapers #AltMedia #ArchivalJustice
More: shorturl.at/4qzrr

CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives

The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 31

🗂️ 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
📩 [email protected]
#MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 29

The initiative brings together archival materials from partner institutions in Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania—and Blinken OSA Archivum—to support research into dissident culture and samizdat.
More: shorturl.at/A8owq

Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent

Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 29

📍 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.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 24

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

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 17

🎙️ RFE was more than news—it gave Romanians under dictatorship a sense of freedom & belonging.
Join Dr. Uschi Klein on July 23, 11AM, Archivum 📍 as she explores RFE’s impact in pre-1989 Romania.
👉 Full details: archivum.org/events/more-...

More than a radio station punctuating the Iron Curtain

The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Dr Uschi Klein, Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 17

📢 Visegrad Lecture Series
🗓️ July 23, 11AM
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
🎤 Dr. Uschi Klein (Brighton) on Radio Free Europe’s role in shaping political freedom & belonging in 1980s Romania. Why listening was resistance.
💻 Join on Zoom: shorturl.at/RL4t1

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 17

🎙️ Maria Galmarini (William & Mary) explores disability, dissent & RFE in the late USSR.
🗓️ July 23, 11:00 AM
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
Discover how disabled citizens shaped narratives of freedom before perestroika.
👉 Info: archivum.org/events/disse...

Dissenting Invalids: Disability and Political Change Before Perestroika

The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Maria Galmarini, Associate Professor of History and Global Studies,  William & Mary, (Williamsburg, VA, USA)

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 17

📢 Visegrad Lecture 📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
🗓️ July 23, 11:00 AM
💬 Maria Galmarini on disability, dissent & freedom in late Soviet years—plus the hidden role of RFE in 1980s Romania.
💻 Join via Zoom: shorturl.at/RL4t1

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 15

The @srebrenicamemorial plays a key role in preserving memory & fighting denial. Blinken OSA’s Csaba Szilágyi spoke at the 30th anniversary events on archiving violent pasts & shared our Srebrenica projects, incl. Srebrenica: Exhumation. 🖇️ archivum.org/news/srebren...

Srebrenica 30

July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 15

🕯️ July 11 marks 30 years since the Srebrenica Genocide. Seven newly identified victims were laid to rest this year, while denial and tensions persist. Blinken OSA Archivum joined commemorations, supporting remembrance & truth-seeking. #Srebrenica #NeverForget

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 8

Csaba Szilágyi’s talk at the 2025 AHM Conference focused on “Emotional Engagement in the Critical Archiving of Violent Past(s).” He examined how archivists’ feelings like detachment and nostalgia influence how difficult histories are preserved and understood. #CriticalArchiving
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Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference

Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 8

The 2025 AHM Annual Conference (July 2–4) explored how emotions shape cultural heritage, collective memory, and material culture. Blinken OSA Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi discussed the emotional role archivists play in interpreting records of violent pasts. #AHM2025 #BlinkenOSA

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 7

Discover how Soviet propaganda blurred fact & fiction in cinema. Visual artist Oleksandr Stoianov examines a 1928 film from Solovetsky prison camp, revealing how propaganda crafted idealistic illusions.

🗓️ July 8, 11:00 a.m.
💻 More: shorturl.at/ipAfI

Exploring performative language of the propaganda in Soviet films about the Solovetsky prison camp

The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Oleksandr Stoianov, visual artist.

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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · Jul 7

🎬 Join us for the next Visegrad Lecture Series!
🗓️ July 8, 2025
🕚 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, Meeting Room, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/s8ZWu

Oleksandr Stoianov explores Soviet propaganda’s performative language in films about Solovki prison camp.

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