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!
✨ Season’s Greetings from the staff of the Blinken OSA Archivum! ✨
We wish you peaceful holidays and a happy, inspiring New Year.
📸 Photo: Fortepan
We wish you peaceful holidays and a happy, inspiring New Year.
📸 Photo: Fortepan
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
✨ Season’s Greetings from the staff of the Blinken OSA Archivum! ✨
We wish you peaceful holidays and a happy, inspiring New Year.
📸 Photo: Fortepan
We wish you peaceful holidays and a happy, inspiring New Year.
📸 Photo: Fortepan
How do archives speak after war?
Bosnian collections shaped by human rights documentation become spaces where trauma, justice, and imagination intersect. From legal evidence to cultural practice, they sustain complex memory work and invite ethical engagement with the past.
Bosnian collections shaped by human rights documentation become spaces where trauma, justice, and imagination intersect. From legal evidence to cultural practice, they sustain complex memory work and invite ethical engagement with the past.
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How do archives speak after war?
Bosnian collections shaped by human rights documentation become spaces where trauma, justice, and imagination intersect. From legal evidence to cultural practice, they sustain complex memory work and invite ethical engagement with the past.
Bosnian collections shaped by human rights documentation become spaces where trauma, justice, and imagination intersect. From legal evidence to cultural practice, they sustain complex memory work and invite ethical engagement with the past.
Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Presentation, Dec 11, 2025, 11:00 (Archivum, 2nd floor + Zoom). Dr. Tijana Rupčić (Polish Academy of Sciences) will discuss how Yugoslavia’s technomanagers shaped socialist modernization, balancing expertise, ideology, and authority.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Presentation, Dec 11, 2025, 11:00 (Archivum, 2nd floor + Zoom). Dr. Tijana Rupčić (Polish Academy of Sciences) will discuss how Yugoslavia’s technomanagers shaped socialist modernization, balancing expertise, ideology, and authority.
❄️ Winter Break in the Research Room ❄️
Our Research Room closes Dec 15, 2025 and reopens Jan 7, 2026. Online services (except Digitization on Demand) run until Dec 19, so digital document requests are available through Dec 19.
More: archivum.org/news/winter-...
Our Research Room closes Dec 15, 2025 and reopens Jan 7, 2026. Online services (except Digitization on Demand) run until Dec 19, so digital document requests are available through Dec 19.
More: archivum.org/news/winter-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
❄️ Winter Break in the Research Room ❄️
Our Research Room closes Dec 15, 2025 and reopens Jan 7, 2026. Online services (except Digitization on Demand) run until Dec 19, so digital document requests are available through Dec 19.
More: archivum.org/news/winter-...
Our Research Room closes Dec 15, 2025 and reopens Jan 7, 2026. Online services (except Digitization on Demand) run until Dec 19, so digital document requests are available through Dec 19.
More: archivum.org/news/winter-...
Explore how grassroots archives shape memory and community in Poland. Join dr. Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak for a deep look at documenting from below.
🗓️ Dec 2, 11 AM | Blinken OSA Archivum
🔗 ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/9129909703...
🗓️ Dec 2, 11 AM | Blinken OSA Archivum
🔗 ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/9129909703...
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Explore how grassroots archives shape memory and community in Poland. Join dr. Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak for a deep look at documenting from below.
🗓️ Dec 2, 11 AM | Blinken OSA Archivum
🔗 ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/9129909703...
🗓️ Dec 2, 11 AM | Blinken OSA Archivum
🔗 ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/9129909703...
Hungarian proto-samizdat Napló is now accessible for research at the Blinken OSA Archivum! The collection features excerpts from this groundbreaking 1977 publication and opens alongside an exhibition inspired by Péter Nádas’s Helyszínelés.
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Hungarian proto-samizdat Napló is now accessible for research at the Blinken OSA Archivum! The collection features excerpts from this groundbreaking 1977 publication and opens alongside an exhibition inspired by Péter Nádas’s Helyszínelés.
“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.
Link: archivum.org/entries/blog...
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.
Link: archivum.org/entries/blog...
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“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.
Link: archivum.org/entries/blog...
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.
Link: 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
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
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
📢 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
🎙️ 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.
More: shorturl.at/qtBIy
📚 Ioana explored Romanian exiles in Paris, whose documentation became a form of resistance.
Proud of their work linking exile, dissent & human rights.
More: shorturl.at/qtBIy
October 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎙️ 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.
More: shorturl.at/qtBIy
📚 Ioana explored Romanian exiles in Paris, whose documentation became a form of resistance.
Proud of their work linking exile, dissent & human rights.
More: shorturl.at/qtBIy
🌍 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
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
Elene Nabakhteveli traces how science crossed borders even under ideological control.
#ColdWarHistory #ScienceDiplomacy
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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
Elene Nabakhteveli traces how science crossed borders even under ideological control.
#ColdWarHistory #ScienceDiplomacy
🧠 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
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...