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Now available in our online catalog, the Soros Foundation–Hungary yearbooks detail the grants, awarded between 1984 and 2003 in Hungary, amounting to more than 170 billion forints in today’s value. The yearbooks provide the most authentic publicly available source for researching the indispensable activities carried out by the Foundation during and after the regime change in Hungary. Funding, networking, and knowledge sharing filled gaps in fields such as education, healthcare, social care, culture, media, and advocacy. The 19 volumes have been digitized and OCR-ed, allowing both browsing and searching the documents in the Archivum’s online catalog.

On May 13-17, students from the Department of History participated in a concentrated experiential learning session at the Blinken OSA Archivum on the Budapest campus of CEU. Officially entitled the Archival Practice (HIST5192), this 2-credit course allowed students to familiarize themselves with the various stages of the archival workflow and the “invisible” processes of creating archives.

In 16 chapters, with more than 50 photos, diagrams, and embedded videos, the report provides a comprehensive record of Blinken OSA Archivum 2023's activities that we can still be proud of years later.

Dialog with a Person Who Fights Propaganda, and Who Became Its Victim Presentation and round-table discussion Time and venue: Blinken OSA Archivum (1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32), May 15, 2024, 6:00 p

We are happy to announce the next presentations of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. Join the event in the Archivum, or online! The presentations will be held at 14:00 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the Meeting Room of the Blinken OSA Archivum, and online. 

BOOK LAUNCH May 2, 2024, 6:00 p.m. Blinken OSA Archivum (1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 32.), Research Room Adrian-George Matus's book, The Long 1968 in Hungary and Romania, examines the history of the sixty-eighters from both countries between 1956 and 1975. It seeks to address two main topics: the impact of “the long 1968” on protest history, and the distinction between protest, opposition, and leisure activities among the youth. Through comparative and oral history methodology, the book fills archival gaps and elucidates how political and social events shaped individuals’ memories.

Following last year’s exhibition, Commissioned Memory: Hungarian Exhibitions in Auschwitz, 1960/1965 at Blinken OSA Archivum’s Galeria Centralis, its virtual version was released on 16 April 2024, on the occasion of the Memorial Day of the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust: https://commissionedmemory.osaarchivum.org/

Blinken  OSA Archivum and Verzio Film Festival present 5 outstanding documentaries - the most popular films of the previous programs. Do not miss this rare opportunity to watch some of the best documentary features for FREE! Films are screened in original language with English subtitles. April 10- May 16 2024 / 6 PM WHERE: Blinken OSA Archivum Budapest V, Arany János u. 32. Seating is first-come first-served basis. Come on time! / ADMISSION FREE / REGISTRATION

We are happy to announce the next presentation of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. Join the event in the Archivum, or online following the link below! The presentation will be held at 14:00 CET on Tuesday, April 2, in the Meeting Room of the Blinken OSA Archivum, and online. The link to the Zoom meeting is: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/98659199472?pwd=L1VFU2lRaDY0cXNJRUFoTFhweTZrZz09 Meeting ID: 986 5919 9472 Passcode: 281692

We are happy to announce the next presentations of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. Join the event in the Archivum, or online! The presentations will be held at 11:00 CET on Thursday, March 21, in the Meeting Room of the Blinken OSA Archivum, and online. 

We, members of the Blinken OSA Archivum, express our admiration for Oleg Orlov; for his many years of struggle for human rights, and for his fearlessness in front of the regime. The Blinken OSA Archivum, a long-time ally of Memorial and a repository of documents related to the histories and aftermaths of grave human rights violations, endorses the statement issued by 33 human rights organizations, and condemns the sentence.

On the 10th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea and the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression it led to against Ukraine, the Blinken OSA Archivum raises awareness of the Ukrainian people’s successful struggle for independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The new Curated Collection titled Winning Freedom: Ukraine, 1989–1991, published today, reconstructs three crucial years in Ukraine’s transition process based on archival documents from the Archivum’s holdings.

What do the following have in common?   an audio walking tour and exhibition about the prewar nightlife in the Jewish District of Budapest  an interactive online novel set in 1956, during the revolution in Hungary  a poetic documentary film about the lives of Socialist monuments in Memento Park  an online exhibition amending the controversial museum House of Terror concerning the history of the transition from Horthy’s regime to the Arrow Cross rule between 1920 and 1944 

We are happy to announce the next presentation of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA. Join the event in the Archivum, or online by following the link below!  The presentation will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, in the Meeting Room of the Blinken OSA Archivum, and online. The Zoom link of the meeting is: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92097409782?pwd=ci9LUG4rcXRyZHFKSHlrQ3pQakpWUT09   The silence of saying no. Narrating desertion in the Yugoslav wars. by Dr. Milica Popović, Sciences Po CERI