Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
Press Room - 2013
Posted: 17/December/2013
Karácsony előtt, december 17-én, konferenciát rendezünk Stadiont vagy fedelet címmel, amelyre várjuk az érintettek, a hozzáértők, a segíteni tudó, realista szakértők közreműködését. A párbeszéd reményében, a rendezvényre meghívjuk a kormány és a város embereit is. A konferencia részletes programja az oldal aljáról letölthető.
We are organizing a conference for December 17 titled Stadium or Shelter, and invite contributions from those affected, those who understand the problems, and professionals who can help. In the hope of dialog, we will also invite representatives of the government and the city of Budapest to the conference. Please note that the conference will take place in Hungarian.
Posted: 16/December/2013
Chronicles of 2013, as seen through the lenses of documentary film maker Ádám Csillag who films every single important event, regardless of the hardships involved. This evening we look back over the public events in 2013 by screening a selection of footage filmed and compiled by Csillag himself.
Posted: 09/December/2013
On December 15, OSA is screening a recording of Iván Fischer’s opera, “The Red Heifer”, a one-act grotesque lyrical work about the Tiszaeszlár trial. This screening is part of a series of events that accompanies the exhibition False Testimony by Hajnal Németh and Zoltán Kékesi.
Posted: 09/December/2013
The subject of the “False Testimony” exhibition is the Tiszaeszlár Trial of 1883, which was closely interwoven with the birth of modern antisemitism in Hungary. The photographs, videos and objects in the exhibition examine individual and collective memory and identity, the processes of psychological and cultural acquisition, and the learning of antisemitic witness and national martyrology.
Posted: 09/December/2013
This talk is part of a Hungarian-language discussion series that accompanies the exhibition False Testimony by Hajnal Németh and Zoltán Kékesi.
Posted: 09/December/2013
This conference, to be held on March 7-8, 2014, aims to bridge the gap between contemporary digital archival practices and academic theory regarding the image of and the image in the archive.
Posted: 29/November/2013
This talk is part of a Hungarian-language discussion series that accompanies the exhibition False Testimony by Hajnal Németh and Zoltán Kékesi.
Posted: 29/November/2013
This unique screening series about the Cold War’s technological, political and science-fiction imagery has been created in connection with the seminar Though this be Madness, yet there is Method in It.
Posted: 28/November/2013
The social and legal history aspects of the Tiszaeszlár trial - Modern era blood libels - Hungarian language presentation and discussion in conjunction with the Exhibition False Testimony by Hajnal Németh and Zoltán Kékesi.
Participants: Tamás Kende, György Kövér, István Stipta
Posted: 22/November/2013
Join us for a unique screening series on the Cold War’s technological, political and science-fiction imagery, in connection with the seminar Though this be Madness, yet there is Method in It: Cold War Fantasies. Explore a strange world where the lack of information led to surreal experimentation, collective madness and new forms of intelligence.
Posted: 14/November/2013
OSA is hosting a presentation in film and discussion of the legacy of John F. Kennedy, 50 years after his assassination.
Posted: 12/November/2013
OSA has signed a Public Archive Agreement with the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR), according to which OSA will preserve and publish online the public documents created and maintained by OHR during their activities since 1996.
Posted: 04/November/2013
This year Verzio is 10 years old. Human rights, documentary films, guests, experts, round-table discussions, student screenings and many more exciting programs again at the 10th Verzio Documentary Film Festival from 5th November.
Toldi Cinema | Művész Cinema | Cirko-gejzír Cinema | Örökmozgó Film Museum | Francia Intézet | OSA Archivum
Posted: 14/October/2013
This Thursday evening, OSA is one of over twenty participating institutions in the Night of Contemporary Galleries, with a program that includes our current exhibition, a lecture and a special performance organized by Café Budapest.
Posted: 14/October/2013
OSA presents András Szirtes's Film Diary 1979-2004: In search of exposition lost. Opening on September 10, the exhibition at Galeria Centralis presents the films, drawing sketches, written notes and images selected by experimental filmmaker András Szirtes, who has been making films since the late 1960s. For the duration of the exhibition, Szirtes's films will be screened every evening from 7 pm with the active participation of the filmmaker.
Posted: 02/October/2013
Originally presented in 2008 at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, Cold War Modern was the first English-language examination of design and consumer culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain. As part of Budapest Design Week, OSA is pleased to host a public lecture and discussion on Cold War design, organized by Blood Mountain.
Posted: 20/September/2013
OSA is pleased to circulate the final program for the 44th Annual Conference of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI), taking place on September 25-27, 2013 at the Central European University, Budapest.
Posted: 29/July/2013
Over the summer break, the archival Research Room will be closed from July 29 - August 31. The Research Room will re-open on Monday, September 2.
Posted: 09/July/2013
Call for Papers for the 44th Annual Conference of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI): Opening up Social History Repositories: New Technologies and New Methods
September 26-28, 2013, Auditorium, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Organized by IALHI, in cooperation with the Central European University and OSA Archivum
Posted: 26/June/2013
As part of the annual Central European University summer school, a series of five public film screenings will be held in late June and early July, one of which is taking place at OSA. At each screening, the film's director or producer will be present to discuss the work and take questions.
Posted: 20/June/2013
For the eighth year running, OSA is taking part in the annual Night of the Museums festival in Budapest, on Saturday June 22, 2013. We will be offering guided tours of the archive and our current exhibition, from 5 pm until after midnight. Doors open at 4 pm.
Posted: 17/June/2013
Public lecture by Piotr Wciślik on the political economy of the free word in 1980s Poland
Posted: 11/June/2013
The exhibition "Végképp eltörölni/No more tradition's chains shall bind us..." presents a selection of around 300 posters from the Rákosi and Kádár eras (1949-1989) which served as political propaganda, promoting the public morality of the new Socialist era, the “correct way” to live, or which advertized film premiers and other cultural events.
Posted: 10/June/2013
In preparation for the forthcoming 25th anniversary of 1989, OSA is proud to have taken part, together with Hungary's official Ambassador to the project, László Rajk, at the launch of Europeana 1989 at the History Meeting House in Warsaw.
Posted: 03/June/2013
Public lecture by Valentina Parisi contextualizing samizdat publishing and reading practices within the interpretive framework provided by book history studies
Posted: 29/May/2013
To mark the recent passing of Alfréd Reisch (1931-2013), head of RFE/RL’s Hungarian Research and Evaluation Section, OSA presents a selection of his research papers analyzing Hungarian politics of the 1980s.
Posted: 22/May/2013
Join us for a unique film screening in connection with the Bibliotheca exhibition at OSA Archivum, exploring the idea of libraries as special, almost spiritual places through short films about library design.
Posted: 17/May/2013
In June, 2013 OSA signed an agreement with the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE Trust), Warsaw on the acquisition of the Trust’s digital archive after its closure on April 30, 2013.
Posted: 16/May/2013
OSA publishes the unified finding aids of HU OSA 318 Records of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF, 1982-2007), a vast archive documenting the activities of the most prominent human rights organization in implementing the Helsinki Process.
Posted: 14/May/2013
CEU librarians will give a presentation at OSA on academic research tools, including open source and subscribed resources. The aim is to demonstrate how open sources can work together with subscribed scholarly databases and web scale discovery services to facilitate teaching, learning and research.