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Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives

The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) at Central European University (CEU) is a complex archival institution. OSA is both a  repository  of important collections, primarily related to the history of the Cold War and grave international human rights violations, and a  laboratory  of archival experiments on new ways of assessing, contextualizing, presenting, and making use of archival documents.

Feb
Media Art Exhibition: Darling, Let Me Hold You!

Media Art Exhibition: Darling, Let Me Hold You!

Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Jan
In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023)

In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press 2023) by Oksana Sarkisova (CEU) and Olga Shevchenko (Williams College)

Oksana Sarkisova, Olga Shevchenko
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | QS Auditorium
Jan
In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023)

In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023) by Oksana Sarkisova (CEU) and Olga Shevchenko (Williams College)

Oksana Sarkisova, Olga Shevchenko
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32
Jan
Danyi Gábor: Szamizdat irodalom Magyarországon 1956–1989 - könyvbemutató

Danyi Gábor: Szamizdat irodalom Magyarországon 1956–1989 - könyvbemutató

Danyi Gábor
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Jan
András Böröcz, Noisemaker

András Böröcz, Noisemaker

Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | Átrium
Jan
zajkeltő vagon cover

1944-2024 - Zajkeltő vagon

Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | Auditorium
Dec
Photo credit: Prague during the 1968 invasion, captured by Paul Goldsmith

December 13, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Emese Kürti
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Dec
Letter invitation from Romani Union to journalist Anna Koptová from former Czechoslovakia, Family Archive of Anna Koptová, year 1979

December 7, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Dominika Badžová
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Nov
31.08.1980, Wroclaw, Poland. Strike at the tram depot. (Archiwum Fundacji Ośrodka KARTA)

15 November, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Katarzyna Stańczak-Wiślicz
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Nov
Forgotten Dead: The Memory of the Roma Holocaust

Forgotten Dead: The Memory of the Roma Holocaust

Angela Kocze, Anna Lujza Szász, Daniel Véri
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Blinken OSA Archivum
Oct
A Magyarorszag flag held by Viktor Orban

CEU Polányi Salon: Dimensions of Populism in a Transnational Perspective

Budapest Site | Nador u. 13 | 118
Sep
Comissioned Memory - Hungarian Exhibitions in Auschwitz 1960/1965

Commissioned Memory - Hungarian Exhibitions in Auschwitz, 1960/1965 - Curatorial Guided Tour

Dániel Véri
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Sep
Source: Hungarian National Museum

Commissioned Memory - Hungarian Exhibitions in Auschwitz, 1960/1965 - Exhibition opening

Istvan Rev, Eszter Susán, Andras Kovacs
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Aug
Still from the film “Unfinished Spaces” (2011) / AJNA Films and The Room

Finissage – Curatorial Guided Tour and Film Screening

Adrian Labaut
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Jul
"Edward Gierek presents the badge of Distinguished Miner of People's Poland to shot-firer Ludwik Bębenek", Trybuna Ludu, 03 December 1972. HU OSA 300-50-1:1166/4, Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest

26 July, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentations

Grace Simpson, Dr Zsuzsanna Varga
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Jul
Photo Archive of the Museum of Yugoslavia (Belgrade, Serbia)

July 17, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentations

Dr. Marko Miljković
Jul
“Hunger Strike for Passports by Members of the Opposition.” 1988. 440-1-1:60/1, Documents and photographs; Éva Kapitány Photo Collection; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest

July 6, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentations

Lindsey N. Kingston, Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Jun
Markin Pavel, Photo Archive of the magazine 'Ogoniok' / Kommersant. Translation of the photo: "Perestroika is the affair of all and everyone."

June 26, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Margarita Pavlova
Jun
Night of the Museums 2023

Night of the Museums 2023 at Blinken OSA Archivum - In the exhibition “Cuban Architectures: The Third Space”

Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Goldberger House
Jun
La Habana, © Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida

UNFINISHED SPACES Professional program of the exhibition Cuban Architectures: The Third Space

José Antonio Choy López , Julia León Lacher
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Jun
Manuel Copado, Solimar Building, La Habana. © Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida

Cuban Architectures: The Third Space - Exhibition

Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
Jun
Artwork by Nergis Canefe

June 19, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Nergis Canefe
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Meeting Room
Jun
Ion Vianu, psychiatrist and dissident. Surveillance photo taken by the Secret Police (Securitate), 1974. National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, Informative Fund, File I 105865, p. 1

June 13, 2023: Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Presentation

Ana-Maria Cătănuș
May
The Great Plain (1995) about Petőfi, music by Mihály Víg.

PETŐFI FOR ALL SEASONS: Political Changes in the Petőfi Cult between 1942 and 1956 - Finissage

András Mink, historian, Béla Tarr, filmmaker
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centralis
May
Petőfi Mirages Event Series - Ferenc Kardos: Petőfi ‘73. Film screening and discussion.

Petőfi Mirages Event Series - Ferenc Kardos: Petőfi ‘73. Film screening and discussion.

Balázs Varga film historian, András Mink, historian
Budapest Site | Arany Janos u. 32 | Galeria Centrális