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Collections News
20/11/2025

Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research

Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.
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Collections News
20/11/2025

Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research

Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.
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Announcement
20/11/2025

Winter Break in the Research Room

The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.
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Collections News
20/11/2025

Hungarian Proto-Samizdat "Napló" Now Available for Research

Also on view at a related exhibition at the Art Department, in Budapest.
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Announcement
20/11/2025

Winter Break in the Research Room

The Research Room is closed from December 15, 2025, and will reopen on January 7, 2026.
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Academic News
17/11/2025

The Archivum's presentation at CIVICA Café

Senior Archivist Mark László-Herbert gave a talk at the CIVICA Café titled (Counter)Archives: An introduction to the Blinken OSA Archivum.

Events

* All our programs are free.
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11:00 AM, November 27

US Grantmaking in 1990s Russia: The Rise and Demise of Liberal ...

The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Daria Khokhlova.
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11:00 AM, December 02

Documenting from Below: The Development and Study of Community ...

Dr. Magdalena Wiśniewska-Drewniak's lecture focuses on community archives—grassroots documentation initiatives—operating in contemporary Poland.
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December 12 - March 08

Shifting Perspectives: If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag 

The exhibition presents a unique artists’ residency program in the time of the Cold War.
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Research Room

The Archivum is an open-access facility committed to making research materials available free of charge. Our Research Room is freely accessible to the public and offers a friendly environment for quiet study.

Where to find usArany Janos u. 32., Budapest, Hungary
Opening hoursMon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45

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Blog
19/11/2025

There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)

Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.
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Blog
19/11/2025

There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)

Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.
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Video
21/10/2025

András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...

Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...
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Blog
19/11/2025

There Was and Is No Poverty (in Autocracies)

Poverty statistics have become a political issue in today's Hungary; its Social past brings telling parallels.
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Video
21/10/2025

András Mink and Attila Ara-Kovács: Life in Ceaușescu’s ...

Historian András Mink and philosopher Attila Ara-Kovács discussed what life was like in Ceaușescu's ...
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Video
26/06/2025

The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening

Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

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We are a dynamic archival institution focusing on collections related to the Cold War, and human rights (violations) worldwide.
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