
Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

Scholarship
29/08/2025
Results! Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – July 2025
We are happy to announce that the evaluation of the July 2025 call of the Visegrad Scholarship at OSA has finished, and the final list of winners has ...

Announcement
01/08/2025
Thank You, Director Rév
István Rév, professor at the Central European University and founding director of Blinken OSA Archivum, retired on 1 August 2025.

Academic News
23/07/2025
CfP! ACTIVATE Seminar: Alternative Media Archives
The second seminar of ACTIVATE WP4 will address the challenges of research and preservation practices in October.

Partner Projects
22/07/2025
Discuss Data: Workshop on the History of Soviet Dissent
Building a community platform for archival data concerning Soviet dissident culture.

Collections News
21/07/2025
We're Digitizing the Teenager Party Correspondence
University and high-school students participate in making collection accessible online.

Announcement
17/07/2025
Website Accessibility Commitment
We are dedicated to ensuring that our websites are accessible to all users.

Conference
11/07/2025
Srebrenica 30
July 11 is the international day of remembering the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.

Conference
07/07/2025
Blinken OSA Archivum at AHM 2025 Annual Conference
Dedicated to the study of emotions and their connections to cultural heritage, cultural and collective memory processes, and material objects.

Announcement
03/07/2025
Summertime in the Research Room
We are closing early on Fridays in July, and are fully closed in August.

The Tactless Photojournalist: Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the ...
The exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of the work of Transylvanian photojournalist, savior of archives, and journalist Lajos Erdélyi.

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

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.

Video
26/06/2025
The Tactless Photojournalist – Exhibition Opening
Lajos Erdélyi’s Archive from the Ceaușescu Era. Opened by: György Dragomán, writer.

Video
20/05/2025
István Rév: Delusion
Accompanying the exhibition Fake for Real, István Rév, the Director of the Blinken OSA Archivum, gave a lecture on fake Holocaust memoirs.

Blog
15/05/2025
Austrian State Treaty at 70: an Eastern European ...
The Austrian State Treaty, signed 70 years ago today, awoke hopes of greater autonomy across the Eastern Bloc.

Video
25/03/2025
Dániel Ács: Falsifying a Headshot
Journalist Dániel Ács's talk on his book 'Falsifying a Headshot' is now online (in Hungarian). Watch the event that was part our 'Real Fake Stories' ...

Video
12/03/2025
Statárium. Kulak Trials in Film and Fiction Novels
Panel discussion (in Hungarian) about the documentary 'Statárium' which examines the statutory trials of three landowners—referred to as “kulaks” in ...

Blog
11/11/2024
Radio Free Europe in 1956, as Hungarian Refugees Remembered
The role of the West is once again subject of debates.

Video
07/10/2024
Summer on the Hill - Film screening and discussion (in ...
Part of the public programs related to the Basalt. Layers of Oblivion exhibition.

Video
02/10/2024
Basalt - Exhibition Opening
The exhibition 'Basalt - The Layers of Oblivion' was opened by curator Iván Székely and writer Rudolf Ungváry. The recording is now available (in ...

Video
15/03/2024
Petofi Program Series Online
Watch the recordings of discussions about the poet's legacy in film, literature, politics, and our collective consciousness.
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Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Opening
Galeria: Tue-Sun 10:00 - 18:00
Research Room: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45
Research Room: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45
Contact
Email: archivum@ceu.edu
Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Address: Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-327-3250
Opening
Galeria: Tue-Sun 10:00 - 18:00
Research Room: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45
Research Room: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:45