Join us for the next Visegrad Scholarship at OSA talk!
🗓 Nov 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 Archivum, 2nd Floor
💻 Zoom: shorturl.at/HAYl9
Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz on “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
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Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz (Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études Françaises, Deputy Director).

How did words like freedom or truth shape the Cold War—and what happens to them now?

Join Dr. Niv Nissim Schvartz for “Words in Ruins: Lexical Disintegration and the Afterlife of Cold War Rhetoric.”
🗓 Nov 13 | 11:00 a.m.

🔗 More info: archivum.org/events/words...
#ColdWar #PostTruth #BlinkenOSA

Guided by Csaba Szilágyi, Márk László-Herbert, András Mink, Judit Hegedüs, and Zsuzsa Zádori, students explored the Blinken OSA Archivum and the Tactless Photojournalist exhibition—gaining hands-on insight into archives, research, and memory. #CEU #BlinkenOSA #History

Debating Dis/Unity, Autonomy and Dogmatism at World Congresses: The Communist-Dominated World Federation of Trade Unions (1953–1978) The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA Lecture Series continues with presentation by Immanuel R. Harisch (University of Vienna).

How did Cold War tensions shape global labor? 🛠️ Harisch explores WFTU congresses (1953–1978), disunity, autonomy & ideology. Based on Blinken OSA archives.
More: shorturl.at/0WP3r
#TradeUnions #GlobalHistory #VisegradScholarship #BlinkenOSA

📢 Visegrad Scholarship at OSA – Nov 6, 11AM 📍Archivum (2nd Floor) 💻Zoom: shorturl.at/OsM1S
Immanuel R. Harisch (Univ. Vienna) on the Communist-dominated WFTU (1953–1978) and Cold War labor debates. #LaborHistory #WFTU #BlinkenOSA #ColdWar

🌍 Helsinki at 50: Human Rights, Peace & Security
Our colleagues András Mink and Ioana Macrea-Toma represented Blinken OSA Archivum at an international conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords — a milestone in Cold War diplomacy & human rights.
#BlinkenOSA #HelsinkiAt50

The 2025 AHM Annual Conference (July 2–4) explored how emotions shape cultural heritage, collective memory, and material culture. Blinken OSA Chief Archivist Csaba Szilágyi discussed the emotional role archivists play in interpreting records of violent pasts. #AHM2025 #BlinkenOSA

🎉 Snapshots from the Night of Museums at Blinken OSA Archivum! Tours, rare films, hidden Budapest stories & live music filled the night. Thanks to everyone who joined us! 📸 #NightOfMuseums #BlinkenOSA

Tonight at Blinken OSA:
📸 Building tours
🎞️ Vintage films
🎻 Live string quartet with private Budapest footage
📚 Rare, touchable documents

If you love hidden histories, this is your night!

#NightOfMuseums #BlinkenOSA

🎉 The Night of Museums has started at Blinken OSA! Guided tours, rare films, a live string quartet 🎻 and hidden Budapest stories await. Curators in action, secret collections, surprises all night. Come explore!

#NightOfMuseums #BlinkenOSA

🕰️ A Livable Past?
Today at the CEU Budapest Festival, we welcomed visitors to Blinken OSA Archivum for a guided tour led by Gábor Klaniczay.

The exhibition Past as You Order? explores how medieval history is reshaped to serve present-day political goals in Hungary & Russia.
#BlinkenOSA

What do green plants have to do with productivity?
In 1966, Speedwriters’ Journal said: quite a lot.

A #Budapest100 tour at the Goldberger House looked back at the role of plants in socialist workspaces—and gave a glimpse into the Blinken OSA Archivum’s collections. 📚🌿
#BlinkenOSA #urbanjungle

🌿 Mother-in-law’s tongue, spider plant, purple heart...

This weekend’s #Budapest100, Nóra Bertalan and Katalin Dobó led a tour through the Goldberger House, exploring the history of iconic office plants that once filled socialist-era interiors.
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#BlinkenOSA #urbanjungle #GoldbergerHáz #archivum

🎬Blinken OSA Archivum co-leads ACTIVATE’s work package on Alternative Media & Digital Activism, represented by Dr. Oksana Sarkisova, who was elected to the project’s Executive Board. Excited to foster research & collaboration!

#EUHorizonEurope #ACTIVATE #BlinkenOSA #CulturalHeritage

1️⃣ Join us for the next “Visegrad Scholarship at OSA” presentation! 📚🔎
🗓️ Monday, March 3, 2025 – 10:00 a.m.
📍 Blinken OSA Archivum / 🔗 Online: shorturl.at/Q4hEU
Olga Petrova explores the Munich Institute’s role in fostering a Ukrainian-Jewish intellectual network in exile. #History #BlinkenOSA

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