László Rajk 1949-2019

Yesterday night, László Rajk, architect, design artist and politician succumbed to a short, severe illness which he accepted with superhuman dignity. He was one of the few courageous and honest men in the country.

Örs Lehel Tari • August 26, 2019

The Tibor Philipp Collection is Available for Research at the Blinken OSA Archives

Tibor Philipp was an active member of the Hungarian alternative opposition and the independent artist group Inconnu during the 1980s. The archival collection contains documents and artworks associated with this period. As the artist group's activities were very diverse, the collection is one of the most colorful in the Archives, including art works, traditional textual, audio, and photo materials.

Örs Lehel Tari • July 22, 2019

Zsuzsa Horváth's Legacy Collection at Blinken OSA

In July this year Blinken OSA’s collection was expanded by the legacy collection of Zsuzsa Horváth (1950 - 1994), a researcher of one of the least studied social groups, the Hungarian free churches and religious base communities. The documents created in the course of her unfortunately short research career will be soon available to the public.

Katalin Dobó • July 19, 2019

Men walk on the Moon! The coverage of the event on the two sides of the Iron Curtain

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Moon Landing, OSA presents the press coverage of the event in three different countries.

Gabriella Horn • July 10, 2019

Why OSA?

Mini video interviews: our researchers from all around the world describe their experience at Blinken OSA.

Balázs Leposa • June 25, 2019

A new collection - accumulated by Lajos Jakab during the 1980s - is available for research at Blinken OSA

In addition to the publications, books, card and wall calendars issued by Áramlat [Stream] and Szabad Idő [Free Time] managed by Jakab, the collection containing classic samizdat material of the era was offered to Blinken OSA in 2016 and has now become available for researchers after being arranged and described in 2019.

Gabriella Horn • June 03, 2019

An Arrow Pointing at Death

Opening speech to Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2013 by János Térey poet, writer, translator ( Debrecen, September 14, 1970 – June 3, 2019) An Arrow Pointing at Death …everyone distorts others by being distorted Gombrowicz: The Marriage …much that is absurd, when one thinks about death Bernhard: My Prizes 1 Dear Guests,

Gabriella Horn • May 17, 2019

Political campaign communication before the advent of social media

Binken OSA's Archive of Electronic Campaign Letters

Zsófia Schmidt, Örs Lehel Tari • April 16, 2019

Péter Pallai’s Collection is Now Available for Research in the Blinken OSA Archives

The documents donated to Blinken OSA Archives by a former colleague of the BBC Hungarian Services have been processed and the finding aids are now available in our catalog.

Gabriella Horn • February 20, 2019

E.J. Hobsbawm: The New Threat to History

The following lecture was given in 1993 at the beginning of the academic year at the Central European University which just moved to Budapest then: