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Events / Announcements
Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives 2021/22
Visegrad Scholarship at the Open Society Archives 2021/22
New Visegrad Scholarship candidates will begin their research at Blinken OSA.
Announcement - posted on 20/Sep/2021
Katharina Heinz at Blinken OSA
Professional Training and Internship at Blinken OSA
Katharina Heinz from the CEU Library in Vienna spent two weeks at Blinken OSA to learn about archival best practices.
Announcement - posted on 9/Sep/2021
Photo: Budapest100
Budapest100 - Redesign
This weekend the festival of the Budapest buildings continues with houses built or redesigned in 1921–1930 and 1945–1957
Announcement - posted on 7/Sep/2021
Screenshot from the online SUN Course
Another successful CEU SUN Course organized by Blinken OSA has ended
This time co-organized by OSUN, titled Confronting the Crisis of Expertise. Historical Roots and Current Challenges
Announcement - posted on 19/Aug/2021
Sergey Kovalev protesting in Moscow, against the "law of sadists" in 2015
Soviet Dissident and Human Rights Defender Sergey Kovalev dies aged 91
A top biologist who became a leading member of the pro-democracy movement in the USSR.
Announcement - posted on 9/Aug/2021
Blog Posts / Podcasts
Afghanistan, a Crippled Country

Was Islamic fundamentalism’s seclusion as the only governing force left in Afghanistan preventable? When was the last ray of hope of a...
Blog - posted on 7/Sep/2021
On the Stage of August 20: Hungarian National Day in a Refugee Camp

“The celebration took place in the courtyard of the San Sabba refugee camp, on August 20, at 11 a.m., near the monument commemorating...
Blog - posted on 1/Sep/2021
“...It Wouldn’t Be Immodest, I Think, to Say that I Built Up the Soros Foundation.”

It has been twenty years since journalist and politician Miklós Vásárhelyi’s passing. Between 1984 and 1990, Vásárhelyi was the...
Blog - posted on 30/Jul/2021
Is There an Internet Proletariat?

Is it true that in the digital age there are no workers and no working class, that everyone is a white-collar worker or self-employed?...
Blog - posted on 20/Jul/2021
“Highly Important Personal Implications” – On the 50th Anniversary of György Lukács’s Death

It is a cliché that famous people always have a faithful and industrious partner beside (or behind) them, serving their masters by...
Blog - posted on 4/Jun/2021

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