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Events / Announcements
Verzió 18
The 18th Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Opens This Week - The Layers of Reality
64 films from 35 countries, in cinemas on 9–14 November, and online, 15–21 November.
Announcement - posted on 8/Nov/2021
CEU students at Blinken OSA
CEU Students from Vienna Have Visited the Archives
Blinken OSA welcomed students of CEU’s History Department and the History in the Public Sphere over the weekend.
Announcement - posted on 3/Nov/2021
Verzió 18- Alternative Film Poster Exhibition
Alternative Film Poster Exhibition
The spin-off event of Verzió Film Festival is at Blinken OSA for the first time!
Announcement - posted on 26/Oct/2021
Photo by Dániel Végel
The three-day workshop titled the Methodologies of Working in Cold War Archives ended
Organizer, Ioana Macrea-Toma reflects on the professional event.
Announcement - posted on 19/Oct/2021
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Blinken OSA Archival Evidence for a Project on the 1991 Soviet Coup D’état Attempt
A new professional cooperation between the Archives and the Iofe Foundation.
Announcement - posted on 14/Oct/2021
Blog Posts / Podcasts
Alternative History Through the Private Photo and Film Foundation

The first clumsy steps of a child, blowing candles off a birthday cake, a family holiday at the lake Balaton, or cruising along the...
Blog - posted on 29/Oct/2021
A Massacre under Khrushchev: Novocherkassk Shooting on Screen, on Air, and on Banners

In September 2021, the latest movie by highly acclaimed Russian director Andrey Konchalovsky, Dear Comrades! premiered in...
Blog - posted on 14/Oct/2021
The Voice and Ears of America – Cold War Theater Collection

In the bipolar world emerged during the 1950s, the weaponless Cold War, obtaining information (also by the means of spying) and state...
Blog - posted on 27/Sep/2021
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

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