While our Research Room remains closed due to the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we introduce Digitization on Demand to facilitate remote research.

Events / Announcements
Atiz Book digitization, source Flicker
Digitization on Demand – New Service at Blinken OSA
Digitization is an essential method in supporting remote research possibilities in a vastly changed era.
Announcement - posted on 9/Apr/2021
OFF-Biennale Budapest
ORDER AND DREAMS - exhibition
An exhibition organized by the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and the OFF-Biennale Budapest.
Event - posted on 31/Mar/2021
Blinken OSA Sun Course
Confronting the Crisis of Expertise: Historical Roots and Current Challenges - Online - Application...
Summer University Course organized by the Open Society University Network and Blinken OSA.
Announcement - posted on 25/Mar/2021
Classifieds from the Hungarian “Mások” magazine, 1991–1995
Do you own records? Your contribution is welcome! - Records Uncovered Online Exhibition
Lend or donate texts and audiovisual documents connected to the history of LGBTQI+ persons.
Announcement - posted on 24/Mar/2021
Records Uncovered exhibition
The online exhibition, a joint project of Blinken OSA and the Háttér Archive, is now available!
Records Uncovered: Gay and Lesbian Histories in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1945–1999
Announcement - posted on 22/Mar/2021
Blog Posts / Podcasts
Tradition, Economic Efficiency and Cosmic Achievement: Gagarin in Hungary

Sixty years ago, on April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth, and accomplished the first manned spaceflight in history...
Blog - posted on 13/Apr/2021
The Eichmann Trial and Radio Free Europe
Forrás. [Source., or Boiling point] is a blog series by the Blinken OSA staff at the Hungarian news website 444.hu.
Blog - posted on 11/Apr/2021
What Do Archives Reveal about the Birth of Democracy in Russia?
Forrás. [Source., or Boiling point] is a blog series by the Blinken OSA staff at the Hungarian news website 444.hu.
Blog - posted on 25/Mar/2021
Records Uncovered: Gay and Lesbian Histories in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1945–1999
Forrás. [Source., or Boiling point] is a blog series by the Blinken OSA staff at the Hungarian news website 444.hu.
Blog - posted on 12/Mar/2021
Online Exhibition Opening: Records Uncovered

New online exhibition at the Blinken OSA! The first result of our collaboration with the Háttér Archive and Library, “a manifesto-in-...
Blog - posted on 25/Feb/2021