December 16, 2014
Open Society Archives’ (OSA) “Yellow Star Houses” program was awarded the Gyorgy Varhegyi Prize for Hungarian Jewish Education by the Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association (MAZSIKE) on Dec. 11. On the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust, the “Yellow-star Houses” initiative explored the history of the designated places of residence for the Jews of Budapest. In September 2014, OSA’s virtual exhibitions on the yellow-star houses were featured on Google's Open Gallery.
November 22, 2014
http://nol.hu/kultura/reszkessetek-bogarak-1500291 - Hungarian news portal nol.hu reports: The Google Cultural Institute organized nine virtual exhibitions on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the regime change, presenting the journey of the communist dictatorships from the beginning to the end. Hungary prepared one exhibition, based on the collection and expertise of the OSA Archives (Open Society Archives of Central European University).
November 18, 2014
Google features Open Society Archives' exhibit entitled “1956-301-1989, Prehistory to the 1989 Fall of Communism of Hungary” on its Cultural Institute website from Nov. 13, as part of a series of exhibits commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain.
November 18, 2014
Truth and Objectivity Film Laboratory, is a unique film series that runs through November 20 and aims to explore documentaries associated with historical truthfulness and objectivity. It's related to the CEU course Historiography: Themes in Its History and Approaches to Its Theory.
Program directors: Ioana Macrea-Toma, Istvan Rev and Zsuzsanna Zadori.
Thursday, November 20 at 6:00 p.m.
November 18, 2014
Title/Position: Chief Archivist at OSANumber of years at CEU: 15Home city/town & country: Budapest, Hungary
What’s your favorite Hungarian food?Ewe cheese noodles with fried bacon cubes. In fact, halusky is a regional food rather than Hungarian. I go to the Halusky Festival every year.
November 13, 2014
Google features Open Society Archives' exhibit entitled "1956-301-1989, Prehistory to the 1989 Fall of Communism of Hungary" on its Cultural Institute website starting November 13, as part of a series of exhibits commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain.
November 6, 2014
CEU Professor of Political Science Andras Bozoki and Director of the Open Society Archives and Professor of History Istvan Rev talk about the fall of communism in Central Europe and the rise of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in this piece in El Pais.
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/11/05/actualidad/1415206029_840058.html
November 4, 2014
Truth and Objectivity Film Laboratory, through November 20, is a unique film series to explore documentaries associated with historical truthfulness and objectivity. It's related to the CEU course called, Historiography: Themes in Its History and Approaches to Its Theory.Programmers: Ioana Macrea-Toma, Istvan Rev and Zsuzsanna Zadori.
November 4, 2014
Verzio, the only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary, addresses a wide range of issues, including political oppression, civil conflicts, minorities, refugees, racial discrimination, trafficking, LGBTQ identity, historic traumas, and children's rights November 11-16.
October 21, 2014
Human pathologist and university professor Istvan Bartok (1929-2007) was an avid follower and chronicler of changes in both the urban and political landscape of post-Communist Budapest and Hungary in general. Following his retirement in 1990, he relentlessly photographed the various districts, blocks, buildings, facades, memorial plaques, shop windows and street advertisements of Budapest.






