December 13, 2016
"Screening Soviet Nationalities: Kulturfilms from the Far North to Central Asia" (I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2017), by Blinken OSA Research Fellow and CEU alumna (HIST) explores how filmmakers sought to create a cinematic map of the new state by portraying its land and peoples on screen i
December 13, 2016
The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives has released its 2015 Annual Report in a new digital format, with an in-depth view of the archives' diverse activities. Year 2015 was marked with significant changes in the life of OSA as the institution was renamed following the pledge of generous donation by Vera and Donald Blinken.
November 15, 2016
The 13th edition of Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, organized with the support of Blinken OSA Archivum November 8-13 showcased 62 films from 37 countries in four cinemas. The festival attracted over 5,000 viewers. Within the framework of the festival and with the support of CEU’s Visual Studies Platform (VSP), DocLab production workshop “The Roads to Integration” took place at the new CEU Mirabaud Media Lab.
November 15, 2016
The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives launched its new website on the 1956 Hungarian refugees in the United States today. The website contains still unexplored or lesser known material, including text documents and photographs, from the archive of the International Rescue Committee at the Hoover Institution and the relevant collections of the National Archives and Records Administration of the US.
November 3, 2016
http://www.prae.hu/index.php?aid=30435&route=news%2Fnews - Hungarian news portal prae.hu reports: The 13th Verzio Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, organized by the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) will take place from Nov. 8-13 in Budapest and from Nov. 17-19 in Pecs. There will be 60 films from 37 countries shown.
November 2, 2016
Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with a series of major public events including competitions for students and teachers.
September 10, 2016
http://fidelio.hu/klasszikus/2016/09/10/gruziaban_mindenki_enekel/ - Hungarian news portal fidelio.hu interviewed young pianist Nicolas Namoradze, winner of the Fortissimo mentor program. In February 2016 the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) and the Intermezzo Foundation invited composers under thirty to submit pieces for the theme of the exhibition “Some kind of Opposition.”
September 1, 2016
Hungarian weekly HVG interviewed Miklos Tamasi, founder and head of Fortepan, about the online photo archive and how his life led him to set up this archive. Tamasi used to work at the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) at CEU before focusing solely on Forteplan.
Due to copyright regulations, the article is available in the weekly (9.1.2016. p.74. Tamasi Miklos a Fortepan alapitoja)
June 14, 2016
The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) presents an online, fully searchable database of audio programs produced by RFE/RL Russian Service during the last half a century.
May 17, 2016
Some Music, Something Else…
Winners of the music competition, launched by the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and Intermezzo Foundation for talented young Hungarian composers, were presented their awards on April 21 at the Finissage and Awards Gala of the exhibition, Some kind of Opposition, curated by Axel Braun. This event also the premiered winning pieces performed by the students of the Hungarian Academy of Music.





