Blinken Open Society Archives

Open Society Archives
Nyílt Társadalom Archívum
Established1995
Location
Budapest
,
Hungary
AffiliationsCentral European University
Websitehttp://www.osaarchivum.org

Blinken Open Society Archives (Blinken OSA) is an archival institution in Hungary.[1]

Introduction

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It was founded by George Soros in 1995, and opened in 1996 as a department of the Central European University.[2] Originally called Open Society Archives (OSA), in 2015 it was renamed Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives.[3]

Its archives are related to post-war European history, the Cold War, the history of the former Eastern Bloc, samizdat, the history of propaganda, human rights, and war crimes.

Blinken OSA is also a department of the Central European University.[4]

The institution is located in Budapest.[5]

The building now also has a gallery named Galeria Centralis.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "About Us". Open Society Archives. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. ↑ Mink, András (1999). "The Open Society Archives: a brief history". In Pudlowski, Leszek; Székely, Iván (eds.). Open Society Archives. Budapest: Open Society Archives at Central European University. pp. 30–31. ISBN 963 85230 5 0.
  3. ↑ "OSA was renamed Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives". Open Society Archives. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our Courses - OSA Archivum". Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Goldberger House - OSA Archivum". Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Galeria Centralis - OSA Archivum". Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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