Category: Hungary

Archiv des Instituts für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas / Archive of the Institute for German Culture and History in Southeastern Europe

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Author(s): Ariane Dreisbach (2018) – last update: 2018-05-16.   The archive of the Institut für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas  (IKGS) [Institute for German Culture and History in Southeastern Europe] documents the work of numerous writers, journalists and scientists from Central and Southeastern Europe, especially from Romania, Hungary and, of course, Germany. The archive’s focus […]

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Squat Theatre Archives at UC Davis Library – Special Collections (Peter J. Shields Library)

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Author(s): Katalin Cseh-Varga (2016) – last update: 2018-04-19. Squat Theatre began in 1969 as the Kassak Studio in Budapest, Hungary. Pressured by the Hungarian government because of its political and aesthetic radicalism, the group left Hungary in 1976. Calling itself Elephant Theatre, the troupe performed in western Europe for one year. Then, adopting the name […]

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Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives

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Author(s): Katalin Cseh-Varga (2016), Arnošt Štanzel (2018) – last update: 2018-09-28. The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) at Central European University (CEU) actively collects, preserves, and makes openly accessible documents related to recent history and human rights. It offers one of the world’s largest repositories of Cold War, Radio Free Europe and […]

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Artpool Art Research Center

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Author(s): Katalin Cseh-Varga (2016) – last update: 2018-04-19. The idea behind the Artpool project is to create an “ACTIVE ARCHIVE” built on specific artistic activities. This differs from traditional archival practices in that the “ACTIVE ARCHIVE” does not only collect material already existing ‘out there’, but it also generates the very material to be archived. […]

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