Challenging Archives

Challenging Archives

”Will America Survive Until 2020?”-From the Cold War to the Present

A 1986 Polish underground document and a 2012 interview with peace scholar Johan Galtung share an identical title, but they reached different conclusions. Anna Nakai reads both against and along with the present.

14.10.2026

Challenging Archives

Challenging Archives, Episode 3- Documenting the Human Rights Organizations during the Cold War

In our conversation, we discuss the Helsinki process, the role of culture and dissident networks, the challenges of archival research, and what the archives can reveal about the changing nature of international politics during the late Cold War.

5.10.2026

Challenging Archives

Challenging Archives, Episode 2: The Apartment Universities in Czechoslovakia

Challenging Archives is a new series of podcasts jointly organized between Review of Democracy and Blinken Open Society Archives, based in Budapest. We will invite scholars to discuss about their investigation in this archive.

29.06.2026

Challenging Archives

Challenging Archives, Episode 1: Hungarian-Language Theaters in Socialist Romania

Challenging Archives is a new series of podcasts jointly organized between Review of Democracy and Blinken Open Society Archives. In our first episode, we discuss about Hungarian-language theater in socialist Romania with Eszter Szabó-Reznek. Her case offers a unique perspective into how ideology, culture, and bureaucracy intertwined.

22.06.2026