Challenging Archives

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