THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH OFFERING BACHELOR, MASTER AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AS WELL. THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY OFFERS 11 DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, 35 MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS AND 3 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN VIENNA. THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY, AND DATA SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. THERE ARE ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: BUSINESS ANALYTICS, HISTORICAL STUDIES, CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, FINANCE, GENDER STUDIES, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, LEGAL STUDIES (COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS LAW AND REGULATION), MUSEUM STUDIES, NATIONALISM STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC POLICY, SOCIAL DATA SCIENCE, AND SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. IN ADDITION TO ITS MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, COMPARATIVE GENDER STUDIES, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, LATE ANTIQUE, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES, LEGAL STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, AND NETWORK SCIENCE. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROVIDING US-STYLE UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND VIEWS EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION.

THE VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES (OSA) AT CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IS A COMPLEX ARCHIVAL INSTITUTION. OSA IS BOTH A REPOSITORY OF IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR AND GRAVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND A LABORATORY OF ARCHIVAL EXPERIMENTS ON NEW WAYS OF ASSESSING, CONTEXTUALIZING, PRESENTING, AND MAKING USE OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS. OSA IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEALING WITH ARCHIVAL, TAXONOMICAL, INFORMATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO ITS HOLDINGS, AND ALSO REFLECTING ON THE ROLE, OBLIGATIONS, AND LIMITS (AS WELL AS ON OVERCOMING THESE) OF REPOSITORIES THAT PRESERVE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SOURCES. OSA, ITS HOLDINGS, AND THE RESEARCH BASED ON OUR COLLECTIONS, ARE THE BASIS OF AN EXPANDING TEACHING PROGRAM. OSA RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM THE CEU AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, WHO COME HERE TO STUDY THE ROLE AND USE OF ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE, THE CHANGING FUNCTIONS OF THE ARCHIVES, HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN NEW TYPES OF ARCHIVAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE SPECIAL METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF STUDYING THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASIES ON WHICH THE COLD WAR WAS CONSTRUCTED. OSA IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE COPY, MEANING THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE CONTENT, RATHER THAN THE MATERIALITY OF OUR DOCUMENTS; WE ACTIVELY SEEK OUT NON-TRADITIONAL DOCUMENTS MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY MARGINALIZED BASED ON ITS CONTENT, SOCIAL ORIGIN, OR FORM. OSA IS ALSO "AN ARCHIVE OF LAST RESORT," HELPING IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WHOSE HOLDINGS ARE IN DANGER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL REASONS, TO FIND SECURE AND PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVE FOR THEIR ENDANGERED DOCUMENTS. ONE OF OSA'S AIMS IS TO BROADEN ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCES BY OVERCOMING TECHNICAL, LEGAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS.