The following is an overview of my research including academic papers, recently published articles, conference papers, dissertations, and presentations. My research interests broadly range from the religious and political history of late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (and particularly Renaissance Florence); to interwar Central and Eastern Europe (including failed states, democratization, and comparative political systems); Hungarian historiography, and local history. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or research topic interests you wish to discuss.
Kindest Regards,
Joseph Imre
Historian
JOSEPH B. IMRE
Hon. BA (UofT), MA (Bristol), PGCert. (Oxon), Diploma (LSE)
Recent Publications
Contributor, “The Boy from Abilene: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential Legacy, and the Case of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home” in Imagining Presidential Legacies: Critical Perspectives on Presidential Libraries and Museums, University of Kansas Press, Forthcoming 2027
“The Obscure Republic: Banat Leitha, Burgenland, and Counter-Revolutionary Hungary” Hungarian Review, Volume XII, No. 4 – December 2021. Web: https://hungarianreview.com/article/the-obscure-republic/
+ Honorarium received from Hungarian Conservative BL Nonprofit Kft.
“Do organic sprays differ in their efficacy against disease in black walnut?” Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO), Nov. 2018. Web: https://efao.ca/researchDocs/diseasemanagementwalnut-imre-bansagi-efao2018-1548810018.pdf
Contributor, “Shaping North America: From Exploration to the American Revolution,” James E. Seelye Jr. and Shawn Selby Ed. ABC-CLIO (August, 2018). Web: https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOGreenwood/product.aspx?pc=A4703C“
Burgenland and the Austria-Hungary Border Dispute in International Perspective, 1918-22” Region: Regional Studies in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Vol. 4, No. 2, Special Issues (2015): 219-246. Web: https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/region/toc/reg.4.2.html
“Improving Health Equity for First Nations, Inuit and Métis People: Ontario’s Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II” Longwoods Healthcare Quarterly, Vol. 15, Special Issue (2015): 33-41. Web: http://www.longwoods.com/publications/healthcare-quarterly/23991
Recent Articles
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“Give Ottawa Markets credit for boosting history, tourism and culture”
Ottawa Citizen, March 28, 2023 -
“The Legendary Red Devil”
The Scoop, August/September 2018 -
“The War Diary of Lieutenant Walter C. Bush”
The Scoop, June/July 2018 -
“Camden East Millwright: William Burgoyne”
The Scoop, April/May 2018 -
“Interesting Discovery at Enterprise”
The Scoop, February/March 2018 -
“Winter Editions of the Canada Farmer”
The Scoop, December/January 2017/18 -
“Addington Agricultural Society
The Scoop, October/November 2017 -
“Response to Ukraine’s Education Law, 2017”
Press Release, National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada
Sept. 24, 2017 -
“Response to the threats made by Romanian ex-president Traian Bășescu on Facebook”
Press Release, National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada
Jan. 1, 2017 -
Bet the Farm – Part II
The Scoop, Feb./March 2017 Edition, Jan. 29, 2017 -
Bet the Farm – Part I
The Scoop, Dec./Jan. 2016/17 Edition, Nov. 27, 2016 -
“CBC’ recent newscast on Hungary and the migrant crisis”
Press Release, National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada
Dec. 15, 2016 -
“Disgraceful attempt to vilify Hungary for migrant crisis”
Hungary Today, Sept. 23, 2015 -
“Migrant crisis in Hungary reveals EU betrayal of its member states”
Hungarian Reporter, Sept. 18, 2015 -
“Queensway must be a part of Ottawa’s transportation future”
Centretown Buzz, Nov. 16, 2014 -
“Central and Eastern Europe still haunted by Trianon”
Hungarian Reporter, Aug. 24, 2014 -
“Russian aggression triggers related territorial dispute in Western Ukraine”
Hungarian Reporter, Aug. 20, 2014 -
“In the Spotlight: 2014 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences“
The P&CC Screener, Vol. 2, Issue 6, June 2014 -
“Feeling Good: A Resolution with Results“
The P&CC Screener, Vol. 1, Issue 2, July 2013 -
“CBC completely misses the mark on Roma issues in Hungary“
KMOSz, December 19, 2012 -
“A CBC megkérdőjelezhető színvonala“
Magyar Kronika, 2012 December 19.
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“US election will produce a decade of disappointment”
Independent submission, November 7, 2012 -
“The only real loser in the presidential debate are Americans”
Independent submission, October 18, 2012 -
“Escalation by Iran a simple ruse“
Op-ed submission, January 11, 2012 -
“Reflections on September 11 – Ten Years On”
Independent submission, September 11, 2011 -
“Hungarian EU Presidency a success despite international criticism”
Op-ed submission, July 6, 2011 -
“Legacy of Trianon still haunts Central and Eastern Europe“
Politics.hu, June 15, 2011 -
“True errors of Trianon lie in misinformation“
Response submission, June 4, 2011 -
“Federal disconnect brings election“
Independent submission, March 26, 2011 -
“Dreams Deferred in the Middle East“
Op-ed independent submission, February 4, 2011 -
“Council’s new transit commission a bag of old tricks“
Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 9, 2010 -
“The Loss of Transylvania Celebrated in Budapest?“
Independent submission, December 1, 2010 -
“Clean sweep at city hall gives Ottawa new energy“
Ottawa Citizen, October 27, 2010 -
“Toxic spill in Hungary a potent reminder“
Independent submission, October 5, 2010 -
“October Crisis of 1970 still a formative Canadian event“
Independent submission, October 5, 2010 -
“OC Transpo service in decline since strike of 2008-09“
Ottawa Citizen submission, August 24, 2010 -
“What Duceppe has done for Canada“
Ottawa Citizen, August 18, 2010 -
“The treaty that brought no peace“
Op-ed submission, July 2010 -
“Tension reopens historical wounds between Hungary and Slovakia“
Politics.hu, June 4, 2010 -
“Tensions rise amid call for dual citizenship“
Independent submission, May 21, 2010 -
“Seat allocation in the House could change the face politics“
Ottawa Citizen submission, 2010 -
“Afghanistan a test of Canadian democracy“
Independent submission, May 12, 2010 -
“Russia feels the sting of centuries of ethnic division“
Independent submission, April 2010 -
“Nuclear agreement with Russia weakens US“
Independent submission, April 2010 -
“Religious tolerance defined in Canada“
Independent submission, March 29, 2010 -
“Memories of the Skateway”
Ottawa Citizen, January 25, 2010 -
“Travel woes a result of poor focus and priorities“
Op-ed submission, January 9, 2010 -
“Canada must hold China to task regardless of growing power”
Independent submission, December 2009 -
“US President sets the record straight“
Independent submission, December 2009 -
“Ottawa residents not amused with transit changes“
Ottawa Citizen, December 15, 2009 -
“Relevancy of monarchy questioned during royal visit“
The Globe and Mail, November 5, 2009 -
“Nobel prize lost meaning with political awards“
Ottawa Citizen, October 12, 2009 -
“OC Transpo users don’t get a fair deal“
Ottawa Citizen, October 2, 2009 -
“Old wounds find new life in Central Europe“
Independent submission, December 9, 2009 -
“Ethnic and Nationalist Revolts and Revolutionaries in the Habsburg Empire“
Op-ed submission, 2008 -
“Canada and the lessons of Kosovo“
Independent submission, February 17, 2008 -
“White Paper on the future of Education and Health Care in Canada“
Independent submission, 2006 -
“The Heart at Home“
Magyar Elet, Vol. 56. 32. LVI, 2003
Academic Papers
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“Defining and Conceptualizing Democracy and Democratization”
Dept. of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009 -
“Politics and Policies of the European Union: Parametres of European Integration”
Dept. of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009 -
“Democratic Politics and the State: Interpreting Comparative Political Systems”
Dept. of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009 -
“Internationalism and Isolationism in the USA, 1917-1941”
Dept. of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009 -
“The Way of the Ascent: The Works of William St. Thierry”
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, 2007 -
“The University Monk and Monastic Revival in Medieval England”
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, 2007 -
“Humanism and Reform on the Italian Peninsula, 1494-1540”
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, 2007 -
“The Medici and the Jews of Florence, 1435-1571”
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, 2007 -
“The Effects of Humanism and Reform on the Late Medieval Church”
Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, 2006 -
“The Schengen Agreement: Europe’s New Berlin Wall?”
University of Oxford, Exeter College, 2006 -
“The Revolutions of 1989-90: The General Issues”
University of Oxford, Exeter College, 2006 -
“Forces of Necessity: Hungary and Nazi Germany in World War II”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2005 -
“Patterns in Tsarist and Soviet Foreign Policy, 1848-1968”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2005 -
“The Role of Nationalism in Post-Communist Slovakia and Slovenia”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2005 -
“Canada and the Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1901-03”
Department of History, Carleton University, 2004 -
“The Dividing Line: Hungary and the Trianon borders of 1920”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The Myth of Jewish involvement in Bolshevik movements in Hungary, 1918-39”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The German Occupation of Hungary and the Szalasi Regime of 1944”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The Constitutionality of the Death Penalty in America”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“Fear of the Polish Plumber: Schengen and the EU’s Labour Policies”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The Handshake Transition: Hungary, Transitology, and the 1990 Election”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“Communist Successor Parties in Hungary, Poland, and the former Czechoslovakia”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The Conquest of Sienna 1555”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2004 -
“The Land Beyond the Forest: Hungarian Minorities in Transylvania, 1919-1941”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“The Role of Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ in the rise of Socialism in America”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“The State of Man: Thomas Hobbes and the Leviathan”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“Above and Beyond: The Division of Executive Powers During War”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“Hungary and the Fifth European Union Enlargement”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“Truth and Deceit: Girolamo Savonarola and Florence, 1490-1498”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“France and the Northern Renaissance, 1494-1610”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2003 -
“The Will of the Victor: George Clemenceau and France”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“Victory in Defeat: the 1848 Hungarian Revolution”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“Habsburg Rule in the Czech Lands and the Kingdom of Hungary”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“The Great Challenge: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“The Canadian Bill of Rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“Between the Lines: Machiavelli and Florence”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“The Noble Republic”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“The Perfect Regime in Aristotle’s Politics”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“European Integration Theories”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“Revolution of Thought: Italy in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2002 -
“Galileo and the Examination of the Respective Powers of Science and Religion”
Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Toronto, 2001 -
“Divided We Fall: Regionalism in Canada”
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 2001 -
“Thermidorian Reaction: The Legacy of Maximilien Robespierre”
Department of History, University of Toronto, 2001
Dissertation
“Miserere mei, Deus: Savonarola, Reform, and the World of the Renaissance“
Submitted and defended at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 2007
Abstract: The period from 1494-1498 marks the years in which Girolamo Savonarola led the people of Florence in a profound transformation of moral and civic renewal. In the aftermath of his trial and execution, his life and legacy inspired the conciliar movement of early modern Europe and many prominent figures of the Reformation and early modern period. The pattern of scholarship over the centuries has often supported divergent and restrictive analyses of Savonarola; characterizing the friar as antithetical to the Italian Renaissance and its chief intellectual core, namely humanism. The intention of this work is to directly challenge the debate surrounding Savonarola and his connection to humanism. Through an examination of an aggregate collection of primary correspondence and works, we shall circumstantiate a linkage between the works of Savonarola and a late Quattrocentro humanist tradition. By broadening our traditional definition of Renaissance humanism to incorporate a larger historical purpose, a more mature standard of analysis may be held against Savonarola’s works. It is the contention of this work that Savonarola can be placed within the intellectual and ideological core of humanism, thereby affording him renewed historical context.
Papers delivered at academic conferences, lectures, and seminars
2014 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
“Borders without Boundaries”
May 24-30, 2014 – Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario
Paper: “Counter-Revolutionary Hungary, Burgenland and the Banat Leitha Republic“
Program Link: http://www.hungarianstudies.org/2014Brock_Program6.pdf
47th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 10-13, 2012
2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Concordia University, Montreal, May 28-June 4, 2010
2010 Annual Conference of the Hungarian Studies Association of Canada
Concordia University, Montreal, May 29-30, 2010
2030 North: A National Planning Conference
Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa, June 1-4, 2009
Paper: “Miserere mei, Deus: Savonarola, Reform, and the World of the Renaissance”
Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
Carleton University, Ottawa, March 6-7, 2008
Paper: “Patterns of Ascent in Christian Philosophy“
Academic and Mystical Approaches to God
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
Paper: “The Aftermath of the Henrician Dissolution“
Monasteries and Society in Late Medieval England
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
Paper: “William of St. Thierry and the ‘Way of the Ascent’“
Academic and Mystical Approaches to God
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
Paper: “Monastic Learning in Medieval England, 1215-1539“
Monasteries and Society in Late Medieval England
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
Paper: “The Word Made Flesh: Savonarola, Florence, and the New Jerusalem“
Graduate History Students’ Association Lecture Series
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
Paper: “Tragedy Continued: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, 1989-2005“
International Conference of Young Hungarians
Montreal, June 11-12, 2005
Lecture: “Hungarian Minorities in Romania, Yugoslavia, and the former Czechoslovakia“
Hungarian Students’ Association Lecture Series
University of Toronto, 2004
Work Related Conferences and Symposium
2014 Healthcare Analytics Symposium – Information Builders
October 2-3, 2014 – Queen’s Landing Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Keynote Address (Joseph Imre): Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II (ACS II) and Implementation
