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I am a historian, political scientist, and researcher specializing in Medieval and Early Modern history; the social, political, and religious history of Renaissance Italy; and, in the contemporary sphere, the interwar period in Central and Eastern Europe and particularly Hungary. My core research interests correspond to the varied manifestations of humanism in late 15th century Florence and the rise and fall of Girolamo Savonarola. My work examines the humanist linkages within Savonarola's works. In addition, I am also keenly interested in health (i.e. chronic disease prevention) and under-serviced populations in Canada and beyond.
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Burgenland “was the first awarded, but last annexed territory” in Europe’s long and drawn out pos... more Burgenland “was the first awarded, but last annexed territory” in Europe’s long and drawn out postwar territorial reorganization. This article will examine the intricate history of Burgenland and the Austria-Hungary border dispute from 1918–22, with the intent to place the territorial dispute of Western Hungary, from an international perspective, within a much larger continental framework that will challenge our traditional view of these events and place Burgenland within a discernible pattern of post-Habsburg state formation and decline. In retelling this historical narrative, Burgenland may find a reoriented role in the contemporary history of Austria, Hungary, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Cancer incidence is increasing more rapidly and cancer survival is worse among Ontario's First Na... more Cancer incidence is increasing more rapidly and cancer survival is worse among Ontario's First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) populations than among other Ontarians. Cancer Care Ontario's Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II aims to reduce this health inequity and to improve the cancer journey and experience for FNIM people in Ontario. This comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy was developed and is being implemented with and for Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario in a way that honours the Aboriginal Path of Well-being.
Conference Presentations by Joseph Imre
In the wake of the precipitous disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire emerged a period of ... more In the wake of the precipitous disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire emerged a period of sustained instability and prolonged territorial dispute. The rapid undoing of the monarchy placed unprecedented pressure on volatile multi-ethnic nationalities, offering new opportunities for emergent identities, aspirations and states. No less than five pseudo-states, all within ceded territory, emerged during the years in which Hungary and Austria's frontiers were negotiated. Of those dismembered regions, Western Hungary (Burgenland) and the Banat Leitha Republic (Lajtabánság) remained the most contentious in terms of their protracted negotiation and length of virulent opposition to incorporation with Austria or retention with Hungary. The chronology of events in Western Hungary from 1918-22 communicates a tale of disparate patriotism and nationalism mired by acts of desperate violence and injustice. It likewise represents a unique state building episode manifested in the Banat Leitha Republic. This paper will present new research in a means to provide further insight into the Banat Leitha Republic and place it more distinctly within a pattern of new state formation in post-WWI Central Europe. The objective is to address the phenomenon of resistance in Western Hungary and the formation of the Banat Leitha Republic through the prism of cataclysmic change and transformation. If we may better conceptualize and comprehend the broader patterns of state formation, the construction and formation of borders and boundaries and of their political and social identities, manifestations and impact, then Burgenland may find a reoriented role in the contemporary history of Austria, Hungary and Central Europe.
Burgenland “was the first awarded, but last annexed territory” in Europe’s long and drawn out pos... more Burgenland “was the first awarded, but last annexed territory” in Europe’s long and drawn out postwar territorial reorganization. This article will examine the intricate history of Burgenland and the Austria-Hungary border dispute from 1918–22, with the intent to place the territorial dispute of Western Hungary, from an international perspective, within a much larger continental framework that will challenge our traditional view of these events and place Burgenland within a discernible pattern of post-Habsburg state formation and decline. In retelling this historical narrative, Burgenland may find a reoriented role in the contemporary history of Austria, Hungary, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Cancer incidence is increasing more rapidly and cancer survival is worse among Ontario's First Na... more Cancer incidence is increasing more rapidly and cancer survival is worse among Ontario's First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) populations than among other Ontarians. Cancer Care Ontario's Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II aims to reduce this health inequity and to improve the cancer journey and experience for FNIM people in Ontario. This comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy was developed and is being implemented with and for Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario in a way that honours the Aboriginal Path of Well-being.
In the wake of the precipitous disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire emerged a period of ... more In the wake of the precipitous disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire emerged a period of sustained instability and prolonged territorial dispute. The rapid undoing of the monarchy placed unprecedented pressure on volatile multi-ethnic nationalities, offering new opportunities for emergent identities, aspirations and states. No less than five pseudo-states, all within ceded territory, emerged during the years in which Hungary and Austria's frontiers were negotiated. Of those dismembered regions, Western Hungary (Burgenland) and the Banat Leitha Republic (Lajtabánság) remained the most contentious in terms of their protracted negotiation and length of virulent opposition to incorporation with Austria or retention with Hungary. The chronology of events in Western Hungary from 1918-22 communicates a tale of disparate patriotism and nationalism mired by acts of desperate violence and injustice. It likewise represents a unique state building episode manifested in the Banat Leitha Republic. This paper will present new research in a means to provide further insight into the Banat Leitha Republic and place it more distinctly within a pattern of new state formation in post-WWI Central Europe. The objective is to address the phenomenon of resistance in Western Hungary and the formation of the Banat Leitha Republic through the prism of cataclysmic change and transformation. If we may better conceptualize and comprehend the broader patterns of state formation, the construction and formation of borders and boundaries and of their political and social identities, manifestations and impact, then Burgenland may find a reoriented role in the contemporary history of Austria, Hungary and Central Europe.