Joseph B. Imre is a historian, political scientist, researcher, and public servant at the National Research Council of Canada

National Research Council of Canada

The National Research Council is an agency of the Government of Canada which conducts scientific research and development.- History :...

 in Ottawa, Canada. An active member of the Hungarian community, Joseph has served as the President of the Hungarian Students' Association in Toronto, Canada (2002–2005); Vice-President of the Albert Apponyi Association (2000–Present); and on the board of directors of several Hungarian organizations. In 2007, Mr. Imre was awarded the Order of the Knights Cross from the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighters Association and the Republic of Hungary.

Joseph graduated from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 2005. Upon completion of postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 (2006) he completed a Masters degree in history from the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...

 (2007) with distinction. Joseph graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in comparative politics in 2009.

Joseph has written extensively on medieval, early modern, and modern European history. His academic focus is primarily Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 studies, 20th century politics, and the issue of Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin. Joseph specializes in Renaissance Florence and particularly the religious history of 15th century Italy. His dissertation on Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar, Scholastic, and an influential contributor to the politics of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for his book burning, destruction of what he considered immoral art, and what he thought the Renaissance—which began in his...

 linked the controversial figure to humanistic elements in Renaissance society and challenged existing scholarship. Joseph is presently researching for a collaborative publication expected in 2012 that analyses the Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Trianon

The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...

and its legacy on Hungary and the region over the past 90 years.