Joseph Imre

Joseph Imre (born December 28, 1981) is an historian, political scientist, and author based in Ottawa, Canada. An active member of the Hungarian Diaspora community in Canada, he has served as the President of the Hungarian Students Association of Toronto; Vice-President of the Albert Apponyi Association of Canada; and on the Board of Directors of the Canada-Hungary Education Foundation; whose honorary patron is Her Excellency Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada.

Joseph graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 2005. Upon completion of post-graduate certification at the University of Oxford in 2006, he completed a Masters degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007.

Joseph Imre has written and published extensively on the ongoing issue of ethnic Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin. His continued advocacy for renewed western attention to the plight of ethnic minorities has garnered considerable attention among human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. Some of his known works include: "Tragedy Continued: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, 1989-2005" (2005); "The Dividing Line: The Paris Peace Conference and Hungary, 1919-20" (2004); and "The Happy Barracks? The Illusion of Human Rights in the former lands of St. Stephen" (2002).

Mr. Imre is presently completing a historical novel that depicts the turbulent years between the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This historical novel is scheduled for commercial availability in the new year.

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