Research
Academic Papers
“Defining and Conceptualizing Democracy and Democratization“
Department of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009
“Politics and Policies of the European Union: Parametres of European Integration“
Department of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009
“Democratic Politics and the State: Interpreting Comparative Political Systems“
Department of Government, The London School of Economics, 2009
“Internationalism and Isolationism in the USA, 1917-1941“
Department 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
Recent Articles
“CBC completely misses the mark on Roma issues in Hungary“ - KMOSz, Dec. 19, 2012
“A CBC megkérdőjelezhető színvonala“. Magyar Kronika, 2012 December 19. http://www.magyarkronika.com/magazin/2012/1219.html
“US election will produce a decade of disappointment“ - Nov. 7, 2012
“The only real loser in the presidential debate are Americans“ - Oct. 18, 2012
“Escalation by Iran a simple ruse“ – January 11, 2012
“Reflections on September 11 – Ten Years On“ – September 11, 2011
“Hungarian EU Presidency a success despite international criticism” – 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” - March 26, 2011
“Dreams Deferred in the Middle East“ – Op-ed submission, Feb. 4, 2011
“Council’s new transit commission a bag of old tricks“ – Dec. 9, 2010
“The Loss of Transylvania Celebrated in Budapest?“ – Dec. 1, 2010
“Clean sweep at city hall gives Ottawa new energy“ – Ottawa Citizen, Oct. 27, 2010
“Toxic spill in Hungary a potent reminder“ – Oct. 2010
“October Crisis of 1970 still a formative Canadian event” - Oct. 2010
“OC Transpo service in decline since strike of 2008-09” - 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“ – Op-ed, 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, May 2010
“Afghanistan a test of Canadian democracy” - Independent submission, May 2010
“Russia feels the sting of centuries of ethnic division“ – 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“ – January 9, 2010
“Canada must hold China to task regardless of growing power“ – December 2009
“US President sets the record straight“ – 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, Nov. 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” - December 9, 2009
“Ethnic and Nationalist Revolts and Revolutionaries in the Habsburg Empire” - 2008
“Canada and the lessons of Kosovo” - February 17, 2008
“White Paper on the future of Education and Health Care in Canada” - 2006
“The Heart at Home” - Magyar Elet, Vol. 56. 32. LVI, 2003
Reviews
Review of “Fateless” by Imre Kertesz
Review of “Old Political Rationalities and New Democracies: Compromise and
Confrontation in Hungary and Poland” by Anna Seleny
Review of “Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations” by Paul D’Anieri
Review of “The Soviet Union and the Middle East, 1920-1958″ by Walter Laqueur
Review of “Soviet Policy and the Chinese Communists, 1931-46″ by Charles McLane
Review of “Conversations with Stalin” by Milovan Djilas
Review of “Stalin’s Foreign Policy Reappraised” by M. Shulman
Review of “The Incompatible Allies” by Gustav Hilger
Review of “Russia and the Balkans: Inter-Balkan Rivalries and Russian Foreign
Policy, 1908-1914″ by A. Rossos
Review of “Russia in Manchuria 1892-1906″ by B. A. Romanov
Review of “Tsarist Russia and Balkan Nationalism” by Charles Jelavich
Review of “The Greek War of Independence” by C. M. Woodhouse
Review of “An Old South Morality Play: Reconsidering the Social Underpinnings
of the Proslavery Ideology” by Michael Wayne
Review of “Young Man Luther” by Erik Erikson
Academic Conferences, Lectures, and Seminars
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
“The Happy Barracks? Soviet Policy Towards Hungary, 1953-56”
Peace and Protest Cultures in Europe, 1945-1989
Charles University Prague, August 18-25, 2008
“Miserere mei, Deus: Savonarola, Reform, and the World of the Renaissance“
Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
Carleton University, Ottawa, March 6-7, 2008
“Patterns of Ascent in Christian Philosophy“
Academic and Mystical Approaches to God
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
“The Aftermath of the Henrician Dissolution“
Monasteries and Society in Late Medieval England
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
“William of St. Thierry and the ‘Way of the Ascent’“
Academic and Mystical Approaches to God
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
“Monastic Learning in Medieval England, 1215-1539“
Monasteries and Society in Late Medieval England
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
“The Word Made Flesh: Savonarola, Florence, and the New Jerusalem“
Graduate History Students’ Association Lecture Series
University of Bristol, UK, 2007
“Tragedy Continues: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, 1989-2005“
International Conference of Young Hungarians
Montreal, June 11-12, 2005
“Hungarian Minorities in Romania, Yugoslavia, and the former Czechoslovakia“
Hungarian Students’ Association Lecture Series
University of Toronto, 2004
Work Related Conferences and Symposium
“Climate Change and Arctic Sea Ice; So what is all the fuss about?“
Quest speaker: Dr. David Barber, Director, Centre for Earth Observation Science
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
October 29, 2009; Ottawa, Canada
“Anticipating where the puck is going to be: using advanced technologies to
keep ahead in the evolutionary struggle with the microbial world“
Quest speaker: Francis A. Plummer, National Microbial Labratory
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
September 29, 2009; Ottawa, Canada
“Life, Climate and Vanishing Ice at the Top of Canada“
Quest speaker: Warwick Vincent, Centre d’Etudes Nordiques, Université de Laval
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
March 5, 2009; Ottawa, Canada
