Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force Project (2010-2011)

The CSEF Project is a collaborative effort between Monika Berenyi and Professor Benjamin Isitt, bringing to life the history and memory of Canada’s military mission on the anti-Bolshevik front (1918-1919). The Project consists of digital media documentation and the production of a documentary film built upon found and captured footage, engaging the politics of memory. The work is currently in progress, on location in Victoria (Canada) and Vladivostok (Russia).

media: documentary film, photography, text, public screenings

Detroit City Poetry Oral History Project (2008-2010)

The DCPOH Project aims to address the collective history of Detroit’s poets and print culture that prevailed during the 1960’s and 1970’s, and generate a new platform of sustainable information for the city of Detroit. The Project focuses on the poets and materials produced by the Artists Workshop, Alternative Press, Broadside Press, and Lotus Press, and consists of a digital oral history archive, sound recordings, photo archive, and collected ephemera. The materials are held by Wayne State University Special Collections Library and form an aspect of a greater Cass Corridor digital archive. Monika Berenyi functions as a project coordinator, researcher, and artist.

media: digital oral history archive, photography, text, public events

Towards a Deeper Understanding of Rural Europe (2008-2009)

The TDURE Project aimed to examine cultural trends of communities in rural Europe, and build mutual production-oriented cooperation between participants in Turkey, France, and the Netherlands (in the fields of Anthropology, History, Geography, and Visual Art). The Project was supported by the European Union Culture Fund and the Civil Society Dialogue Project. Monika Berenyi's creative work addressed the practice of ritual in the village of Lierderholthuis (the Netherlands). A documentary film, entitled ‘18’, was produced and screened in Turkey, the Netherlands, and Canada.

media: documentary film, photography, text

1956 Memorial Oral History Project (2004-2007)

The objective of the 1956 MOH Project was to document the 1956 Hungarian emigration wave to Canada in the form of a digital archive. The collected materials consist of a 400-hour digital oral history archive, photo archive, traveling exhibit materials, documentary films, and written matter. The Project was supported by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Oral History Museum of Canada, and Rakoczi Foundation. Monika Berenyi participated as a researcher, documentary filmmaker, and exhibit designer. Her project materials were presented in Canada, Russia, Hungary, and the Netherlands.

media: digital oral history archive, photography, text, exhibits

1956 Digital Archive at the Open Society Archives (2006)

The OSA is an archival laboratory located at the Central European University (Hungary), that aims to develop innovative tools to explore, represent, and bridge traditional archival collections in a digital environment. Monika Berenyi completed an internship at the OSA, contributing to the 1956 Digital Archive.

The Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (2010-2011)

Directed by M. Berenyi

18 (2009)

Directed by M. Berenyi

The Detroit City Poetry Oral History Project Documents (2008-2010)

Documented by M. Berenyi and C. Costa

The 1956 Memorial Oral History Project Documents (2004-2007)

Documented by M. Berenyi

1848-1956: Hungarian-Canadian Cultural Identity (2005)

Directed by Kecskeszem Productions

Oppression, Solidarity, and Exodus: the 1956 Hungarian Émigré Wave (2005)

Directed by Kecskeszem Productions

The Book of Hours: A Cycle of Meditative Poems

Isolde Solange Evangeline Pressworks (2008)

ISBN: 9780973868937

De Profundis: Lamentations in Contrition, I-XIX

Isolde Solange Evangeline Pressworks (2006)

ISBN: 0973868929

Wild Blue Karpaty: A Collection of Poetry and Verse

Isolde Solange Evangeline Pressworks (2005)

ISBN: 0973868902

Political Activism and Pastoral Care: The Role of Greek Catholic Clerics in the Ruthenian National Awakening in Austrian Galicia, 1848-1914

Isolde Solange Evangeline Pressworks (2005)

ISBN: 0973868910

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Collections

The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library houses the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Toronto. The collections reflect a wide diversity of research conducted at the University of Toronto by its own faculty and students, visiting scholars, and the general public. Monika Berenyi’s literary works are held within the collection.