Media Releases

Egypt experts

February 1, 2011

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to the cur­rent unrest in Egypt.

Mid­dle East con­flicts
Strate­gic stud­ies and con­flict res­o­lu­tion
Aurel Braun
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions Pro­gram
Trin­i­ty Col­lege
St. George
Office: 416–946-8952 or 905–828-3923
Home: 416–787-3702
Cell: 416–844-5367
abraun@chass.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French, Hun­gar­i­an, Roman­ian, Russ­ian

Cul­ture and pol­i­tics of Egypt and Tunis
The Arab Awak­en­ing in his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive
Mid­dle East his­to­ry, cul­ture and pol­i­tics
Jens Peter Hanssen
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
St. George
Home: 416–530-5701
Cell: 416–888-9981
Jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Ger­man, Ara­bic, French, Turk­ish

Glob­al pol­i­tics
Mid­dle East
Jan­ice Gross Stein
Direc­tor
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George
NOTE: To arrange inter­views, please con­tact Neil Desai, Direc­tor, Pro­grams and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the Munk School of Glob­al Affairs:
Office: 416–946-5118
n.desai@utoronto.ca

Mass media of the Mid­dle East
Nation­al­ism and social move­ments in the Mid­dle East
Media cov­er­age of the events
Amir Has­san­pour
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor (retired)
Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
St. George
Home: 416–929-4089
amirhp@chass.utoronto.ca
amir.hassanpour@utoronto.ca

Mod­ern Mid­dle East
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
St. George
Office: 412–978-5039
Cell: 416–951-2495
m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Per­sian

His­to­ry of the Arab Mid­dle East, 18th cen­tu­ry to the present
James Reil­ly
Pro­fes­sor
Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
Office: 416–978-8147
James.reilly@utoronto.ca

Inter­na­tion­al rela­tions
Arne Kislenko
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions Pro­gramme
Trin­i­ty Col­lege
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
St. George
Office: 416–946-8973
Cell: 647–378-8710
Arne.kislenko@utoronto.ca

Inter­net cen­sor­ship and sur­veil­lance
Inter­net pol­i­tics
Ron Deib­ert
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Cit­i­zen Lab, Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
St. George
NOTE: To arrange inter­views, please con­tact Neil Desai, Direc­tor, Pro­grams and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the Munk School of Glob­al Affairs:
Office: 416–946-5118
n.desai@utoronto.ca

Use of dig­i­tal media for polit­i­cal orga­niz­ing
Media and pop­u­lar cul­ture stud­ies
Social impli­ca­tions of tech­nol­o­gy
Social move­ments and polit­i­cal protests
Megan Bol­er
Asso­ciate Chair
OISE, The­o­ry and Pol­i­cy Stud­ies
Ona­tio Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­a­tion
St. George
Cell: 415–373-7376
mboler@oise.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Only avail­able for print and phone inter­views

Inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment, pover­ty, inequal­i­ty, jus­tice
Social and polit­i­cal move­ments
Fem­i­nist the­o­ry
Social move­ments
Women’s pover­ty
Angela Miles
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0809
amiles@oise.utoronto.ca

Regime tran­si­tions
Author­i­tar­i­an­ism
Democ­ra­ti­za­tion
Lucan Way
Asso­ci­a­tion Chair
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
UTSC
Office: 416–946-8945
Home: 416–769-1076
lway@utsc.utoronto.ca

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to media rela­tions
416–978-0100
Media.relations@utoronto.ca

The Arab Awak­en­ing in his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive