Media Releases

Iraqi crisis

June 16, 2014

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to the Iraqi cri­sis.

Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syr­ia, Turkey and dias­po­ra
Mod­ern pol­i­tics and cul­ture of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey

Social move­ments in the Mid­dle East 
Amir Has­san­pour
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor (Ret.)
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
Office: 416–978-3306
amir.hassanpour@utoronto.ca

Islam­ic law
Islam­ic law, Islam­ic his­to­ry, Islam­ic pol­i­tics
Law and reli­gion
Reli­gious fun­da­men­tal­ism
Sharia law
Treat­ment of non-Mus­lims under Islam­ic law 

Anver Emon 
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor 
St.George Cam­pus 
Fac­ul­ty of Law 
Office: 416–946-0832 
anver.emon@utoronto.ca 

Con­flict Man­age­ment and Res­o­lu­tion
Glob­al Pol­i­tics
Mid­dle East

Jan­ice Stein
Direc­tor
St.George Cam­pus
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–946-8900, 416–946-8908
j.stein@utoronto.ca

His­to­ry
Immi­gra­tion
Inter­na­tion­al rela­tions
Nation­al secu­ri­ty, ter­ror­ism
South­east Asia
Unit­ed Nations
Unit­ed States for­eign pol­i­cy

Arne Kislenko
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Trin­i­ty Col­lege
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs 
Mobile: 647–378-8710
arne.kislenko@utoronto.ca