Media Releases

Middle East (Syria) and Turkey

June 21, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on the Mid­dle East (Syr­ia) and Turkey.

Ger­many
Iraq, Lebanon, Syr­ia, Pales­tine
Mid­dle East his­to­ry, cul­ture and pol­i­tics
The Arab Awak­en­ing in his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive
Turkey
Jens Hanssen
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Depart­ment of Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
Office: 416–978-3143
jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Ger­man, Ara­bic, French, Turk­ish

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
Lan­guages: French

Islam
Mod­ern Mid­dle East
Per­sian dias­po­ra
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Mis­sis­sauga
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Depart­ment of Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
Office: 416–951-2495
Home: 416–767-2064
Cell: 416–951-2495
m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Per­sian, Urdu, Ara­bic

Adult edu­ca­tion and pub­lic pol­i­cy
Dias­po­ra, immi­grant and refugee women
Fem­i­nism, anti-racism ped­a­gogy
Women in the Mid­dle East
Women, war and vio­lence
Shahrzad Mojab
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Lead­er­ship, High­er and Adult Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0829
shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Far­si, Kur­dish

Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syr­ia, Turkey and dias­po­ra
Mass media of the Mid­dle East
Mod­ern pol­i­tics and cul­ture of Iran, Iraq
Mod­ern pol­i­tics and cul­ture of Turkey
Nation­al­ism and social move­ments in the Mid­dle East
Amir Has­san­pour
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor (Ret.)
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Near & Mid­dle East­ern Civ­i­liza­tions
Office: 416–946-5216, 416–9783306
Home: 416–929-4089
amir.hassanpour@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Kur­dish, Per­sian, French

Inter­na­tion­al law
Mid­dle East con­flicts
NATO and strate­gic issues
Rus­si­a/­post-Sovi­et states/ East Europe — pol­i­tics
Strate­gic stud­ies, con­flict res­o­lu­tion
Aurel Braun
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Trin­i­ty Col­lege
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–946-8952, 905–828-3923
Home: 416–787-3702
Cell: 416 844 5367 or 617 233 8229
abraun@chass.utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: French, Hun­gar­i­an, Roman­ian, Russ­ian

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