Gaza-Israel War

Arne Kislenko

Professor in the Trinity College International Relations program

• Campus
  • St. George

Areas of Expertise

• Borders
• China
• Espionage
• Foreign policy
• International relations
• Russia
• Security
• Southeast Asia
• Terrorism
• United States
• War/Conflict

Office: N/A
Mobile: 647-378-8710
Website
Email: arne.kislenko@utoronto.ca
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Bianca Dahl

Assistant Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Anthropology

Areas of Expertise

• Global health
• Humanitarian aid
• International development
• Orphaned children
• Social effects of HIV/AIDS

Office: 416-208-2699
Languages (in addition to English): Setswana, French
Email: bianca.dahl@utoronto.ca
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Brett Caraway

Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Mississauga
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Information
• Centres
  • Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (UTM)

Areas of Expertise

• Copyright and intellectual property law
• Electronic commerce and media economics
• Fake news
• Internet history
• Internet law and communication policy
• Social media
• Social movements

Office: 905-569-4503
Mobile: 805-708-4131
Email: brett.caraway@utoronto.ca
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Janice Stein

Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• Afghanistan: U.S. responsibility & international response
• Border closures
• Conflict management and resolution
• Global order
• Iran
• Israel-Palestine violence: U.S. & international response
• Middle East
• UN comments on war

Office: 416-946-8908
Languages (in addition to English): French
Email: j.stein@utoronto.ca
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Jeffrey Dvorkin

Senior Fellow, Massey College

Former director, Journalism Program

• Campus
  • St. George

Areas of Expertise

• Changing role of media
• Disinformation & censorship
• Importance of trusted media sources
• Journalism ethics
• Media management and ethical decision-making
• Misinformation
• News ombudsmanship
• Significance of digital freedom & government accountability
• Social media and democratic practice
• Spread of misinformation
• The challenge of digital information
• The role of cameras in court rooms
• Youth vote reporting

Office: N/A
Home: 416-537-2892
Mobile: 647-401-5330
Languages (in addition to English): French, German, Hebrew
Email: jeffrey.dvorkin@utoronto.ca
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Jens Hanssen

Associate Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

Director designate, German Orient Institute in Beirut (from July 1st, 2023)

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • History
  • Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations

Areas of Expertise

• Culture and politics
• Egypt
• Germany
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Middle East history
• Palestine
• Sheikh Jarrah district; Context of escalating tensions
• Syria
• The Arab Awakening (al-Nahda) in historical perspective
• Türkiye/turkey

Office: 416-978-3143
Home: 416-530-5701
Languages (in addition to English): German, Arabic, French, Turkish
Website
Email: jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca
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Renan Levine

Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Political Science

Areas of Expertise

• American politics
• Israeli politics
• Political strategy
• Voting and elections

Office: 416-208-2651
Home: 416-848-1871
Website
Email: renan.levine@utoronto.ca
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Tina J. Park

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Responsibility to Protect Project

Junior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Centres
  • Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

Areas of Expertise

• Bilateral relationship between Canada and Korea
• Canadian foreign policy
• Canadian foreign policy post-COVID-19
• Canadian-Korean relations
• Feminism & diversity in the election race
• Inter-Korean relations & ROK-US relations
• NATO & Asia-Pacific security
• NATO & Ukraine
• North Korean nuclear programme & diplomacy & six party talks
• Responsibility to Protect
• South Korean politics & economy
• Syria
• UN

Office: 416-828-2361
Website
Email: park.tina@gmail.com
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Walter Callaghan

PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science

Areas of Expertise

• Medical cannabis
• Military masculinity
• Military sexual trauma
• Moral injury
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Shared trauma of civilians
• Veterans

Office: N/A
Email: w.callaghan@mail.utoronto.ca
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