Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

Anna Shternshis

Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Anne Tanenbaum Center for Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • School of Graduate Studies
• Department
  • Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Centres
  • Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
  • Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies
  • Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Holocaust in the Soviet Union
• Jewish history and culture
• Oral history
• Post-Soviet Jewish diaspora
• Yiddish language and culture
• Yiddish music

Office: 416-978 8131
Mobile: 416-858-3362
Languages: Yiddish, Russian, some Hebrew
Website
Email: anna.shternshis@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Mark McGowan

Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Science,

Interim Principal of the University of St. Michael’s College for the 2020-2022 academic years.

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  • USMC
• Department
  • Book & Media Studies
  • Celtic Studies
  • History
  • Religion
• Centres
  • Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies
  • Centre for the Study of Religion

Areas of Expertise

• Catholic Church (Canada and the world)
• Catholic education in Canada
• History of Christianity
• History of Ireland and its Diaspora
• Immigration and Canada
• Religion and Communications
• The Irish in Canada
• The Vatican

Office: 416-926-1300 ext. 3253
Mobile: 647-771-1865
Email: mark.mcgowan@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online