Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
Clemens Reichel
Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Archaeology / cultural heritage of Iran
- Archaeology / cultural heritage of Iraq
- Archaeology / cultural heritage of Syria
Office: 416-586-7938
Mobile: 647-966-8845
Languages: German
Email: clemens.reichel@utoronto.ca
Jens Hanssen
Associate Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Culture and politics
- Egypt
- Germany
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Middle East history
- Palestine
- Syria
- The Arab Awakening in historical perspective
- Turkey
Office: 416-978-3143
Home: 416-530-5701
Languages: German, Arabic, French, Turkish
Email: jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca
Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner
Associate Professor, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science

- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient history
- Archaeology
- Egyptology
- Gender in Archaeology
- Landscape archaeology
- Politics of archaeology
- Social Anthropology
Office: 416-946-7451
Home: 905-377-8224
Mobile: 905-269-1502
Languages: French, German, Spanish, Colloquial Arabic (Egyptian) and Ancient Egyptian
Website
Email: ma.poulswegner@utoronto.ca
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Professor

- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 416-951-2495
Home: 416-767-2064
Languages: Persian
Website
Email: m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
Robert Holmstedt
Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science

- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 416-978-3180
Website
Email: robert.holmstedt@utoronto.ca
Sarianna Metso
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
Associate Professor, Department of Near & Middle Easters Civilizations
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 905-828-3771 (UTM)
Home: 416-275-9494
Email: s.metso@utoronto.ca
Timothy Harrison
Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 416-978-6600
Email: tim.harrison@utoronto.ca
Todd Lawson
Associate Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science
Associate Professor, Centre for Religious Studies
Associate Professor, Centre for Jewish Studies
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Islamic religion
- Islamic thought (theology, philosophy, mysticism)
- Mysticism
- Philosophy
- Qu'ran commentary
- Shi'i Islam
- Sufism
Office: 416-978-3080
Mobile: 514.885.6552
Email: todd.lawson@utoronto.ca