Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
James Reilly
Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: N/A
Website
Email: james.reilly@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online
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
- Department
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: German, Arabic, French, Turkish
Website
Email: jens.hanssen@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online
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
Mobile: 905-269-1502
Languages: French, German, Spanish, Colloquial Arabic (Egyptian) and Ancient Egyptian
Website
Email: ma.poulswegner@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone, Email
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Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi
Professor
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Historical & political context of U.S. multi-year presence in Afghanistan & firm removal deadline
- Iran
- Islam
- Modern Middle East
- Persian diaspora
Office: 416-951-2495
Home: 416-767-2064
Languages: Persian
Website
Email: m.tavakoli@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online
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
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Sarianna Metso
Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
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
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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
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Todd Lawson
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Islamic religion
- Islamic thought (theology, philosophy, mysticism)
- Mysticism
- Philosophy
- Qur'an commentary
- Shi'i Islam
- Sufism
Office: N/A
Mobile: 514.885.6552
Email: todd.lawson@utoronto.ca
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Walid Saleh
Professor
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
Office: 416-946-3241
Mobile: 647-710-0921
Languages: Arabic
Email: walid.saleh@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone, Email, Text
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online