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Lebanon
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
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