Syria
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
Tina J. Park
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Responsibility to Protect Project
Junior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History
- Campus
- Faculty
- Centres
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
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online