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About Dr. Kislenko

Arne Kislenko is Associate Professor of History at Ryerson University and Adjunct Professor in the International Relations Program at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. His teaching focus is on 19th and 20th century international relations, and includes courses on the two world wars, the Cold War, the history of espionage, comparative foreign policy, globalization, and culture/identity/nationalities.

He has won several awards for his teaching, including Ryerson University's first President's Award for Teaching Excellence (2007), the inaugural Province of Ontario Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) Award (2007), and being named as an Honourary Member of the Golden Key Society (2006). In Fall 2005 he was named Ontario’s “Best Lecturer” by TV Ontario following its first “Academic Idol” contest (http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bi_best_lecturer). In the Summer of 2008  he was a Visiting Professor at the Freie Universitat Berlin International Summer programme (FUBIS). In 2006 he served as a Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universitat Berlin.

Arne’s research interests include United States diplomatic history, 20th century international relations, modern Southeast Asia, and contemporary intelligence/national security issues. His publications include Culture and Customs of Laos (2009), Culture and Customs of Thailand (2004), The Uneasy Century: International Relations, 1900-1990 (with Dr. Margaret MacMillan, 1996), several chapter contributions to books, and numerous journal and encyclopaedic articles on a wide range of topics.

Arne was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. He graduated with an Honours B.A. in History and Politics (1987) and an M.A. in History (1988), both from the University of Western Ontario. Arne completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of Toronto (2000) while teaching at Ryerson and U of T and working with Canada Immigration at Lester B. Pearson Airport. He served there for 12 years as a Senior Officer, dealing with many high profile and national security cases.

He appears regularly in the media commenting on current affairs, including U.S. foreign policy, national security, terrorism, immigration, and modern diplomatic history.