TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Here are posted short bios of Dr. Kislenko’s teaching and marking assistants. If you are interested in applying for work as an assistant please contact Dr. Kislenko for further instructions and criteria. In general, all assistants must meet the following conditions:

1) have a minimum Honours BA in History, International Relations, or similar field. Ideally be enrolled in a graduate programme (Masters or PhD level) at an accredited institution, preferably in History or International Relations, although other programmes may be acceptable

2) be able and willing to work in accordance with the class timetables Dr. Kislenko has in the given term

3) be able and willing to work as part of a team and to have an interactive approach to teaching and learning

4) be genuinely committed to teaching with an obvious enthusiasm and desire to learn.

TAs Fall 2022:

HST 540

Arne’s publications include Culture and Customs of Laos (2009), Culture and Customs of Thailand (2004), and The Uneasy Century: International Relations 1900-1990 with Margaret MacMillan (1996). He has also contributed to other books such as The Oxford Handbook of Intelligence (2010), John F. Kennedy and The Thousand Days: International Perspectives on the Foreign and Domestic Policies of the Kennedy Administration (2007), Global Perspectives on the United States: Ideas and Issues Shaping International Relations (2007), Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the 20th Century (2003) and America, The Vietnam War and the World: Comparative and International Perspectives (2003). He has also authored numerous journal and encyclopaedic articles on a wide array of topics in modern diplomatic history and international relations. He is currently finishing a two-book set on the history of modern international relations for the University of Toronto Press.

Arne Kislenko is a professor in the Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and an instructor in the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One International Relations Programme at Trinity College, 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 Vietnam War, the history of espionage, the history of terrorism, comparative foreign policy, justice and conflict, culture and identities, and modern Southeast Asia. 

He has won numerous awards for his teaching, including the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2011), 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. In the summers of 2011 and 2008 he was a Visiting Professor at the Freie Universität 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 Universität Berlin.

Arne’s research interests include United States diplomatic history, 20th century international relations, modern Southeast Asia, contemporary intelligence/national security issues, and the history of terrorism. His books 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). He has helped edit several books and published numerous book chapters and articles on a wide range of topics in modern international relations history, contemporary intelligence/international security studies, and Southeast Asia. He also currently serves as the book review editor for the prestigious journal Intelligence and National Security.

Arne is the founder and faculty advisor of the International Issues Discussion (IID) (www.iid.kislenko.com) lecture series at TMU. He is also the founder of and faculty advisor to the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) international development experiential learning programme at TMU (Alternative Spring Break at Toronto MetU (asbtmu.ca). Arne founded and endowed the Dale W. Nelson Memorial Award, which helps fund history students on international academic exchange (Awards – Department of History – Toronto Metropolitan University (torontomu.ca))

Arne graduated with an Honours B.A. in History and Politics and an M.A. in History, both from the University of Western Ontario. Arne completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of Toronto 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, Russia, national security, terrorism, immigration, and modern diplomatic history. He has worked as a consultant on national security matters for the federal government, including the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. He has also advised on and appeared in numerous TV documentaries, and is  the host of the  National Geographic television series Living in the Time of Jesus (2010-11). Living in the Time of Jesus He was also an historical advisor and on-air expert for several TV programmes including History’s Greatest Mysteries (2022), Forgotten Heroes (2022), Secret Nazi Expeditions (2021), History by the Numbers (2021), Secret Nazi Bases (2020),  Phantom Signals (2020), Spies of War (2019), Operation Foxley (2017), and The Secret Life of Mata Hari (2014). He is currently working on two new TV series.

Links to select publications:

Handbook on Contemporary Thailand

Culture and Customs of Thailand

Culture and Customs of Laos

Trans-Pacific Relations in the 20th Century

America, the Vietnam War, and the World

Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia

Global Perspectives on the United States