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COLÓN, Raúl »


Part-time professor
Faculty of Arts
School of Translation and Interpretation

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Raúl Ernesto Colón Rodríguez is a PhD in Translation Studies and Part-time professor at the University of Ottawa. He had worked (French-Spanish and English-French) in editorial, cinematographic, Canadian Francophonie and United Nations translation areas in Canada (2007-2019). He completed in 2011 a Master’s degree in TS at the University of Ottawa, and since 2011 he had published chapters, articles, translations and book reviews in American, Canadian, Spanish, Colombian, Polish and Brazilian publications. His PhD Thesis with Complexity Theory as theoretical approach, was about Collaborative Activist Translation 2.0 in Canada and he successfully defended his thesis in 2018. He also does research on the links between Translation, Exiles and Migrations of Latin-Americans in North America, and take part in the actual public discussion on Academic freedoms.

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DE KERCKHOVE, Ferry »


Senior fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4852)
Cell: 613-400-2414
Home: 613-421-8263
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My diplomatic career has exposed me to the Muslim World (Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia) and to the Arab world (Egypt), as well as to Russia and to Security issues (NATO). Of course, with 38 years of experience in Foreign Affairs, I do have a solid background onn Canadian Foreign Policy. I have been involved in policy planning (both political and trade) for over 6 years during my career at DFAIT. I have contributed a number of TV and Radio interviews on issues related to all facets of my experience and have written a number of pieces and comments at conferences all over Canada and abroad. As the Executive Vice President of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, and the co-author of "Canada's Strategic Outlook" of the CDAI for 2013 and 2014, I am also involved in Canada's defence policy. I write as well for CDFAI and for CIPS.

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KATCHANOVSKI, Ivan »


Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Politics in Ukraine, Russia, and Moldova; politics of historical memory in Ukraine; politics of representation of Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other post-communist countries in American, British, and Canadian media, movies, and public opinion

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KRAKOVSKY, Roman »


Chair in Slovak History and Culture
Assistant professor
Faculty of Arts
History

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Cell: 819-712-1644
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Historian, specialist in Central and Eastern Europe. My work focuses on authoritarianism, the process of democratization, and populism.

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LALIBERTÉ, André »


André Laliberté

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8913)
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My research is on the issue of relations between state and religion in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Eats Asia, within the contexts of an analysis of social policy and welfare regimes, the study of identity politics and nationalism, and the examination of political change.

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THIBAULT, Hélène »


PhD student
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Specializing in the politics of the former Soviet Union, especially Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). In particular, I'm interested in the impact of Soviet communism on the development of post-Soviet religious and secular identities.

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ZUERCHER, Christoph »


Christoph Zuercher

Dr / professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, International Development, Aid, Aid effectiveness, Conflict Civil Wars

Regions:  Central Asia, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Former Soviet Union, Russia

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