Arne Kislenko

Dr. Arne Kislenko has been recognized widely for his teaching skills, including being awarded the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship in 2011. He was named the “Best Lecturer in Ontario” by TV Ontario viewers following the first Big Ideas “Academic Idol” television series in 2005. He also received Toronto Metropolitan University’s first President’s Teaching Award (2007), the Ontario government’s inaugural Leadership in Faculty Teaching Award (LIFT) (2007), and was inducted as an Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society (2006). As well as his working at TMU, Dr. Kislenko is an adjunct professor in International Relations at Trinity College, University of Toronto, and served several times as a Visiting Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin. His publications include Culture and Customs of Laos (2009), Culture and Customs of Thailand (2004), and The Uneasy Century: International Relations, 1900-1990 (1996, with Margaret MacMillan). He contributed to, and helped edit, Global Perspectives on the United States: Issues and Ideas Shaping International Relations (2008) and currently serves as the book review editor for the prestigious journal Intelligence and National Security. He also contributed chapters to several books and published numerous journal and encyclopaedia articles on a wide range of topics in modern international relations history and intelligence and security studies. Among other academic activities, Dr. Kislenko helped curate Toronto Metropolitan University's Black Star photographic exhibit of the Berlin Wall, which was unveiled at the Canadian Embassy in the German capital to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Wall’s collapse. He is founder of, and faculty advisor to, a number of student groups at TMU, including the International Issues Discussion (IID) lecture series (www.iid.kislenko.com (external link) ) and the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) international development project (Alternative Spring Break at Toronto MetU (asbtmu.ca) (external link) . A strong believer in the educational merits of travel and international experience, he also founded the Dale W. Nelson Memorial Award to help History students go abroad on exchange.

Dr. Kislenko also has worked as a security consultant for the federal government, as well as an education consultant and historical advisor for several news and television programs. Between 1989 and 2001, Dr. Kislenko worked as a Senior Officer with Canada Immigration at Lester B. Pearson Airport, dealing with many high-profile national security cases. He appears regularly in the media commenting on current affairs, including U.S. foreign policy, security and intelligence, terrorism, and modern diplomatic history. Dr. Kislenko hosted the National Geographic television series “Living in the Time of Jesus” (2011) Living in the Time of Jesus (TV Series 2010– ) - IMDb (external link)  and has worked on and behind the camera for numerous international television projects including History’s Greatest Mysteries; A Cold War of Spies; History by the Numbers; Missions Unexplained; Forgotten Frontlines; Secret Nazi Expeditions; Secret Nazi Bases; Phantom Signals; Secret Societies; Spies of War; Operation Foxley; and The Secret Life of Mata Hari. Currently, he is working on a book project and a documentary film amongst other projects. Dr. Kislenko is a member of the graduate faculty.