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prague canadian oscar kalmar , md -lrb- deceased -rrb- edith weiss 13 february 1948 kalmar.ivan.jpg ivan kalmar
 canadian and czech professor of anthropology
ivan kalmar

ivan davidson kalmar -lrb- born february 13 , 1948 -rrb- is a canadian professor .
soon after he was born in prague , his family moved to komárno , and later to bratislava .
when he was seventeen , he left what was then czechoslovakia , and eventually arrived in the united states .
kalmar 's family settled down in philadelphia , where he attended the university of pennsylvania .
there he received his undergraduate degree .
moving to toronto during the vietnam war , he took up study at the university of toronto , where he received both a master 's degree and a phd in anthropology .
kalmar is currently a professor of anthropology at the university of toronto .
he is also involved with first-year undergraduate education at victoria college , including the vic one program , where he holds the title of hon. newton w. rowell professor .
his primary research focus is on western christian views of jews and muslims .
