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Max Weiss is Professor of History at Princeton University, specializing in modern Middle Eastern cultural and intellectual history. Associated with Comparative Literature, his research examines Arabic literary traditions and contemporary socio-political transformations.
Education includes a PhD in Modern Middle East History from Stanford University and postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton and Harvard Society of Fellows.
Weiss investigates the intersections of literature, law, and revolution in the Arab world. His scholarship combines archival research with translation praxis to illuminate Syrian cultural production.
Publications include translations of Arabic literary works that document revolutionary experiences and authoritarian regimes.
Research supported by:
- Fulbright-Hays Commission
- Social Science Research Council
- Carnegie Corporation
Weiss mentors graduate students in Mediterranean/Ottoman/Middle East history and translation studies.
