FACULTY HONOR: Weiss named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Max Weiss, an associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies, has been named to the inaugural class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Each of the 32 scholars in the social sciences and humanities will receive up to $200,000 to support research and writing. Weiss specializes in the social, cultural and intellectual history of the modern Middle East. His research interests include transformations of law and society, religious culture, history of ideas, and the translation of contemporary Arabic literature into English.