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Stefan Weber
Professor Stefan Weber is Director of the Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon in Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Material Culture at Aga Khan University in London. Between 1996 and 2007, he was a Research Fellow at the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Damascus and at the Orient-Institute Beirut (OIB). Dr Weber currently organizes the reconceptualization of the Museum of Islamic Art, which explores new grounds in communicating the legacy of the art, architecture, and archaeology of the Islamic Middle East. His programme on refugees as guides for refugees (‘Multaka’) has won several awards. He has curated many exhibitions and directed research and documentation projects, as well as an awardwinning restoration project, on the cities and cultural heritage of the Middle East. Weber has also published widely on Middle Eastern heritages.