Stefan Weber (born 17 October 1967, in Aachen) is a German Orientalist and director of the Museum of Islamic Art ("Museum für Islamische Kunst") at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was assistant professor of material history at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of Aga Khan University in London.
Career.
Weber matriculated in Islamic studies (Arabic, Persian, Turkish and History of Islamic art) at Bonn University in 1990 and finished as Magister in 1996. After university he worked at the German Archaeological Institute in Damascus. In 2001 he received a doctorate from the University of Berlin and moved to Beirut as staff member of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society).
In 2007 he became assistant professor of material history at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of Aga Khan University in London. In July 2008 he was appointed as director of the Pergamon Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and holds this position since spring 2009.
Stefan Weber chaired several international and interdisciplinary projects. He specializes in the architectural history of Syria during the Ottoman period.