Close sidebar Home » Alumni » Max Weber Alumni Bio Open sidebar menu Jackson, Simon Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Website [email protected] United Kingdom Max Weber alumnus Department of History and Civilization Cohort(s): 2012/2013 Ph.D. Institution New York University, United States Biography I earned my Ph.D. between 2002-2009 in the History Department at NYU, where I worked with Tony Judt, Frederick Cooper, Herrick Chapman and Zachary Lockman. My dissertation focused on the discourse of economic development and modernization in the politics of the French League of Nations Mandate in Syria-Lebanon between the World Wars. Please see my homepage for a comprehensive presentation.