Amir Weiner
Amir Weiner | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Columbia University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Soviet history |
| Institutions | Stanford University Department of History |
Amir Weiner (born 17 September 1961) is an American historian and associate professor of Soviet history at Stanford University. His interests include mass violence, population politics, totalitarianism, and World War II. Weiner is the director of Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and his research includes the KGB and the Soviet Union's surveillance state. Weiner is a former research scholar for the Wilson Center, and he was affiliated with the Kennan Institute in 1994–1995.