Johannes Makar

Johannes A.P. Makar is a PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. He specializes in modern Arabic thought, with a focus on communities often regarded as peripheral. His first project, The Forgotten Renaissance, investigates the contributions of intellectuals from the Coptic Orthodox community in Egypt during a period of intellectual revival known as the “Arab Renaissance” (al-Nahḍa). He is currently working on a second project on the history of Arabic print culture in Southeast Asia and serves as a visiting scholar at the Department of Arabic Studies, University of Indonesia. His research has benefited from fellowships at Stanford University, Leiden University, and Radboud University.