Curriculum Vitae Yaron Ayalon. Education: : Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies. Degrees awarded: M.A., Ph.D.

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1 Curriculum Vitae Yaron Ayalon Address: 3490 Inverness Blvd, Carmel, IN 46032, USA Phone: , web site: Education: : Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies. Degrees awarded: M.A., Ph.D. 2006: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. Summer program in Turkish, advanced level 2005: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. Summer program in Turkish, intermediate level : Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. School of History, Master s program : Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Teacher certificate studies : Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Undergraduate studies, Middle Eastern History (degree awarded: B.A. magna cum laude) and Education (degree awarded: B.A.) Academic employment and teaching experience: From August 2013: Ball State University, Department of History, Assistant Professor. Courses taught: History of Israel, History of the Middle East, Arab-Israeli Conflict, United States and the Middle East, world history : Emory University, Department of History and Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, Visiting Assistant Professor. Courses taught: Sephardic Jews, Jews in Arab lands, Israeli society and politics, the Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe, and migration in the Muslim world : University of Oklahoma, Department of International and Area Studies and Program in Judaic and Israel Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor. Courses taught: Jews in Arab lands, Israeli history, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and charity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam : Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies, graduate teaching assistant (taught 4 discussion sections for the course Introduction to the Middle East ). Publications: Book 1

2 Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire: Plague, Famine, and Other Misfortunes (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014). Turkish translation forthcoming in 2016 with Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları. Articles: - Individualistic or Caring? The Jewish Communities of Damascus and Aleppo in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in: Syrian Jewry History, Identity and Heritage ed. Yaron Har el (Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar Ilan University Press, 2015; in Hebrew) - From Spain to Syria: A Jewish Scholar from Aleppo Studies his Family History [1787] (An annotated translation of Rabbi Solomon Laniado s Kise Shlomoh) in: Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, eds. Julia Cohen and Sarah Stein (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014), Poor Relief in Ottoman Jewish Communities, in: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern Times eds. Uriel Simonsohn et al. (Leiden: Brill, 2014), Safed in: Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World 2 nd edition, 2014, - Parnasim in: Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World 2 nd edition, 2014, - The Middle East in: Understanding the Global Community eds. Zach Messitte and Suzette Grillot (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013), Academic Study of Ottoman Jewry, in: Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World 2 nd edition, 2013, jews-in-the-islamic-world/academic-study-of-ottoman-jewry- COM_ Jews in the Ottoman Empire in: The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism ed. Alan Levenson (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), Ottoman Urban Privacy in Light of Disaster Recovery, International Journal of Middle East Studies 43 (2011), 3: Aleppo: Medieval Period, Baghdad: Medieval Period, Bucharest, Comtino, Rabbi Mordecai ben Eliezer, Greece, Laniado Family, Luria, Isaac, Kamishli, and Jacob Berab, in: Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World ed. Norman Stillman (Leiden: Brill, 2010) 2

3 - Sectional Editor (Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey) for the Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (1 st and 2 nd editions) - Revisiting Taha Husayn s Fi al-shi r al-jahili and its Sequel, Die Welt des Islams 49 (2009), 1: Famines, Earthquakes, Plagues: Natural Disasters in Ottoman Syria in the Writings of Visitors, Journal of Ottoman Studies 32 (2008), Richelieu in Arabic: The Catholic Printed Message to the Orient in the Seventeenth Century, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 19 (2008), 2: Ha-No ar ha- Oved Youth Movement: is Our Home (Still) Open to Every Youth? in: The Cooperative Groups in Israel ed. Yuval Dror (Tel Aviv: Yad Tabenkin, 2008, in Hebrew), When Nomads Meet Urbanites: The Outskirts of Ottoman Cities as a Venue for the Spread of Epidemic Diseases, in: Plagues in Nomadic Contexts: Historical Impact, Medical Responses, and Cultural Adaptations in Ancient to Mediaeval Eurasia eds. Kurt Franz et al. (Leiden: Brill, forthcoming in 2016) - Religious Identity and Responses to Epidemics in Ottoman Society in: Plague and Contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean ed. Nükhet Varlık (London: Ashgate, forthcoming in 2016) Book reviews - On Nicolas Trepanier, Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia: A New Social History (Austin, TX: Texas University Press, 2014) in Middle Eastern Studies, forthcoming in On Alan Mikhail, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Sam White, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), in H-Environment Roundtable Reviews 3 (2013), 8:4-8, - On Alan Mikhail, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), in Social History 37 (2012), 2: On Dan Barel, An Ill Wind: Cholera Epidemics and Medical Development in Palestine in the Late Ottoman Period (Jerusalem: Mosad Bialik, 2010), in Zmanim 115 (Summer 2011, in Hebrew), Recent Papers presented: November 2015: Middle East Studies Association, annual conference, Denver, CO. Paper title: Natural Disasters and Religious Boundaries in the Pre-Tanzimat Ottoman Empire. 3

4 March 2015: St. Louis University, conference titled: Charity in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Paper title: Jewish and Muslim Charity in the Ottoman Empire: The Fluidity of Religious Boundaries. November 2014: Middle East Studies Association annual meeting, Washington DC. Organizer and presenter in a panel titled: Nature and Society: Environmental Roots of State Formation in the Modern Middle East, 18th-20th Century. Paper title: Natural Disasters and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire. Also chairing the panel: The Manifold Quest for Freedom at the Close of Ottoman Rule. September 2014: Midwest Jewish Studies Association annual meeting, Kent State University, Ohio. Paper title: Leadership in Ottoman Jewish Communities. March 2014: Rutgers University, speaker at a symposium titled: The Healing Arts Across the Mediterranean: Communities, Knowledge and Practices. Paper title: Psychology as a Form of Healing in the 18th-Century Ottoman Empire January 2014: American Historical Association, annual conference, Washington DC. Organizer of and presenter at a roundtable titled: Famine in Continental Asia: Comparative Perspectives on Environment, Market, State, and Society, : Middle East Studies Association, annual conference, Denver, CO. Chair and discussant of two panels: Center and Periphery in the Ottoman Empire and Famine and Starvation in the Modern Middle East: Environmental Causes, Social Crises, Political Consequences. 2011: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Paper title: Responding to Natural Disasters in the Eighteenth Century: The Case of Ottoman Urban Society. 2010: 1. Association for Jewish Studies, annual conference, Boston. Paper title: Rethinking Leadership in Ottoman Jewish Communities (winner of the Maurice Amado Foundation award). 2. Middle East Studies Association, annual conference, San Diego. Paper title: Confessional Boundaries in Ottoman Cities in Light of Natural Disasters. Also participated in a thematic conversation: Plague and Contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean. 3. A conference titled: Plagues in Nomadic Contexts, Leipzig, Germany. Paper title: When Nomads Meet Urbanites: The Outskirts of Ottoman Cities as a Venue for the Spread of Epidemic Diseases. 4. University of Oklahoma, Judaic Studies Lunch Talks Series. Paper title: Chief Rabbis and Aldermen: the Enigma of Communal Leadership in Ottoman Jewish Communities. Service: 4

5 2014 (at Ball State): 1. Department of History, chief departmental academic adviser (tracking undergraduates course of study, monitoring progress and on-time graduation, marketing the history major to the general student body). 2. Department of History, member of the Advisory Committee (helping the department chair administer the ordinary business of the department). 3. Department of History, member of the Merit and Scholarship Committee (responsible for allocating grants to students and annual pay raises to faculty). 3. Mentor for Ph.D. Pathways, a program that pairs promising students from nontraditional backgrounds with mentors who guide them through college, choosing a career, and applying to graduate schools. 4. Member of the Jewish Studies Program Committee : University of Oklahoma, advisor for the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Grants: 2015: 1. National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship for to write my second book on the history of Jews in the Ottoman Empire 2. American Historical Association, grant to attend the annual conference in Atlanta and participate in a daylong teaching workshop. 2014: 1. American Philosophical Society, Franklin Research Grant to conduct research over the summer in Jerusalem for my second book project. 2. Ball State University, Aspire grant, a competitive grant to conduct research over the summer in Jerusalem for my second book project. 2013: Ball State University, new faculty startup grant, a competitive grant for newly hired faculty to support research for my new book on Ottoman Jewry. 2010: 1. Association for Jewish Studies, Maurice Amado Foundation Award for presentation of a paper on Sephardic Jewry at the annual conference. 2. University of Oklahoma, Presidential Dream Course, a major teaching grant to develop the course The Arab-Israeli Conflict and invite guest speakers to campus. 2008: Princeton University, Program in Judaic Studies. Grant to conduct research in the National Library, Jerusalem. 2007: 1. Princeton University, M. Münir Ertegün Foundation for Turkish Studies. Grant to conduct archival research in Marseille and Istanbul. 5

6 2. Princeton University, Program in Judaic Studies. Grant to conduct research in the National Library, Jerusalem. 2006: American Research Institute in Turkey. Grant to study Turkish in Istanbul. 2005: Foreign Language Area Studies. Grant to study Turkish in Istanbul. Languages: Native fluency: Hebrew, English Good command of: Arabic, Turkish, French Good reading ability of: Ottoman Turkish, Judeo-Arabic, Aramaic Basic Reading ability: German, Italian 6