Sarah Kate Raphael Higher Education 2003-2008 Ph.D. in Islamic Archaeology, the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University Dissertation: "The Muslim Concept of Defense in Greater Syria in the late 12 th and 13 th Centuries in the Light of the Historical, Archaeological and Architectural Analysis of Ayyubid and Early Mamluk Fortifications" Advisors: Prof. Reuven Amitai and Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum 1995-1999 M.A. in Medieval Studies, Hebrew University 1992-1995 B.A. in Archaeology, Haifa University (Summa Cum Laude) Post Doctorate 2009 Summer term, research carried out at SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies (London). 2008-2010 Galilee Project (collaboration between the Hebrew University and the University of York) at the Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University. Dissertation: "Climate and Political Climate, Environmental Calamities in the Medieval Levant 11 th -14 th Centuries (Based on Primary Contemporary Arabic sources)" 2006 Research at the Harvard Fine Arts Library and Archives and participation in a seminar and course on Islamic Art and Architecture given by Prof. Rabbat (MIT). Career 2006-2007 External Lecturer at the Rothberg International School, Hebrew University 2004-2006 Assistant Researcher to Professor Reuven Amitai, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University 1999 Assistant Researcher to the Curator of Islamic Art and Archaeology, The Israel Museum (Jerusalem) 1995-1997 Assistant Researcher, The Vadum Jacob Crusader Fortress Excavations, Hebrew University
Awards and Fellowships 2010 Institute de Physique du Globe Grant for the Research of the Impact of Medieval Earthquakes on Military Architecture in the Levant (Paris) 2008-2010 Galilee Project Post Doctorate Grant, Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University 2008 Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences Post Doctorate Grant, Hebrew University 2007 Publication Grant, Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University 2004-2006 Ph.D. Research Grant, the Israel Science Foundation 2001 Dean Scholarship for Distinction, Hebrew University Courses Taught 2006-2007 The Crusader Kingdom Through the Eyes of Muslim Chroniclers (Rothberg International School, Hebrew University) Selected Academic Conferences and Presentations 2011 "Muslim and Crusader Approaches to Fortress Construction in the Levant," The School of Archaeology at the University of Trieste 2011 "Fighting Drought and Defending Grain Reserves," International Mamluk Conference: Egypt and Syria under Mamluk Rule: Political, Social and Cultural Aspects, Haifa University 2010 "The Impact of the 12 th and 13 th Century Earthquakes in the Levant on Fortress Construction," Joint Conference of the Department of Archaeology at the Hebrew University and the Israel Antiquity Authority 2010 "Droughts and Famines in the Medieval Levant 12 th -15 th Centuries," Geological Survey of Israel (Jerusalem) 2009 "1170, The Earthquake that Forced Peace between the Crusader Principalities and Nur al-din the Sultan of Syria," Dead Sea Workshop (Safad, Israel) 2008 "The Role of Crusader Fortresses under Mamluk Rule," The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (Avignon, France) 2008 "Ayyubid and Mamluk Fortifications in the Late 12 th and Early 13 th Century," Holy War: Past and Present the Crusader Phenomenon and its Relevance Today
2006 "From the Periphery to the Center: Spatial Distribution of Mamluk Fortresses in the Thirteenth Century," The Mamluk Sultanate: Political, Military, Social and Cultural Aspects (Haifa and Jerusalem) 2006 "Mighty Towers and Feeble Walls: Ayyubid and Mamluk Fortifications in the late 12 th and early 13 th Century," Castles and Towns of the Crusader Period in the Eastern Mediterranean (Braubach, Germany) 2005 "Mongol Siege Warfare on the Banks of the Euphrates," The 4 th National Conference of Asian Studies in Israel (Jerusalem) 2004 "Hard Evidence from the Mamluk Siege of Arsuf (1265) and Acre (1291)," The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East (Istanbul, Turkey) 2002 "A Thousand Arrows from the Crusader Fortress at Vadum Iacob," International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (UK) List of Publications Refereed Books 1. Climate and Political Climate: Environmental Calamities in the Medieval Levant (Brill, forthcoming). 2. Muslim Fortresses in the Levant: Between Crusaders and Mongols (London: Routledge, 2010). Articles 1. Gideon Shelach, Kate Raphael, and Yitzhak Jaffe, "Sanzuodian: The Structure and Function of the Earliest Stone Fortified Sites in China," Antiquity 85 (327) (March 2011), pp. 11 26. 2. "Mighty Towers and Feeble Walls: Ayyubid and Mamluk Fortifications in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries in the Light of the Decline of Crusader Siege Warfare," Crusades 9 (2010), pp. 147-158. 3. "The Impact of the 1157 and 1170 Syrian Earthquakes on Crusader: Muslim Politics and Military Affairs," The Geological Society of America Special Issue Historical Earthquakes 471 (2010), pp. 59-66. 4. "Mongol Siege Warfare on the Euphrates and the Question of Gunpowder," Journal of Royal Asiatic Society (June 2009), pp. 355-370. 5. "The Metal Objects," Archaeological Excavation at Caesarea Maritma: Areas CC, KK, and NN, Final Reports, Joseph Patrich (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2008), vol. 1, pp. 434-469.
6. Joseph Patrich, and Kate Rafael, "The Jewelry," Archaeological Excavation at Caesarea Maritma: Areas CC, KK, and NN, Final Reports, Joseph Patrich (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2008), vol. 1, pp. 419-431. 7. Kate Raphael, and Yotam Tepper, "The Archaeological Evidence from the Mamluk Siege of Arsuf," Mamluk Studies Review 9 (1) (2005), pp. 85-100. Book Chapters 1. "Prawer's Concept of Defense from a Mamluk Point of View," The Mamluk Sultanate: Aspects of a Late Medieval Muslim State, R. Amitai, and A. Levanoni, eds. (submitted to Ashgate Publishers). 2. "Medieval to Ottoman Metal Finds," Salvage Excavations in the Lower City (1995-2007) and their Implications for the Urban Evolution of the City, 2 nd Edition, Martin Peilstöcker, ed. The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project (Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, in Press). 3. "The Al-Mansuris Mangonel Stone Balls: Some New Evidence from the Mamluk Siege of Akko (1291)," Akko: the Excavations of 1991-1998 II, The Later Periods, E. Stern, and D. Syon, eds. (IAA Reports, forthcoming). 4. "Metal Finds from Beyond the Walls (Jaffa Excavations of the City's Southern Fortifications)," Salvage Excavations in the Lower City (1995-2007) and their Implications for the Urban Evolution of the City, 2 nd. Edition, Martin Peilstöcker, ed. The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project (Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, in Press). 5. "Horseshoes, Burial Goods and Other Metal Finds from the Ottoman Kishle (Yaffo A-5037)," Excavations at the Ottoman Police Compound (Qishle) of Jaffa, Y. Arbel, A. A. Burke, and M. Peilstöcker, eds. Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project (Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, in Press) 6. "A Thousand Arrowheads from the Crusader Fortress in Vadum Jacob," In the Hill- Country, and in the Shephelah and in the Arabah Studies and Researches Presented to Adam Zartal in the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey, R. Beeri, D. Bem Yosef, O. Cohen, and M. Heltzer, eds. (Jerusalem: Ariel Publishing House, 2008), pp. 259-268. 7. "Crusader Arms and Armor," Knights of the Holy Land: The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, Silvia Rozenberg, ed. (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1999), pp. 149-159.
Other Relevant Activities Field Work 2011 Head of an Excavation of a Medieval (Crusader, Ayyubid Mamluk and Ottoman) Domestic Complex in the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem (IAA). 2009-2010 Field Supervisor at the Excavation of Beth Saida, Southern Golan. Excavation Director: Prof. Rami Arav. 2006 Excavation in Chifeng, North East China. Directed by The Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project, Universities of Jilin, China; University of Pittsburgh, USA; and the Hebrew University. 2005 Survey of Ayyubid and Mamluk Fortresses in Jordan and South-East Turkey. 2002-2003 Field Supervisor at Hippos Sussita Excavations, Northern Israel, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, Haifa University. Excavation Director: Prof. A. Segal. 1997 Field Supervisor at Shoham Excavations, IAA and Participant in the Research and Final Publication of the Archaeological Report. Excavation Director: Dr. Uzi Dahari. 1995 Field Supervisor at the Excavations of Tiberias (Mount Berenike) Archaeological Institute, Hebrew University. Excavation Director: Prof. Y. Hirshfeld. 1994 Field Supervisor at the Excavations of Shiqmona, Archaeological Institute, Hebrew University. Excavation Director: Prof. Y. Hirshfeld. 1994 Surveyor, Manasseh Hill Country Survey, the Department of Archaeology, Haifa University. Survey Director: Prof. A. Zertal. 1992-2007 Field Supervisor and Research Coordinator, Yearly Summer Excavations at the Crusader Fortress at Vadum Jacob (1178/79), Hebrew University. Excavation Director: Prof. Ellenblum. Archaeological Research 2010 Research of the Metal Finds from the Monastery of St. Mary of Carmel, Israel Antiquities Authority. 2008-2009 Study of Metal Artifacts from the Ottoman Kishle at Jaffa. Excavations Director: Dr. Yoav Arbel (IAA). 2008 Study of the Crusader and Ottoman Metal Artifacts Excavated in the Compound of the French Hospital of Saint Louis Enclosure; The
southern Corner of the Jaffa's Fortifications. Excavation Director: Mr. Amit Reem (IAA). 2004-2005 Research of the Metal Artifacts from the Jaffa Excavations. Excavation Director: Dr. Martin Peilstöcker (IAA). 2001-2002 Research and Publication of the Jewelry and Metal Artifacts from the Excavation of Caesarea, the Department of Archaeology, Haifa University. 2003 Research and Publication of the Metal Artifacts and the Evidence from the Mamluk Siege of Arsuf (1265). Apollonia-Arsuf Excavations, Tel Aviv University. Excavation Directors: Prof. Israel Roll and Dr. Oren Tal. 2000 Research and Publication of the Metal Artifacts from the Roman Theater at Shuni, Israel National Fund Archaeological Excavations. Participation in Documentary Productions 2008 Excavations at the Crusader Fortress at Vadum Jacob, National Geographic. 2005 Excavations at the Crusader Fortress at Vadum Jacob, History Channel. 2004 Excavations at the Crusader Fortress at Vadum Jacob, BBC 4.