Ilai. Alon, Ph. D. Dept.: Philosophy, Tel Aviv University.
Studied Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University and Oxford University. I have published in the area of mediaeval Arabic philosophy (on Socrates; on al-Farabi) and on Negotiations in Arabic-speaking Islam, a topic on which I am now writing a book. I am also engaged in a research project on the emotive lexicon of conflict and conflict management in Arabic and in Hebrew. I was a member of the Israeli team to the negotiations with Syria in 1999-2000.
קובץ מצורף Ilai. Alon - Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Ilai. Alon, Ph. D. Id. Number - 00049770-1
Faculty: Humanities Dept.: Philosophy
Home Address: 69, Ha-Aztma’ut St.
Pet ach Tiqva, 49379
Israel
Tel. (Residence) 972-77-765-1775
Mobile 972-54-237-5596
Tel. (Office) 972 (3) 640-9587
Fax (Office) 972 (3) 640-7630
E-Mail ilaialon@post.tau.ac.il
Date and Place of Birth: 17th January, 1941, Jerusalem, Israel.
Zahal Military Service: 15.8.58 - 1.10.62
Marital Status: Married + 3
A. EDUCATION
Period of Study Name of University Subject Degree Date
1962-1966 Hebrew University 1. Arabic language B.A. 1966 & literature
2. Philosophy
1966-1968 Hebrew University Arabic language M.A. 1968
& literature (with distinction)
1968-1973 Hebrew University Arabic language Ph.D 1973
& literature
1968-70 Oxford University Arabic Philosophy
Title of Master's Degree: The Psychological Chapter of Ibn Da'ud's Emunah Ramah. Supervisor: Prof. Shlomo Pines.
Title of doctoral dissertation: The Arabic Translation of Theophrastus' Metaphysics.
Supervisors: Prof. Shlomo Pines (Jerusalem) Prof R. Wlazer (Oxford); Prof. M. Plessner (Jerusalem)
Academic and Professional Experience
Period Name of Institution City. Country Dept. Rank/Function
2009 International University of Venice Visiting Professor
2007 Al-Qasimi Islamic College Member of the advisory
committee on graduate
Islamic studies.
2004-6 University of Chicago, USA Near Eastern Visiting Professor
Cultures and
Languages
2003-4 University of Chicago, USA Cttee. On Visiting Scholar
Human
Development
2000-1 Ministry of the Prime Minister Directory of Advisor
Negotiations
1999-00 Hebrew University, Jerusalem The Davis
Institute Member of the
Conciliation
Research - Group
1999-01 The Hebrew University, Jerusalem International
Studies Assoc. Prof.
1999 Ministry of the Prime Minister Negotiation
Team with Syria Member
1999 Encyclopedia Hebraica Responsible for
Arabic Philosophy
1998 The Academic Committee of the
Steinmetz Centre for Peace Studies Member
Tel Aviv University
Israel Oriental Studies Editioria1 board Member
1997 Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Religious Studies Visiting
Professor
1996-7 Lehigh University, Allentown, Pennsylvania Religious Studies Visiting
Professor
1994 Tel Aviv University Philosophy Associate Prof.
1992 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. History Summer Visiting Assoc.
Prof.
1991 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. History Summer
School Visiting Assoc.
Prof.
1985-7 Princeton University Near Eastern Visiting
Scholar
1978-82 Tel Aviv University Meychan Chair for Head
the History &
Philosophy of
Medicine
1979 Tel Aviv University Philosophy Senior
lecturer
1976-7 Stanford University Religious Visiting Studies researcher
1973 Tel Aviv University Philosophy Lecturer
1970 Hebrew University, Jerusalem Islamic Culture Assistant
B. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1973 - The International Congress of Orient lists, Paris, France.
1976 - The International Congress of Orient lists, Mexico City, Mexico
1984 - The Society for Islamic Philosophy and science, CUNY, NY.
1986 - The Society for Islamic Philosophy and science, CUNY, NY. 1985 - Graeco-Arabicum Conference, Bochum, Germany
1988 - The Society for Islamic Philosophy and science, CUNY, NY.
Congress of the Union European d'arabisants et d'islamisants, Budapest, Hungary.
1990 - International Conference on Interpretation in Religions, Tel Aviv, Israel Congress on Political Psychology, Washington, D.C.
1996 - American Oriental Society annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Penn,: "Al- FÁrÁbÐ's Philosophical Lexicon".
1997 - The Society for Islamic Philosophy and science, Binghamton, NY, USA.: "Al-FÁrÁbÐ's Philosophical Lexicon".
1998 - Peacemaking and Negotiations in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, The Davis Institute, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem: "The Cultural Elements in Negotiational Behaviour in Arabic Speaking Islam", Negotiations in the Middle East.
1998 - SIEPM conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: "Al-FÁrÁbÐ's Philosophical Lexicon".
2000 - ISPPAnnual Meeting, Seattle, USA.
2000 - The American Cultural Involvement in the Middle East", Yale University, Conn. USA.
2002 – World Forum on Religions and Cultures, Nicosia, Cyprus, conference on Dialogue Between Religions and Cultures
2002- ISPP Annual Meeting, Berlin, paper: “The Concept of time in Islam and its Manifestations in Negotiations”.
2003 - ISPP Annual Meeting, Boston. Paper: "The Emotive Language of the Palestinians: Conflict and Negotiation."
2003 – World Forum on Religions and Cultures, Panteion University Of Social And Political Sciences, Department Of Communications, Media And Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus, conference Universality And Culture: The Paths Of Peace.
2004 - “How to Rebuild Trust between Israelis and Palestinians,” in Denver, Colorado on September 3-5, 2004. Paper on “Thoughts about Rebuilding Trust in the Jordanian-Palestinian-Israeli Triangle.”
2004 - 3rd Meeting of Religions and Cultures, Athens. Paper: "Third-Party Mediation by Conflicting Parties."
2005 – AMSS (American Muslim Social Scientists) 4th Regional Conference, Dallas, Texas. Paper on Socrates in Mediaeval Arabic Literature.
2005 – SEMA International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Paper: "Some Notes on the Perception of Time in the Passage between JÁhilÐyah and Islam."
2006 – IPSA annual Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan. Paper: Toward a Palestinian Arabic Emotive Lexicon: Invitation for Discussion.
2006 - The School of Architecture of Barcelona: colloquium on celestial architectures. Paper: "The Architecture of Heaven in Islam."
2006 –Hawaii International Congress on Social Science. Paper: "The Palestinian Arabic Emotive Lexicon: A Research Programme."
2007 – Ecpr 4th General Conference, Pisa, Italy. Paper: "The Role of Language in Negotiation in Arabic-Speaking Islam."
2007 – Jerusalem Institute conference on the Arab Peace Initiative. Paper: "A Linguistic Analysis of the Arab Peace Initiative Documents."
2008 - The Center For Democracy & Community Development Al-Quds University: "Towards a Sustainable Peaceful Solution."
2008 - Palestinian Israeli Peace NGO Forum: "Europe’s Role in the Resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict". 2nd Annual International Conference. September 19-20, 2008
Pisa, Italy
2009 – International Society for Political Psychology, Dublin. Paper: "A Linguistic Analysis of the Arab Peace Initiative Documents."
C. Academic and Professional Awards
1968 Friends of the Hebrew University, two-years scholarship to study at Oxford University.
1996 Lehigh University Israeli Visiting Professorship.
1997 Carlton University Israeli Visiting Professorship.
D. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Year Society Country
1973 Israel Oriental Society Israel.
1973 Royal Asiatic Society Great Britain.
1975 American Oriental Society USA.
1985 Middle East Studies Association USA.
1988 Société Internationale pour l’étude de
la philosophie mediévale Louvain, Belgium.
1995 International Society for Political Psychology USA.
1998 Middle East Medievalists USA.
1998 Société de sciences et de la philosophie islamique, Frnace.
2001 The International Association for Conflict Management.
E. Publications Dec. 2008
A. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
1. I. Alon, Socrates in Mediaeval Arabic Literature, Leiden: Brill and Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1991 (198 p) .
2. I. Alon, Socrates Arabus, Jeursalem, The Hebrew University Institute of Asian and African Studies, 1995, (413 pp).
3. I. Alon and S.Abed., Al-FÁrÁbÐ's Philosophical Lexicon, Cambridge, The Gibb Memorial Trust, 2008, 2 vols. (1100 pp.)
B. REFEREED ARTICLES
1. I. Alon, Isocrates' Saying in Arabic, Israel Oriental Studies, vol. 6, 1976 (pp.224-228).
2. L. V. Berman and I. Alon, Socrates on Law and Philosophy, The Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, vol. 2,1980 (pp. 163-279).
3. I. Alon, AI-GhazÁlÐ on Causality, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 100,1980 (pp.397- 405).
4. I. Alon, The Arabic Translation of Theophrastus' Metaphysics, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, vol.7, 1985 (pp.162-217),
5. I. Alon, FÁrÁbÐ's Funny Flora: The Nawabit as 'opposition', Journal of the Royal Oriental Society, 1989, (pp.222-251).
6. David Graves and I. Alon, LDG: A Language for the Description of God. Part I: A Unique Language for a Unique Object", International Journal for Philosophy of Religion vol. 36,1994 (pp.169-l86).
7. I. Alon, 'Redding' and 'Blueing' at -Siffin: A Lexical Note, in I. Alon., Ithamar Gruenwald and Itamar Singer, eds., Concept of the Other in Near Eastern Religions (Ed.), Leiden, E. J. Brill 1994,349-367.
8. I. Alon, Bargaining with God, Le Museon, vol. ll0, 1997 (pp. 223-247).
9. I. Alon, Negotiations in Arabic-Speaking Islam: A Research Note. Davis Occasional Papers, The Leonard Davis Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2000. (pp. 42).
10. I. Alon, “Sihot Hudaibiyah ve-Haheskem she-be’ikvoteihen: Degem le-nihul masa u-matan”, Ha-Mizrah He-Hadash. 43 (2001) (Hebrew) pp. 5-25. שיחות חדיביה וההסכם שבעקבותיהן: דגם לניהול משא ומתו?
11. I. Alon. (2004). “Has Islam introduced a New Perception of Time?” Al-Usur al-Wusta, the Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists (University of Chicago), vol. 16, no. 2, pp.34-37.
12. I. Alon, Toward a Palestinian Arabic Emotive Lexicon: Invitation for Discussion. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, April 2005, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-13.
13. I. Alon and Jeanne Brett, Perceptions of Time and Their Impact on Negotiation in Arabic-Speaking Islamic World. Negotiation Journal, 23/1 (2007) 55-73.
D. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
1. I. Alon, Between Fatalism and Determinism: al-Ash’ari and Spinoza. in BA. Scharfstein, ed., Philosophy East, Philosophy West, Oxford, 1978, (pp. 218-234).
2. I. Alon, Hikmah and Haqq: Divine Attributes?, in: J. Blau et. al., eds., Studia Orientlia D. Z. Baneth Dedicata, Jerusalem, 1979, (pp. 95-105).
3. I. Alon, Bargaining with God: The case of the Five Daily Prayers, in: Biderman, S., and Ben-Ami Scharfstein, eds., Interpretation in Religion, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992, (PP/ 207-227).
4. 
I. Alon, Socrates in Arabic Philosophy, The Blackwell Companion to Socrates, Ed. S. Ahbel-Rappe and R. Kamtekar, U. of Michigan, 2005, (pp. 317-336).
5. I. Alon, Leshon Yozmat ha-liga ha-‘Aravit (The Language of the Arab Peace Initiative), in: K. Michael, ed. Yozmat Ha-Liga Ha-Aravit – Ha-Omanm Hizdamnut Historit? The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2007, (pp. 33-74). (Hebrew).
6. I. Alon, Some Notes on the Perception of Time in the Passage between JÁhilÐyah and Islam. Volume of the 40th Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, MI on May 5th-8th, 2005). In: Ahmad, Basheer (Ed.). The Islamic Intellectual Heritage and It’s Impact on the West. Dallas: The Institute of Medieval and Post Medieval Studies, 2008 (pp 11-18).
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
1. I. Alon, Some Points in the Sunni Theology Regarding Heavenly Architecture in Islam. Colloque International/International Seminar. Barcelona, The School of Architecture of Barcelona and the Contemporary Cultural Centre of Barcelona 2006.
Entries in Encyclopedias and Lexicons
1. I. Alon, Noon, The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, Leiden, E. J. Brill. 2004, Vol. 3, pp. 545-547.
2. I. Alon, Dhimma, in Mattar, Philip (Ed.). (2004). Encyclopaedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa. Detroit, Mich.: Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 703-704.
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
1. I. Alon, Intellectual History, in: Josef W. Meri (ed.), Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia.
E. EDITING
1. I. Alon, ed., Ha-refu’ah tahat Izmel ha-Musar (Medicine Under the Scalpel of Ethics) (ed.) (Hebrew), Tel Aviv, Papirus, 1981 (180 pp.).
2. Joel L. Kraemer and I. Alon, eds., Religion and Government in the World of Islam, Israel Oriental Studies, X, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University, 1984, (245 pp.).
3 I. Alon, tr., Ibn Rushd’s Ma’mar Ha-Hachra’ah (Hebrew Translation of Averroes' FaÒl al-MaqÁl), Tel Aviv,Mif'alim Universita'iim, 1986 (48 pp.).
4 Stuart F. Spicker, I. Alon, Andre de Vries & H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., eds., The Use of Human Beings in Research, Dordrecht, Boston, London, Kluwer, 1988 (291 pp.)
5 I. Alon, Ithamar Gruenwald, & Itamar Singer, eds., Concept of the Other in Near Eastern Religions, Israel Oriental Studies, XIV, Leiden, Brill, 1994 (386 pp.)
G. SCIENTIFIC EDITING AND CONSULTATION
1. Giladi, Avner, Bagdad – Eshnav le-tarbut ha-Islam bi-yemei ha-beinayim: pirkei nakor ve-iyyun
u-madtikh la-talmid (Baghdad: A Window to Mediaeval Islamic Culture), Ramat-Gan: Massada
1981. (Hebrew).
2. 
Ph. D. thesis reference: Dvora Hefetz-Yahav, The Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2002.
3. Referee for a Ph.D. proposal, Mr. Nasar Nabil, Philosophy dept. Bar Ilan University. 2002.
4. The Tami Steinmetz Centre, Tel Aviv University: Report on "Linguistic Landscape and Multiculturalism: A Jewish-Arab Comparative Study". 2002.
5. Academic consultant, Matach in the project "Living Development' (Lihyot Pituach), 2003.
6. Igbariyah, Ahmad, Al-Farabi, The Opinions of the Inhabitants of the Virtuous City, A Hebrew Translation. (Scientific editor) (2007).
