January 2019

CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. TIMOTHY MAY 706.864.1913 [email protected]

Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph. D. History, 1996-2004. Major: Comparative World History (Middle East and Russia) Minor: Dissertation topic: The Mechanics of Conquest and Governance: The Rise and Expansion of the , 1185-1265.

Indiana University, M. A. Central Eurasian Studies, 1994-1996. Major: Mongolian Studies Thesis: Chormaqan Noyan, the first Mongol Military Governor in the Middle East.

University of Yarmouk, Irbid, Jordan, Arabic Program, Summer, 1995.

The College of William and Mary, B. A. History and Anthropology, 1989-1993. Undergraduate History Honors Thesis: and Crusaders: A Study of the Evolution of Political and Military Relations. Received High Honors, 1993. Undergraduate Anthropology thesis: Chinggis Khan in Mongolian Society, 1993.

Research Specialization: Historian of the Mongol Empire with a special interest in comparative history of Central Eurasia and the Middle East. Secondary interests in military history, religious conversion, state building, legitimization of authority, and pastoral-sedentary relations.

Academic Experience:

July 1, 2014-Current: Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters, University of North Georgia.

January, 2013-June, 2014: Department Head, History, Anthropology, & Philosophy, University of North Georgia.

January, 2013-Current: Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian History, University of North Georgia.

August--December 2012: Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian History, North Georgia College & State University. Promoted August 1, 2012.

August, 2009-December, 2012: Department Head, Department of History & Philosophy, North Georgia College & State University.

January, 2009-August, 2010: Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of History & Philosophy, North Georgia College & State University.

2008-2012: Associate Professor of Middle Eastern & Central Eurasian History, North Georgia College and State University. Promoted August 1 2008; tenured August 1, 2009.

2004—2008: Asst. Professor of History, North Georgia College and State University.

Courses Taught:

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Undergraduate: World History I; World History II; World Civilizations II—Honors; Religion and Thought in the Islamic World; History of World Religions; History of Central Eurasia; The Middle East in the Middle Ages; The Mongol Conquests; The Crusades; The Modern Middle East; History of Stuff; Eurasia after the Mongols; Afghanistan and the Great Game; Star Wars and History; Holy War, Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Undergraduate Independent Studies: 2011: Studies in Historiography-Primary Sources in Arabic 2010: General Gordon and the Sudan Campaign; The Mongols; Rise of the Safavid Empire 2009: The Knights Hospitaller and the Crusades; Rise of the Ottoman Turks; Jihad in World History; Historiography of the Silk Road; The Ottomans, 1402-151

Graduate Seminars & Colloquiums Historiography; Colloquium in World History; Steppe History Colloquium; Graduate Capstone in History; Teaching History; Silk Road Colloquium

Graduate Independent Studies 2018: Crusades 2015: Historiography of Afghanistan 2014: Mongol Invasion of Russia

Thesis Committees:

2018: Jennifer Smith (primary) Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor: Place and Political Function of a Strategic Region. 2012: Donna Hamil (primary), The Mongol : Political Agency and Cultural Adaptation of Royal Women in the Expanding Mongol Empire. 2011: Ross Burger, The Rhetoric of Blitzkrieg.

Books: In preparation: Dashdondog Bayarsaikhan, Christopher P. Atwood, & Timothy May, eds. New Approaches to Ilkhanid History. Leiden: Brill, Forthcoming. Under Contract: The Borjigids: The Dynasty of Chinggis Khan. Reaktion. Under Contract: Timothy May and Michael Hope (eds), The Mongol World. Routledge. Under Contract: Simply Chinggis. Simply Charly Forthcoming: The Mongols. Past Imperfect. ARC-Humanities Forthcoming: Coins and Currency of the Mongol Empire, general editor.

1. 2018: The Mongol Empire. Islamic Empires. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

2. 2016: Timothy May and Peter Jackson, eds., The Mongols and Post-Mongol Asia: Studies in Honour of David O. Morgan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Also as Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3rd series, vol. 26, no. 1 & 2 (2016). http://royalasiaticsociety.org/honoring-david-morgan-mongols-and-post-mongol-asia/

3. 2016: Timothy May, ed. The Mongol Empire, a Historical Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Empires of the World. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2016.

4. 2012: The Mongol Conquests in World History (C. 1200-1350). London: Reaktion Books; Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Chinese translation by Xiaolin Ma: Gingko (Beijing) Book Co., Ltd. 2017; also Taipei: Agora Publishing, 2018. PRC translation selected as one of top 10 books for 2017 (#7) by Economic Observer. http://www.weiduba.net/wx/1014151619087270

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5. 2011: Co-author with Judith Kolbas and Vlastimil Novak, Anatolian Early 14th Century Coin Hoard, Editio Monographica Musei Nationalis Pragae , 9. Prague: National Museum, 2011.

6. 2009: Culture and Customs of Mongolia. New York: Greenwood Press, 2009.

7. 2007: The Mongol Art of War. London: Pen and Sword Publications, 2007 & Yardly, Pa: Westholme Publishing, 2007. Korean translation: Daesung, 2009; Polish translation by Jowita Matys, Warsaw: Bellona, 2010. Paperback edition, 2016.

Refereed Articles:

1. 2018, March. May, Timothy. "Nomadic Warfare Before Firearms." In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. Ed. David Ludden. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Article published March, 2018. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.4

2. 2017, December: “Grand Strategy in the Mongol Empire”, Acta Historica Mongolici 16 (2017): 78-105. 3. 2016, May: “Commercial Queens: Mongol Khatuns and the Silk Road”, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 26 (2016): 89-106. doi:10.1017/S1356186315000590.

4. 2016, February: "Mongol Wars". In Oxford Bibliographies in Military History, http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279- 0129.xml (accessed 26-Feb-2016).

5. 2015, September: “The Mongol Art of War and the Tsunami strategy” [Монгольское искусство войны и стратегия цунами], Золотоордынская цивилизация. Научный ежегодник [ Civilization. Research Annual], Выпуск 8, Казань: Институт истории им. Ш.Марджани АН РТ, 8 (2015): 31-37.

6. 2015, August: “Mongol Warfare in the Pre-Dissolution Period”, Золотоордынское обозрение (Golden Horde Review) 2 (2015): 6-20.

7. 2015, June: “Converting the Khan: Christian Missionaries and the Mongol Empire,” World History Connected 12/2 (June 2015). http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/12.2/forum_may.html

8. 2015, February: "The Chinggis Exchange: the Mongol Empire and Global Impact on Warfare," World History Connected 12/1 (February 2015). http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/12.1/forum_may.html

9. 2010, July: Paul D. Buell, Timothy May, & David Ramey, “Greek and Chinese Horse Medicine: Déjà vu All Over Again”, Sudhoffs Archiv 94/1 (2010): 31-56.

10. 2010, February: “Introduction”, Forum on Women and World History, World History Connected, vol 7, no. 1 (2010). http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.1/may.html

11. 2008: “The Relationship between Sufis and Inner Asian Ruling Elites”, Southeast Review of Asian Studies 30 (2008): 84-101.

12. 2008, February: "The Mongol Empire in World History". World History Connected, vol 5/2 (2008). http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/5.2/may.html

13. 2006: “Nökhöd to Noyad: Chinggis Khan’s Social Revolution”, Mongolica 19 (2006): 296-308.

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14. 2006: “Jamuqa and the Education of Chinggis Khan”. Acta Mongolica 6 (2006): 273-286.

15. 2006, July: “The Training of an Inner Asian Nomad Army in the Pre-Modern Period”. The Journal of Military History, 70/3 (2006): 617-635.

16. 2004, Fall: “A Mongol-Ismaili Alliance? Thoughts on the Mongols and Assassins”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 14/3 (2006): 1-9.

17. 2003: “Attitudes towards Conversion Among the Elite in the Mongol Empire”. E-ASPAC: The Electronic Journal of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (2002-2003). http://mcel.pacificu.edu/easpac/2003/may.php3

Chapters:

1. 2018, September: “The Mongols as the Scourge of God in the Islamic World”, Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism, ed. Robert Gleaves and Istvan T. Kristo-Nagy (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018), 32-57.

2. 2018, May: Paul D. Buell, Timothy May, & David Ramey,”Chinese Horse Medicine: Texts and Illustrations”, Imagining Chinese Medicine, a Visual History, ed. Vivienne Lo and Penelope Barrett (Leiden: Brill, 2018), 315-326. 3. 2018, January: "Sübedei Ba'atur: Portrait of a Mongol General," Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe, 900-1400, ed. Donald Ostrowski and Christian Raffensperger (London: Routledge, 2018), 68-78.

4. 2016, August: "Ил-хаант улс ба Афганистан”, pp. 299-325, trans. D. Tod and D. Bayarsaikhan, ИЛ-ХААДЫН СУДЛАЛ ШИНЭ ХАНДЛАГА ӨГҮҮЛЛИЙН ЭМХЭТГЭЛ, ed. Dashdondog Bayarsaikhan and Christopher P. Atwood. Ulaanbaatar: Muis Press Xevleliin Gazar.

5. 2016, June: “Mongol Conquest Strategy in the Middle East” pp. 11-37, Mongols’Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran, ed. Bruno De Nicola and Charles Melville, Leiden: Brill, 2016.

6. 2016, April: “Color Symbolism in the Turko-Mongolian World”, pp. 51-78, The Use of Color in History, Politics, and Art, ed. Sungshin Kim, Dahlonega, GA: University Press of North Georgia, 2016.

7. 2015, October: “Spitting Blood: Medieval Mongol Medical Practices”, pp. 175-193, ‘His Brest Tobrosten: Wound and Wound Repair, ed. Kelly DeVries and Larissa Tracy. Leiden: Brill, 2015.

8. 2015, April. “Pastoral Nomads’, pp. 235-65, The Cambridge World History, vol. IV: A World with States, Empires and Networks, 1200 BCE-900 CE,, ed. Craig Benjamin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

9. 2014, April: “Gengis Khan et le secret des conquѐte mongoles”. La Guerre: Des Origines A Nos Jours. Edited by J. V. Holeindre and L. Testot. Paris: sciences Humaines. .

10. 2012, June: “Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mongols, and Mamluks”, pp. 83-108. The Middle East: Its History and Culture . Edited by Jason Tatlock. Bethesda, MD: University of Maryland Press.

11. 2012, May: “Chormaqan and the Mongol Conquest of Transcaucasia”, pp. 129-152. Caucasus during the Mongol Period--Der Kaukasus in der Mongolenzeit. Edited by Jürgen Tubach, Sophia Vashalomidze, and Manfred Zimmer. Wiesbaden, Germany: Reichert Verlag.

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12. 2010, October: “Central Asia and Beyond: The Mongols”, pp. 20-45. Great Empires of Asia. Edited by Jim Masselos. London: Thames & Hudson.

13. 2009, November: “Nomads Triumphant: Mongols, Mamluks, and the Later Crusades 1250-1400”, pp. 112-139. The Medieval World at War. Edited by Matthew Bennett. London: Thames & Hudson.

14. 2009, September: “The Mongols at War”, pp. 191-198. and the Mongol Empire. Edited by William Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute.

15. 2008, February: “The Crusades (1099-1291).” Gale Encyclopedia of World History War. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.

16. 2008, February: “Mongol Conquests (13th-14th centuries).” Gale Encyclopedia of World History War. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.

17. 2008, February: “Expansion of Islam (7th-11th centuries).” Gale Encyclopedia of World History War. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.

18. 2006: “Mongol Resistance to Christian Conversion”. In Christianity and Mongolia: Past and Present—Proceedings of the Antoon Mostaert Symposium on Christianity and Mongolia August 13-16, 2006. Edited by Gaby Bamana. Ulaanbaatar: Antoon Mostaert Mongolian Studies Center.

19. 2004, Fall: “Монголы и мировые религии в XIII веке” (The Mongols and World Religions in the 13th Century). Pp. 424-443. Монголъская Империя и Кочевой Мир (Mongolian Imperial and Nomadic Worlds) edited by N.N. Kradin and T. D. Skrynnikova. Ulan Ude: Izdatel’stvo Buryatskogo Nauchnogo Centra SO RAN.

20. 2003: “The Mongol Presence and Impact in the Lands of the Eastern Mediterranean.” Pp. 133- 156. Crusades, Condottiere, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare and Society Around the Mediterranean edited by Andrew Villalon and Donald Kagay. Leiden: Brill.

21. 2001: “Ways of War: The Mongols”. Weapons of War. Edited by John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press.

Other Publications:

1. 2018: “Report on 2017 Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference”, Mongolian Survey 36 (2018): 2-3. 2. 2017: ‘Tamerlán, una biografia (1336-1405)’, Desperta Ferro Antigua y medieval, vol. 42, no. 7 (2016): 12-19.

3. 2014: “The Chinggis Exchange: Chinggis Khan and Global Impact”, pp. 31-49, Чингис Хаан ба Даяарчлал (Chinggis Khaan and Globalization: International Academic Conference), eds. Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Ulaanbaatar: Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2014.

4. Global Events in Context: Asia and Polynesia, Gale Publishing. Served as Expert Adviser—wrote and consulted on table of contents and reviewed articles for accuracy.

5. 2013: “The Mongols in World History”, pp. 29-45, Transitions and Transformations in World History, 1500-Present, ed. Richard Byers & Victoria Hightower (Dahlonega, GA: University Press of North Georgia).

6. 2013: “Central Eurasia After the Mongols”, pp. 173-189, Transitions and Transformations in World History, 1500-Present, ed. Richard Byers & Victoria Hightower (Dahlonega, GA:

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University Press of North Georgia).

7. 2013: “Mongolia”, pp. 488-498, The Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World, ed. Jill Condra. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

8. 2013: “Did the Mongols deserve their reputation for fierceness and brutality?” World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO. http://ancienthistory2.abc-clio.com/Ideas/Display/1743849?cid=1743851

9. 2012: “L’art de la guerre chez les Mongols”, Les Grands Dossiers des Sciences Humaines, 1 November-December, 2012: 44-49..

10. 2011, April: “The core cavalry of the Mamluk army”, p. 52-55. Elite Fighting Forces. Edited by Jeremy Black. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011.

11. 2011, April: “The keshik (bodyguard) of the Mongol Army”, pp. 50-51. Elite Fighting Forces. Edited by Jeremy Black. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011.

12. 2010, March: Blog—“What’s in a Name?”. http://www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/history/world_history/feudal_world/timothy-m- may?tab=blog

13. 2010, March: “Kai Kaus on ‘The Purchase of Slaves’”, pp. 451-462, Milestone Documents in World History, vol 3. Dallas: Schlager Group.

14. 2010, March: “The Yasa of Chinggis Khan”, pp. 544-558, Milestone Documents in World History, vol. 21082-1833. Dallas: Schlager Group.

15. 2010, March: “Nizam al-Mulk’s Book of Government; or Rules for Kings”, pp. 483-494, Milestone Documents in World History, vol 2. Dallas: Schlager Group.

16. 2010, March: “Theodore Herzl’s ‘A Solution of the Jewish Question’”, pp. 1063-1073, Milestone Documents in World History, vol 3: 1839-1941. Dallas: Schlager Group.

17. 2009, December: "The Mongol Military Machine." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO. http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com (accessed December 4, 2009).

18. 2008, September: “Chingiz Khan.” Pp. 76-80. Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns. Edited by Jeremy Black. London: Thames & Hudson.

19. 2008, September: “Timur.” Pp. 80-84. Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns. Edited by Jeremy Black. London: Thames & Hudson.

20. 2008, March: “Taking Control”. Calliope 18/7 (March, 2008): 14-17.

21. 2008, March: “Who Were the Mongols?”. Calliope 18/7 (March, 2008): 10-13.

22. 2007, July/August: “Genghis Khan’s Secrets of Success”. Military History 24/5 (July/August, 2007): 42-49. Reprinted in Western Civilization, Volume 1: The Earliest Civilizations through the Reformation, 15/e, (McGraw-Hill, 2008).

23. 2006: “Nokhod to Noyan: Chinggis Khan’s Social Revolution”. Mongolica 19 (2006): 296-308.

24. 2006, October: “To the Left of Chinggis Khan”. World History Connected, vol. 4/1. http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/4.1/may.html

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25. 2004, April: “Chormaqan and the Mongol Conquest of the Middle East”. Military History. http://www.thehistorynet.com/mh/blchormaquan/

26. 2002: "Infography about the Mongol Empire." The Infography. Vershire, VT: Fields of Knowledge. 2002. http://www.infography.com/content/588040745159.html

27. 2001: “The Mongol Arms”. http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/empsub2.html; “Genghis Khan”. http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/empsub1.html; “Yuan China”. http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/states1.html; “ of the Golden Horde (Kipchak)”. http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/states3.html in Explorations In Empire: Pre-modern Imperialism Tutorial: The Mongols. Edited by Carol A. Keller. http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/Mongols/index.html

28. 1999: “Mongolia on the Web.” Mongolia Survey 6: 21-32.

29. 1998: “Banditry in Inner Mongolia.” Infosystem Mongolei. http://userpage.fu- berlin.de/~corff/im/Landeskunde/im-bandits.html,

Encyclopedia Articles: 222 (list available upon request)

Book Reviews: 100 (list available upon request)

Conference Presentations:

International

1. 2017, February 26: “Lambs to the Slaughter: Conflict and Culture over animal slaughter in Mongol Eurasia”. Presented at “Movement, Temporality, and Exchange: Animals in Mongol Eurasia”. A Max Planck Institute and ERC project at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2. 2015, June 10-June 12: “Chinggis Khan at Chakirmaut: The Mongol Military Revolution”. Presented at the symposium Straddling the East and West: Building a World Military History in the 100th Anniversary of the Great War, Istanbul Şehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.

3. 2014, May 21-24: “The and Afghanistan”. Paper presented at New Approaches on the Il- Khans international conference. National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

4. 2012, September 3-4: “The Mongols as the Scourge of God in the Islamic World”. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference on Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought. The University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.

5. 2011, December 14-18: “The Mongol Body at War”. Paper presented at the Colloquium Paix et Guerre dans le Proche-Orient médiéval, xe -xve siècles. Institute Francais d’Archaeologie du Oriente, Cairo, Egypt.

6. 2010, July 19-24: “Mongol Conquest Strategy in the Middle East”. Paper presented at the Symposium on The Mongols and the Transformation of the Middle East held in conjunction with the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. Barcelona, Spain.

7. 2006, August 11: “Mongol Resistance to Conversion”. Paper presented at the Symposium of the Antoon Mostaert Center (AMC) for Mongolian Studies on 'Christianity and Mongolia: Past and Present", Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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8. 2006, August 7-10: “From Nokhod to Noyad: Chinggis Khan’s Social Revolution”. Paper presented at the 9th International Congress of Mongolists Devoted to the 800th Anniversary of the Yeke Mongol Ulus. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

9. 2004, September 28-29: "Mongol-Seljuk relations and their significance in the Greater Middle East". Paper Presented at the Symposium on Turkish-Mongolian Historical and Cultural Relations, Turkish Consulate, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

National

1. 2018, October 27: “An Earth-Shattering Kaboom!: The Use and Transmission of Gunpowder in the Mongol Empire”, 19th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, October 24-28, 2018, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 2. 2018, March 24: “Race to the Throne: Khubilai and Ariq Boke’s Civil War”, Mongolia Society Conference, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C. 3. 2016, November 3: “Shamanism in Warfare” Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference. November 3, 2016. Princeton University. 4. 2016, April 8: “Sübedei Ba’atar: portrait of a Mongol General’. Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe Conference. April 8, 2016. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 5. 2015, July 2: “The Chinggis Exchange and the Environment”. World History Association 24th Annual Conference. June 30-July 2, 2015. Savannah, GA.

6. 2014, November 20: “Varieties and Interpretations of Rus’/Russian Military Interaction with Steppe Nomads: Mongols, Tatars, Kalmyks”. Roundtable Discussion. Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies. November 20-23, 2014. San Antonio, TX.

7. 2014, October 25: “Teaching Central Eurasian History”. Roundtable Discussion. Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference. October 24-26, 2014. Columbia University, NYC.

8. 2013, October 4: “Livestock and Warfare: Livestock Herding as Warfare in the Mongol Empire”. Paper presented at the Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference. October 3-6, 2013. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

9. 2012, October 20: “The Mongols and Afghanistan Revisited”. Paper presented at the Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference. October 18-21, 2012. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

10. 2012, May 11: “Novgorod: The Mongol Empire’s Wild Northwest Frontier”. Paper presented at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 10-13, 2012. Eastern Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

11. 2011, March 24: “The Mongol Impact on the Crusades”. Paper presented at East Meets West 711-2011 Conference. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

12. 2010, October 29: “Nokod to Noyan: Chinggis Khan’s Social Revolution”. Paper presented at 11th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

13. 2009, June 28: “The Mall of Mongolia: Attracting Merchants in the Mongol Empire”. Paper presented at the 18th Annual World History Association Conference. Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts.

14. 2008, November 15: “The Mongols and Afghanistan”. Paper presented at Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict, 1000-1700. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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15. 2008, September 20: “First Date: When Did the Mongols First Encounter the Khwarazmian Empire?”. Paper presented and panel organizer at the 9th Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. Georgetown University, Washington, D. C.

16. 2008, April 5: “Toregene’s Place in the Mongol Empire”. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Mongolia Society. Atlanta, Georgia.

17. 2007, October 19-21: “Mongol military tactics in the Secret History of the Mongols". Paper presented and panel organizer at the 8th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

18. 2007, June 28-July: “Resisting Religion: Why Catholicism Failed in the Mongol Empire”. Paper presented and panel organizer at 16th Annual World History Association Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

19. 2005, September 29-October 2: “Baiju, Hülegü, and the challenge to authority in the Mongol Middle East”. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Central Eurasain Studies Society Conference, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

20. 2004, October 15-17: “Jamuqa and the Education of Chinggis Khan”. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

21. 2002, October 17-20: “A Mongol-Ismaili Alliance? Thoughts on the Mongols and Assassins”. Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

22. 2002, April 4-7: “The Mongol Art of War”. Paper presented at the Society for Military History, Monona Terrace Conference Center, Madison, Wisconsin.

23. 2001, October 11-14:“The Mongols’ Resistance to Conversion in the Mongol Empire.” Paper presented at the Second Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Study Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison,..

24. 2000, September 30: “The Great Amir Timur and the Legitimization of His Authority.” Paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

25. 1999, October 23: “The Witch Queen of Mongolia: The Position of Oghul Qaimish in the Mongol Empire.” Paper presented at the 4th Annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

26. 1998, October 9: “The Transfer of Power from the Military to the Civil Governors in the Mongol Empire.” Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

27. 1998, February 21: “The Ethnic and Military Origins of Chormaqan Noyan.” Paper presented at the 5th Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University-Bloomington.

28. 1996, October 5. “The Regency of Toregene.” Paper presented at the 1st Annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

29. 1996, March 30. “An Examination of the Mongol Method of War and Conquest.” Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University-Bloomington.

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Invited Presentations:

1. “The Chinggis Exchange: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan in Eurasia”, Keynote Address at the 31st Annual Chinggis Khan Memorial Ceremony, November 10, 2018, Princeton, NJ. 2. “Combined Arms Warfare in the Mongols Empire”, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September 21, 2018. 3. “The Mongol Military and Technology”, Enduring Legacies of a Global Mongol Empire, NEH Summer Institute, University of Pennsylvania, July 25-26, 2018. 4. “Culture and Conflict in Mongol Eurasia”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, March 15, 2018. 5. “Race to the Throne: New Thoughts on Khubilai’s and Ariq Böke’s Civil War”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, March 13, 2018. 6. “The Mongol Empire & its Legacy”. NEH Central Summer Institute, The Ohio State University. July 19, 2016.

7. “Great Horses and Great Walls: Sino-Nomadic interactions in World History”. NEH Central Asia Institute, The Ohio State University. July 18, 2016.

8. 2016, March 1: “Imperial Women: Khatuns in the Mongol Empire”. Lecture given at Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA. 9. 2013, February 18: “The Mongol Empire and the Chinggis Exchange”. National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Seminar: The Mongols in World History. Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas.

10. 2012, November 14-15: “The Chinggis Exchange: Chinggis Khan and Global Impact”. Plenary Paper presented at the Chinggis Khaan and Globalization International Academic Conference. November 14-15, 2012. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

11. 2012, November 11. “The Mongol Empire—Secrets to their Success.” Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia.

12. 2012, August 13: “History of the Silk Route”, The Silk Route: Historical And Cultural Legacies, The University of Wisconsin.

13. 2012, August 13: “The Mongols and the Silk Road”, The Silk Route: Historical And Cultural Legacies, The University of Wisconsin.

14. 2012, July 24: “The Mongol Empire and its Legacy”. Central Asia in World History NEH Institute. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

15. 2012, July 23: “Great Walls and Great Horses”. Central Asia in World History NEH Institute. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

16. 2012, July 23: “The Mongol Conquests in an Eurasian Context”. Central Asia in NEH World History. The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio.

17. 2011, April 30: “The Mongol Empire and the Chinggis Exchange”. National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Seminar: The Mongols in World History. Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas.

18. 2010, April 8-10: “The Battle of Chakirmaut and the transformation of steppe warfare". Paper presented at the Burdick-Vary Symposium: The Mongol Empire and Its World. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

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19. 2010, March 31: “Converting the Khan: Missionaries and the Mongol Empire”. Lecture given at Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee.

20. 2009, September 23: “The Mongol Art of War”. Two lectures given as part of the training for museum staff and volunteers for the “Genghis Khan” Exhibition. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado.

21. 2008, September 20: “Tactics and Strategies in the Mongol Art of War”. Lecture given as part of the Mongolian Studies Lecture Series. Mongolian Embassy, Washington, D. C.

22. 2008, March 28: “The Middle East and North Africa in Context”. Lecture given as part of the Internationalizing the Curriculum: Incorporating the Middle East into the Campus workshop. North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, Ga.

23. 2006, April 10: “The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire”. Lecture given as part of 800th Anniversary of the founding of the Mongolian State sponsored by Emory University, Oglethorpe University and the Georgia East Asia Research Schools Consortium. Held at Emory University.

24. 2005, November 5: “The Mongol Empire and the Shaping of the Islamic World”. Paper presented as guest speaker for Teaching the Middle East II: A Workshop for Non-specialist University System of Georgia Faculty--The House of Islam: Globalism from the Golden Age until Today, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

25. 2005, September 27: “Leadership & Authority: The Chinggisid Principle”, paper presented as guest speaker for the Dean of Arts and Letters’ Faculty Luncheon, North Georgia College & State University.

Interviews & Newspaper appearances:

2016, September 14. “He Came, He Saw, He Conquered: Timothy May on the Legendary Mongolian Conqueror Genghis Khan”. Interview for SimplyCharly.com. https://www.simplycharly.com/people/undefined/read/interviews/he-came-he-saw-he-conquered-timothy- may-on-the-legendary-mongolian-conquerer-genghis-khan/

2014, May 21-24: Interviews with Mongolian media on the Mongol Il-Khanate: Mongolian National Broadcasting (MN), TV 9, SBN, and UBS; from newspapers: Morning news (Өглөөний сонин), and National Post (Үндэсний Шуудан).

2012, December 7: Interview by The Saint: ‘Dr. May Mingles with Mongols at Chinggis Khans 850th Birthday Party’. http://www.ngcsuthesaint.com/2012/12/dr-may-mingles-with-the-mongols-at-chinggis- khans-850th-birthday-party/

2011, September 8: Interview by The Saint: ‘Dr. May does ‘Deadliest Warrior’. http://www.ngcsuthesaint.com/2011/09/dr-may-does-deadliest-warrior/

2011, July 11: Interview by Inner Asia and Altaic Studies website: http://www.inner.asia/tim-may

2011, June 8: Interview by The Dahlonega Nugget: “’Star Wars’ sparks historical discussions”.

2011, April 8: Interview by The Saint: ‘Interesting This Star Wars Class Will Be”. http://www.ngcsuthesaint.com/2011/04/interesting-this-star-wars-class-will-be/

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2011, March 12: Interview by The Forsyth News: “Gas relief elusive”. Deals with Libyan Revolution.

2011, March 4: Interview by The Forsyth News: “More to Horn of Africa than pirates, lecturer says”.

2011, March 4: Interview by the Gainesville Times: “Piracy a foreign concept to some in US, historian says”.

2009, December 3: Interview by the Gainesville Times: “Obama’s War Plan Sparks Both Concern, Praise”.

2009, February 13: Interview by The Saint: “NGCSU’s Graduate Programs Expand”.

2009, February 7: Interview by Gainesville Times: North Georgia College & State University adds new master’s degree.

2008, September 20: Interview by UBS (Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System): “The Mongol Art of War”.

2008, September 15: The College of William & Mary eConnection, “Tim May ’93: A Maestro of the Mongolian”. https://www.wmalumni.com/?tribe_spotlight_75

Television /Media Appearances

Forthcoming: “Fire”, Origins. EBS.

2017, April 10: “Progress of War”, Origins: The Journey of Mankind. National Geographic Channel. Aired April 10, 2017. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/origins-the-journey-of-humankind/videos/progress- of-war/

2017, March 20: “The Power of Money”, Origins: The Journey of Mankind. National Geographic Channel. Aired March 20, 2017. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/origins-the-journey-of- humankind/episodes/power-of-money/

2016, July 7: Timothy May interviews David Morgan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0-ur4ePT9Y

2013, December 18: The Secret of the Super Powers: The Roman Empire, The British Empire, The Mongol Empire, The Dutch Empire, and the USA. EBS (Korean Educational Broadcasting System). Aired April 2014. http://www.ebs.co.kr/replay/show?prodId=348&lectId=10208072

2011, August 10: Deadliest Warrior: Genghis Khan vs. Hannibal. Spike TV. http://www.spike.com/episodes/fgydrg/deadliest-warrior-genghis-khan-vs-hannibal-season-5-ep-304

2011, August 11: Deadliest Warrior: Recurve Bow vs. War Elephant. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/hwd9gy/deadliest-warrior-recurve-bow-vs-war-elephant

2011, August 15: Deadliest Warrior: The Aftermath. http://www.spike.com/full-episodes/ekv7g3/deadliest-warrior-aftermath-genghis-khan-vs-hannibal-season- 33-ep-304a

Research Languages: French, Old French, Arabic, Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Middle Mongolian, Russian, Kalmyk/Oirat, Persian, Latin, Phagspa script Mongolian, Spanish

Awards and Honors: 2018: Top 20 Coolest People Award—Department of History, Anthropology, Philosophy.

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2016: Winner of Phi Alpha Theta’s History Mania. 2014: North Georgia College & State University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award 2014: Presidential Summer Scholar Award ($10,000) 2012: Mongol Empire Research Fund established by anonymous donor with UNG foundation. ($30,000) 2009, Fall: Boar’s Head Brigade Certificate of Appreciation 2009, Summer: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2008, Fall: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant (twice) ($1000 each) 2008, Fall: Boar’s Head Brigade Certificate of Appreciation 2008: Student Government Certificate of Appreciation 2007-2008: Department of Athletics Outstanding Professor Award 2007, Fall: NGCSU Point of Pride for publication of book and award from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. 2007, Fall: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2007, Summer: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2007, Spring: Outstanding Faculty Member, NGCSU Student Government Association. 2006, Summer: Meritorious Service Award for NGCSU Summer Honors Program. 2006, August: The Honoured Medal for the 800th Anniversary of the Great Mongolian State, presented by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. 2006, Fall: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2006, Spring: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2005, Fall: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant ($1000) 2005, Summer: SSRC Summer Institute Grant: Teaching Islam in Eurasia, Kazan Russia. (Declined) 2004, Fall: NGCSU Faculty Development Grant. ($1000) 2004, Fall: NGCSU Provost Grant for Foreign Travel. ($1000) 2004, Fall: Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency Travel Grant. ($3000) 2002, Fall: University of Wisconsin, Department of History Domestic Research Travel Grant. ($500) 2002, Spring: Western Washington University Travel Grant for Mongolian Studies. ($500) 2002, Spring: University of Wisconsin, Vilas Domestic Research Travel Grant. ($500) 2002, Spring: University of Wisconsin, Department of History Domestic Research Travel Grant. ($500) 1995-1996: National Resource Fellowship in Mongolian. 1995, Summer: Fulbright-Hays Training Grant in Arabic. 1993: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. 1992-1993: Dean’s List, College of William and Mary. 1992-1993: Alpha Phi Theta Honor Society. 1992: The College of William and Mary Minor Undergraduate Research Grant.

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