Curriculum Vitae

Kevin Alan Brook

E-mail: kbrook@khazaria.com
Citizenship[s]: United States of America
Languages: English (native), Spanish (advanced), French (basic/reading), Portuguese (basic/reading), Russian (keywords)
Education: Bryant College (Smithfield, Rhode Island), 1993-1997, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, 1997. Major: Computer Information Systems. Other areas of study: Russian History, Russian Politics, Marketing.
Areas of Specialization: Khazars, medieval Armenian Jews, East European Jews, Mountain Jews of the Caucasus, Jewish genetics, trade routes, Russian steppe archaeology
Print publications

Books:

1a. Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 1st edition. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1999.

1b. Kevin Alan Brook. Bir Türk İmparatorluğu: Hazar Yahudileri. Istanbul, Turkey: Nokta Kitap, 2005. (Turkish translation by İsmail Tulçali of the 1st edition of The Jews of Khazaria.)

1c. Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 2nd edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.

Articles in scholarly journals:

1a. Kevin Alan Brook. "The Origins of East European Jews." Russian History/Histoire Russe 30:1-2 (Spring-Summer 2003): 1-22.

1b. Kevin Alan Brook. "Doğu Avrupa Yahudilerinin Kökeni." Karadeniz Araştırmaları No. 6 (Summer 2005): 1-23. (Turkish translation by Osman Karatay of a revised version of "The Origins of East European Jews".)

Chapters in books:

1a. Kevin Alan Brook. "A Brief History of the Khazars." In The Kuzari: In Defense of the Despised Faith by Yehuda HaLevi, trans. N. Daniel Korobkin, pp. xxv-xxxi. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1998.

1b. Kevin Alan Brook. "A Brief History of the Khazars." (Revised version.) Submitted for the 2nd edition of the Korobkin edition of The Kuzari, forthcoming from Feldheim Publishers. (projected 2008)

2a. Kevin Alan Brook. "Khazar-Byzantine Relations." In The Turks, vol. 1, eds. Hasan Celâl Güzel, C. Cem Oguz, and Osman Karatay, pp. 509-515. Ankara, Turkey: Yeni Türkiye, 2002.

2b. Kevin Alan Brook. "Hazar-Bizans İlişkileri." In Türkler, vol. 2, eds. Hasan Celâl Güzel, Kemal Çiçek, and Salim Koca, pp. 473-480. Ankara, Turkey: Yeni Türkiye, 2002. (Turkish translation by Zülfiye Veliyeva of the article from The Turks.)

Encyclopedia articles:

1. Kevin Alan Brook. "Kyrgyz." In Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, vol. 3, eds. David Levinson and Karen Christensen, et al., pp. 421-423. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.

2. Kevin Alan Brook. "Iznik." In Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, vol. 3, eds. David Levinson and Karen Christensen, et al., pp. 191-192. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.

3a. Kevin Alan Brook. "Khazars and Judaism." In The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, vol. 4: Supplement One, eds. Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, and William Scott Green, pp. 1821-1832. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2003 and New York, NY: Continuum, 2003.

3b. Kevin Alan Brook. "Khazars and Judaism." (Revised version.) In The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Second Edition, vol. 2, eds. Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, and William Scott Green, pp. 1510-1521. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005.

4. Kevin Alan Brook. "German Settlers." In Encyclopedia of Russian History, vol. 2, eds. James R. Millar, et al., pp. 554-555. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

5. Kevin Alan Brook. "Khazar Empire." In Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present, vol. 2, ed. Cynthia Clark Northrup, p. 559. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005.

6. Kevin Alan Brook. "Jewish Communities and Culture in Medieval Armenia." In Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, ed. M. Avrum Ehrlich. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (forthcoming, projected September 2008)

Articles in magazines and newsletters:

1. Kevin Alan Brook. "The Khazar Kingdom: A Unique Medieval Experiment." SAGA: The Newsletter for Ancient and Medieval Historians and Wargamers No. 70 (June-July 1999), pp. 23-25.

2. Kevin Alan Brook. "Los Khazares: Un Experimento europeo de construcción de un Estado Judío." Informaciones de la Central Pedagógica Hebraica 1:17 (Caracas, Venezuela, March 27, 2001).

3a. Kevin Alan Brook. "The Unexpected Discovery of Vestiges of the Medieval Armenian Jews." Los Muestros: The Sephardic Voice No. 45 (December 2001), pp. 15-16.

3b. Kevin Alan Brook. "Unexpected Discovery in Armenia." Kulanu Newsletter 8:4 (Winter 2001-2002), p. 11. (Condensed version of the article from Los Muestros)

4. Kevin Alan Brook. "Tales about Jewish Khazars in the Byzantine Empire Resolve an Old Debate." Los Muestros: The Sephardic Voice No. 54 (March 2004), pp. 32-34.

5a. Kevin Alan Brook. "From the East, West, and South: Documenting the Foundation of Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe." Roots-Key, Newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles 24:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 4-6.

5b. Kevin Alan Brook. "From the East, West, and South: Documenting the Foundation of Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe." Shem Tov, Newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) 20:2 (June 2004), pp. 5-7.

5c. Kevin Alan Brook. "Documentando los Origenes de las Comunidades Judías del Este de Europa." Toldot, la publicación periódica de la Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina No. 28 (April 2006), pp. 12-14. (Spanish translation by Eva Fried of "From the East, West, and South".)


Electronic publications

1. Kevin Alan Brook. Khazaria Information Center (American Center of Khazar Studies), 1995-present. Also editor of the Center's Khazaria.com News: The International Newsletter of Khazar Studies, 1997-present.

2. Kevin Alan Brook. Bibliography of Khazar Studies, 1901-Present, 1999-present.

3. Kevin Alan Brook. "Umay." The Encyclopedia Mythica, 2000.

4. Kevin Alan Brook. "Manas." The Encyclopedia Mythica, 2000.

5. Kevin Alan Brook. "The Khazars: A European Experiment in Jewish Statecraft." World Zionist Organization, August 9, 2000.

6. Kevin Alan Brook. "The Genetic Bonds Between Kurds and Jews." Netewe, January 19, 2002.


Conference presentations

1. "Current Research on the Khazars and the Origins of East European Jews." Presented, by invitation, at 22nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 5, 2002.


Other lectures

1. "New Discoveries about the Khazars' Civilization and Conversion to Judaism." Presented, by invitation, at the Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies, Beachwood, Ohio, USA, November 9, 2003. 105 attendees.

2. "The Jews of Khazaria: The Story of a Missing Chapter in Jewish History." Presented, by invitation, at New Horizons - A Jewish Cultural Experience at the Springfield Jewish Community Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, June 8, 2004. 84 attendees.