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Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission

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Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission

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This interview is conducted with Professor Charles Burnett, one of the foremost historians of Arabic–Latin intellectual transmission. The conversation is structured in two parts. The first traces his intellectual biography, exploring the cultural, academic, and personal influences that directed him toward the study of Arabic sources and their reception in the Latin West. This section provides insight into the research pathways, motivations, and methodological principles that have shaped his scholarly trajectory. The second part turns to Burnett’s major contributions to the field, discussing central themes in his work—from translation movements to scientific exchange—and highlighting what his findings reveal about the impact of Islamic science and philosophy on medieval Europe. Taken together, these two dimensions introduce both the scholar and the wider landscape of Islamic–European intellectual encounters. Trained in Classics at the University of Cambridge (BA 1972; PhD 1976), Burnett held research posts at St John’s College and the Warburg Institute before being appointed Lecturer in the History of Arabic/Islamic Influences in Europe at the Warburg in 1985. He became Professor in 1999 and was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1995, and has held visiting positions at Princeton, Berkeley, and Munich. His scholarship centres on the translation of Arabic scientific and philosophical texts into Latin between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. He has reconstructed translator networks in centres such as Toledo, Sicily, and southern France, showing how their work circulated and shaped emerging university curricula. His volume Arabic into Latin in the Middle Ages remains foundational in the field. Beyond translation history, his research traces the broader influence of Islamic civilization on Europe, including contributions to philosophy, astronomy, medicine, music theory, astrology, and the occult sciences.

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  1. Burnett, Charles. Arabic into Latin in the Middle Ages: The Translators and Their Intellectual and Social Context. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
  2. Burnett, Charles. Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds. Aldershot: Variorum, 1996.
  3. Burnett, Charles. Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages. Farnham; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010.
  4. Burnett, Charles. The Introduction of Arabic Learning into England. London: The British Library, 1997.
  5. Burnett, Charles. “Arabic into Latin: The Reception of Arabic Philosophy into Western Europe”. The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy. ed. Peter Adamson and Richard C. Taylor. 370–404. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  6. Burnett, Charles. “Arabic Philosophical Works Translated into Latin”. The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy. ed. Robert Pasnau (assoc. ed. Christina van Dyke). 2/814–822. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  7. Burnett, Charles. “European Knowledge of Arabic Texts Referring to Music: Some New Material”. Early Music History 12 (1993), 1–17.
  8. Burnett, Charles. “King Ptolemy and Alchandreus the Philosopher: The Earliest Texts on the Astrolabe and Arabic Astrology at Fleury, Micy and Chartres”. Annals of Science 55/4 (1998), 329–368.

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İngilizce

Konular

Bilim Felsefesi, Bilim Tarihi , Spesifik Alanların Tarihi (Diğer)

Bölüm

Söyleşi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

29 Aralık 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

28 Kasım 2025

Kabul Tarihi

9 Aralık 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Sayı: 3

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APA
Dilek, S. (2025). Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission. Bilim Tarihi ve Felsefesi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 3, 83-110. https://doi.org/10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001
AMA
1.Dilek S. Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission. BİTAD. 2025;(3):83-110. doi:10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001
Chicago
Dilek, Selman. 2025. “Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission”. Bilim Tarihi ve Felsefesi Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 3: 83-110. https://doi.org/10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001.
EndNote
Dilek S (01 Aralık 2025) Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission. Bilim Tarihi ve Felsefesi Araştırmaları Dergisi 3 83–110.
IEEE
[1]S. Dilek, “Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission”, BİTAD, sy 3, ss. 83–110, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001.
ISNAD
Dilek, Selman. “Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission”. Bilim Tarihi ve Felsefesi Araştırmaları Dergisi. 3 (01 Aralık 2025): 83-110. https://doi.org/10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001.
JAMA
1.Dilek S. Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission. BİTAD. 2025;:83–110.
MLA
Dilek, Selman. “Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission”. Bilim Tarihi ve Felsefesi Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 3, Aralık 2025, ss. 83-110, doi:10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001.
Vancouver
1.Selman Dilek. Charles Burnett: An Interview on His Intellectual Biography and the Study of Arabic–Latin Transmission. BİTAD. 01 Aralık 2025;(3):83-110. doi:10.65643/Bitad.3.S.0001