Background
Makdisi, George was born on May 15, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham George and Sophie (Chater) Makdisi.
(This is a survey of the historical development of two maj...)
This is a survey of the historical development of two major intellectual movements. It shows that these movements, which have long been considered as of exclusively Western origin, in fact have their roots deep in Islamic soil. Professor Makdisi argues that scholasticism (the movement of the school guilds in the Middle Ages), and humanism (a movement from the Italian Renaissance) came to the Christian West around 1100 through Spain, via an influx of Arabic books from Classical Islam.
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This study was undertaken in order to achieve a better understanding of a pivotal period in Islamic intellectual history. Intellectual movements become more intelligible when studied in close reference to the forces which produced them. The form and content of intellectual works are intelligible in the extent to which the methods of instruction, study and composition are understood in their essential details.
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Makdisi, George was born on May 15, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Abraham George and Sophie (Chater) Makdisi.
Bachelor, University Michigan, 1947. Master of Arts, Georgetown University, 1950. D. ès L., Sorbonne, University Paris, 1964.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1961. Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1973.
From assistant professor to assoc professor Near Eastern Studies University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953-1959. Member faculty Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1973, professor Arabic, 1964-1973. Professor Arabic and Islamic Studies University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1973, chairman department Oriental Studies, 1975-1978.
Director Summer Institute in Basic Disciplines in Medieval Studies, 1976, 79. Director Center for Study of Byzantium, Islam, and the Latin West, since 1979. Chaire d'etat College de France, University Paris, 1969.
Visiting professor University Paris Sorbonne, 1978-1979. Director studies Hautes Etudes, 1981-1982.
(This study was undertaken in order to achieve a better un...)
(This is a survey of the historical development of two maj...)
Served with United States Army, 1942-1945. Member Social Science Research Council (Inter-University Language Committee), American Association Teachers Arabic (founding, past chairman), National Undergraduate Program for Overseas Study of Arabic (advisory council 1965), American Institute Islamic Studies (chairman board directors 1967-1968), Institute International Education (national screening committee 1967), American Oriental Society (president 1987-1988), Medieval Academy American, Middle East Institute, Middle East Studies Association (president 1976-1977), Royal Asiatic Society, American Society Legal History, Association Espanola de Orientalistas, American Council Learned Societies, French Oriental Society (honorary).
Married Margaret Anderson Gray, June 7, 1948 (deceased). Children: John, Catherine, Thomas, Theresa, Anne, Jeanne. Married Nicole Renée Guillemette, January 5, 1979.