Bink Hallum

After undergraduate and Masters studies in Archaeology/Classical Studies (Lampeter) and Classics (UCL), including Greek and Latin palaeography, I completed a PhD (Warburg Institute) that looked at Arabic translations of Greek alchemical literature. I have studied Arabic language and literature in London, Cairo and Damascus and my research has taken me to manuscript libraries across Europe and the Middle East––not to mention online collections. I held a postdoc at the University of Warwick editing Arabic translations of Greek medical literature. Since 2012, I have been Arabic Scientific Manuscripts Curator at the British Library. I also hold a research fellowship at the University of Warwick where I am editing and translating a ninth-century Arabic encyclopaedia of alchemy. My research interests focus on the history of science (including the occult sciences) and philosophy, the cross-cultural transmission of ideas and technology, codicology and philology. I have taught at the London International Palaeography Summer School since 2018.