The Digital Orientalist Team

Rachael Griffiths

Editor in Chief

Emma Donington Kiey

Editor for Central Asian Studies

Orestis Georgalas

Editor for DH in General

Raafat Gilani

Editor for South Asian Studies

Niels Lee

Editor for Guest Submissions

Shiva Mihan

Editor for African Studies

James Harry Morris

The Digital Orientalist’s Owner and Editor for Northeast Asian Studies

Yashee Singh

Editor for South Asian Studies

Hedren Sum

Editor for Southeast Asian Studies

Maria S. Thomas

Editor for Middle Eastern Studies

Hirohito Tsuji 辻󠄀 博仁

Conference Manager and Editor

Sara Zanotta

Editor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies

Mariana Zorkina

Editor for Sinology


Ishembieva Aizat

Guest Contributor for Central Asian Studies

Aida Alavi

Guest Contributor for Middle Eastern Studies

Raúl Cervera Álvarez

Guest Contributor for Northeast Asian Studies

Joanne Bernardi

Guest Contributor for Northeast Asian Studies

Sunayani Bhattacharya

Contributor for South Asian Studies

Erica Biagetti

Guest Contributor for South Asian Studies

Elizabeth Bishop

Guest Contributor for African and Middle Eastern Studies

Gursimran Kaur Butalia

Guest Contributor for South Asian Studies

Zachary Butler

Contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies

Alice Casalini

Guest Contributor for Central Asian Studies

Helen Giunashvili

Guest Contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies

Abdulqadir Haidermota

Guest Contributor for Middle Eastern Studies

Saniya Irfan

Guest Contributor for South Asian Studies

Ephrem Ishac

Contributor for Middle Eastern Studies

Maciej Kurzynski

Contributor for Chinese Studies

Xiao Li

Contributor for Chinese Studies

Ilyes Mechentel

Guest Contributor for Middle Eastern Studies

So Miyagawa

Contributor for African Studies

Zhaleh Nayeb

Contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies

Tiziana Pasciuto

Contributor for DH in General

Adrian Plau

Guest Contributor for South Asian Studies

Maddalena Poli

Contributor for Chinese Studies

Edward A. S. Ross

Contributor for Central Asian Studies

Mona Hassan Ahmed Sawy

Guest Contributor for African Studies

Emine Turkmen

Guest Contributor for Persian, Turkish, and Biblical Studies

Soni Wadhwa

Contributor for South Asian Studies

Lu Wang

Guest Contributor for Chinese Studies

Anaïs Wion

Contributor for African Studies

Leon Woltermann

Contributor for Southeast Asian Studies

Brian Tsz Ho Wong

Contributor for Northeast Asian Studies

Michel Wong

Contributor for Central Asian Studies

Enes Yılandiloğlu

Guest Contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies


Chia-Wei Lin

Social Media Manager

L. W. Cornelis van Lit

The Digital Orientalist’s Founder

Jonathan Robker

Board Member

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