Principal Investigators
Matthew Thomas Miller
Assistant Professor of Persian Literature & Digital Humanities, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park; Director, Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities; Affiliate, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Maxim Romanov
Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader, The Evolution of Islamic Societies (c. 600-1600 CE), Universität Hamburg
Sarah Bowen Savant
Professor of History, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London; Principal Investigator, KITAB project
Aga Khan University Personnel
Mathew Barber
Research Associate (Data Visualization), KITAB project
Lorenz Nigst
Research Associate (Corpus Management), KITAB project
Masoumeh Seydi
Digital Lead, KITAB project
Peter Verkinderen
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, KITAB project
University of Maryland, College Park Personnel
Şaban Ağalar
Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park; Graduate Fellow, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
Jonathan Parkes Allen
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park; Acting Assistant Director, OpenITI AOCP project
John Mullan
Faculty Assistant, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park; Digital Specialist, Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities
Mehdy Sedaghat Payam
Doctoral Candidate, Department of English, University of Maryland, College Park; Graduate Fellow, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
Senior Advisors
Bridget Almas
Director of Data Innovation Strategy, State University of New York
Gregory Crane
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Digital Humanities, Humboldt Chair of Digital Humanities, Universität Leipzig; Professor of Classics, Tufts University
Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park
Fatemeh Keshavarz
Roshan Institute Chair in Persian Language & Literature, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
External Advisory Board
Christopher W. Blackwell
Louis G. Forgione University Professor of Classics, Furman University
Beatrice Gründler
Professor of Arabic Language & Literature, Seminar for Semitic & Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Konrad Hirschler
Professor of Islamic Studies, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin
Nur Sobers Khan
Program Head, Aga Khan Documentation Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Losensky
Professor of Central Eurasian Studies & Comparative Literature, Indiana University Bloomington
Sean Pue
Associate Professor of Hindi Language & South Asian Literature and Culture, Michigan State University
Sabine Schmidtke
Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study; Principal Investigator, The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition (ZMT) project
Sunil Sharma
Professor of Persianate & Comparative Literature, Boston University
Sohair Wastawy
President, The Information Guild Consulting Group; Former Executive Director, Qatar National Library