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Elisa Giunchi holds an MPhil degree in Islamic studies and a PhD degree in History (University of Cambridge). She is currently Professor at the University of Milan, Italy, where she teaches courses on the history of the Middle East. Her areas of expertise are the contemporary history of Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has authored several articles, book chapters and books. Her most recent monograph is (Mondadori, 2021), which has won the national prize Corsena 2022 for historical monographs.听

Nicola Melis is Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari (Italy) and an expert in Near Eastern and Ottoman history. Among his publications are “Some observations on the concept of 诲腻谤 al-士ahd in Ottoman context (Sixteenth-Seventeenth centuries)” in , Edited by G. Calasso, and G. Lancioni (Leiden: Brill, 2017); 鈥�尝鈥橧尘辫别谤辞 ottomano alla Conferenza di Berlino (1884-85): imperialismo e anti imperialismo 补濒濒鈥檈辫辞肠补 di Abd眉lhamid II鈥�, , 2019: 32-50, and 鈥淭he Ottoman Africa and the Ottomans in Africa鈥�, in 2023.听

Sean Oliver-Dee is a Research Fellow in religion and policymaking at the University of Oxford where he lectures and tutors in 鈥楥ontemporary Islam鈥� as well as 鈥楻eligion and the Contemporary World鈥�. He consults with the British government, the EU and international NGOs on religion and policymaking on issues of citizenship and identity for faith communities. Apart from the chapter Sean has published in the (2025) he has written four books and numerous articles. He used to be the Interreligious Advisor for the Church of England鈥檚 Diocese of Peterborough and served as the Inter-religious Affairs Researcher for the Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury鈥檚 Representative to the EU.听

Ula has a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the听. The title of her thesis is ““. Ula鈥檚 work has been heavily enriched by the Ottoman archival materials, and the oral tradition of the Syrian Ismaili community. In 2011 and 2013, she worked as an independent researcher at the Prime Ministry State Archives in Istanbul, Turkiye, which earned her the knowledge and expertise in Ottoman archival materials. Currently, she works as a Content Specialist/Arabic Language and Gulf History at the 听in London. Her research interests include the Social and Cultural History of Greater Syria, the Middle East and the Gulf region; Ottoman History; Archival Research; Folk Music; Oral History; Arabic Poetry; and Sufism.