Alexandra Gillespie

Co-Principal Investigator, Vice-President and Principal

University of Toronto Mississauga

Co-Principal Investigator, Hidden Stories and The Book and the Silk Roads; Professor of English & Medieval Studies U. Toronto, Vice President & Principal, U. Toronto Mississauga; director, Old Books New Science Lab.

Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Co-Principal Investigator, Professor of Medieval Studies

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Co-Principal Investigator, Hidden Stories and The Book and the Silk Roads projects; Professor of Medieval Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Learn more at IAS, suzanneakbari.com, The Spouter Inn podcast.

Sian Meikle

Co-Principal Investigator, Librarian

University of Toronto Library

Co-Principal Investigator for Hidden Stories and The Book and the Silk Roads projects; Associate Chief Librarian for Digital Strategies and Technology, U. Toronto Libraries.

Hagos Abrha Abay

Research Associate

University of Toronto

Research Associate with Hidden Stories. Ge’ez philologist and manuscript scholar, studying Ethiopian manuscripts in North American and Ethiopian collections. Learn more here.

Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia

Research Associate

Hidden Stories Project

Research Associate with Hidden Stories. Indigenous knowledge keeper and scholar of Tibetan and Sikkimese culture, religion, literature, and history. Learn more here.

Noam Sienna

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

Hidden Stories postdoctoral fellow, U. Toronto College of Arts and Sciences, researching Jewish book cultures in the medieval and early modern Islamic worlds. Learn more here.

Rachel Di Cresce

Project Librarian / Project Manager

University of Toronto

Special Collections Librarian for Book Science,Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Dept of Rare Books and Special Collections. Project librarian for Hidden Stories and The Book and the Silk Roads. Learn more here.

Jessica Lockhart

Research Associate

Head of Research, Old Books New Science Lab

University of Toronto

Research Associate and project manager for Hidden Stories and The Book and the Silk Roads; Head of Research for the Old Books New Science Lab. Learn more here.

Melissa Moreton

Research Associate

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Research Associate and project manager for Hidden Stories and the Book and the Silk Roads project. Codicologist and historian of the book. Learn more here.

Alexandra (Lexi) Atiya

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

Postdoctoral Fellow with Hidden Stories and theRecords of Early English Drama. Learn more here.

Sara Ameri

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD Candidate in English, UofT, researching the function of the Black Death in medieval mystical writings. Learn more here.

Sloane Geddes

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD Candidate in the Department for the Study of Religion researching the transformation of Sanskrit devotional narratives in early-Medieval Kashmir. Read more here.

Za Thinley Gyatso

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD candidate in the Study of Religion, with a Doctoral Collaborative Specialization in Environmental Studies at the School of the Environment, UofT, researching Buddhist ecocritical literature in Medieval Tibet. Read more here.

Kara Ma

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD candidate researching the collecting history of over 8,000 Chinese objects in the Bishop William C. White Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum. Learn more here.

Christina D. Nguyen

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD student, developing and implementing initiatives of public engagement for book science, showcasing rare book conservation and research. Learn more here.

Isra Saymour

Doctoral Fellow

University of Toronto

PhD Candidate in Sociology/Criminology, researching looted heritage and contested provenance. Learn more here.

Amy Airhart-Sheldon

Project Administrator and Lab Manager, Old Books New Science Lab

University of Toronto

Project Administrator for Hidden Stories, support on event planning, finances, communications, and HR. Learn more here.

Jarvis Tse

Application Programmer Analyst

University of Toronto Libraries

Programmer and software developer at University of Toronto Libraries, creating digital tools for manuscript studies and supporting the project’s digital hub and websites.