Editorial Board

Associate Editor

Tan Kian Lam
Academic Title: Associate Professor
Email: andrewtan@wou.edu.my
Affiliation: School of Digital Technology, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1627-7437
Web of Science Research ID: AAD-3859-2022
Scopus Author ID: 55492896900
Research Interests: Data Science, Digital Heritage, E-Tourism, Extended-Reality, Gamification, Information Retrieval, Mobile Computing, and Education

EDITORIAL Board

• Alexander Westra - Doctoral Researcher; Archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient Chinese History at Catholic Institute of Paris; Associate - ARscAN research center; Member of Asia Collections Network-Europe. He is a also doctoral researcher who studies archaeology at Henan University, China. He holds an MA in the History of Art & Archaeology of East Asia from the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He has studied ethnology, mythology, art, and archaeology for many years. His interest in the Yellow River cultures took him right into the heartland of China where he has been living in central China for several years. https://www.thecollector.com/author/alexanderwestra/

  David Bartosch - Dr. David Bartosch, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a distinguished research fellow at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai. He has a German academic background in philosophy and musicology and is interested in transcultural comparative philosophy and other areas of philosophical and interdisciplinary research, such as digital humanities, the philosophy of technology, international cultural relations, philosophical perspectives on ecological civilization, ancient and medieval thought, Chinese philosophy, and various other topics such as the philosophy of life, the philosophy of music, etc. https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-bartosch?app=

  Elena Pecchioni - Elena Pecchioni has been graduated in Geologic Sciences in 1985 at the University of the Studies of Florence with a thesis in Applied Petrography from the title "Petrographical and Physical analyses on some litotypes employed in Architecture. (New techniques of valuation of the degradation state)". She has been qualified to the profession of Geologist in 1986. It has carried out 4 years of scholarship to the C.N.R (Centre of Study on the Causes of Degradation and the Methods of Conservation of the Cultural Heritage - C.N.R. – Florence) on the argument: "Problems of Conservation of the Rock Materials" and she has achieved in 1992, the Specialization in the Course of Post-Bachelor Improvement: "Science for the Conservation of the Cultural Heritage" organized from the University of Florence, Faculty of Physical and Natural Mathematical Sciences, discussing a thesis with the title "Analytic Problems about ancient mortars". From 1988 she teaches Applied Mineralogy and Petrography to the Restoration school of Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence. In 1989 she won a competition for scientific technician at the Earth Science Department of Sciences at the University of Florence, in which today she carries out the activity like responsible of the X-rays Laboratory and Petrographic Laboratory. From 1992 he takes part to the working teams UNI-NORMAL, Ceramics and Glasses, Petrographic and Mortars, in order to write up, to Italian and European level the norms of the analytics methodologies utilized in the field of the conservation of the ceramics, mortars and rock materials. In these years she has been co-tutor of many graduation theses, she made tutor to PhD thesis, she takes part in the organizing committee of Conferences, she has realized two monographs. She takes part (from 1995) in the GNP (National Group of Petrography), from 2004 she takes part in AIAr (Italian Association of Archaeometric Scientific Methodologies for the Cultural Heritage), from 2008 she is partner of the Italian Forum Lime and from 2009 she is partner of AISA Italian Association for the Clay’s Study.

  During these years in the specific field of the Applied Petrography and Mineralogy (conservation of natural and artificial rock materials), she has been co-author and author of many scientific notes on the argument (118 scientific papers on national and international magazines and extended abstracts); besides she has 116 Conference participations and the publication of a two monographs from the title "The ancient and modern mortars: between tradition and innovation" and the monographs "Florence from 1966 to 2000: science for the Cultural Heritage". Bibliographical Handbook". In these years she realized many collaborations with the local Supervising for the restoration of monuments (Bell tower Church of Ognissanti in Florence, Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Church of Saint Maria Novella Florence, Villa Salviati Florence etc).

  Joana Maria Balsa Carvalho de Pinho - She completed his PhD in Art History in 2013 from the University of Lisbon, a Masters in Museology and Museos in 2011 from the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and a Degree in History, Art History variant in 2000 from ) University of Lisbon. She is a Researcher at the European Institute of Cultural Sciences Padre Manuel Antunes, Deputy Coordinator of the Research Office "IMAGINARE" at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Arts and Coordinator of the Research Office "Misericórdias and similar institutions: assistance, heritage and culture" at University of Lisbon, Faculty of Arts. She has published 17 articles in specialized journals. It has 21 book chapters and 106 books. She organized 52 events. She participated in 128 events. She co-supervised 2 doctoral theses. She has received 9 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as a PhD Fellow in 1 project(s), Research Fellow in 3 project(s), Post-Doctoral Fellow in 4 project(s), Researcher in 9 project(s), Responsible Investigator in 2 project(s). She works in the areas of Humanities with an emphasis on Art History, History and Other Humanities (Museology and Cultural Heritage). In her professional activities she interacted with 143 collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific works. https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/3017-5B11-EBA0

  Isabel Cruz Lousada - Assistant Researcher for the definitive appointment of NOVA FCSH. Graduate, Master and PhD from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, she has made her academic career at the intersection of the scientific fields in which the Women's Studies are embraced. Currently integrated in CICS.NOVA she is also a collaborator researcher at CLEPUL - Research Group 6 - Brazil-Portugal: Culture, Literature and Memory, in which she co-coordinates the series “Senhoras do Almanaque”, with Vania Pinheiro Chaves. Founding member of MIMA - International Women's Museum - Association, Adviser to CIG - Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality representative of AMONET - Portuguese Association of Women Scientists – from which was Vice-President), Lisbon, Portugal. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/persons/isabel-lousada

  Loo Fung Ying - Associate Prof. Dr. Of the Faculty of Creative Arts of University Malaya. She is an Associate Professor of cultural musicology at the Department of Music, Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya. She teaches ethnomusicology and research methodology. After obtaining her Fellowship (Trinity College of London) and Bachelor of Music (Hons) in piano performance (Universiti Putra Malaysia), she furthered her music study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she received her Master of Music in Piano Performance with distinction. She studied piano under Michael Schreider, Barno Khaknazarov, Larisa Rakhmanova, and Lillian Joseph, and had master classes conducted by Artur Pizzaro, Boris Berman, Irina Osipova, Julian Jacobson, Richard MacMahon, Olga Malissova, and Ng Chong Lim. As a pianist, her performances locally and abroad included the first piano concertos of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky under the baton of Zakhid Khaknazarov, recitals at St. John’s Smith Square and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and a recording for Ceri Richard’s Themes and Variations published by National Museums and Galleries of Wales, UK.

  Fung Ying continues to pursue research in music and completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield, UK in 2009. Her research interests include cultural musicology, performance practice, popular music, music and movement perception, and Tai Chi in application to the physicality of piano performance. She joined Universiti Malaya in 2009 and has published over sixty refereed articles and book chapters. Her work has appeared in International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, Muzikološki Zbornik, Revista Música Hodie, Asian Theatre Journal, International Journal of Music Education, IEEE Multimedia, Media Watch, and other publications. Her research has been supported by grants from the Ministry of Higher Education, Universiti Malaya, and Universiti Putra Malaysia, and won her gold and silver awards at local and international research exhibitions. She is a member of the International Editorial Board of eTropic and Media Watch. She has held positions such as Deputy Director (Postgraduate study and Research) of Cultural Centre (now Faculty of Creative Arts), Universiti Malaya from 2010 to 2018, Chair of Academic Programmes Accreditation Panel for PhD, Master’s, and Bachelor degree level (Malaysian Qualifications Agency), Internal Auditor of MYRA (Malaysia Research Assessment, Ministry of Higher Education), and Associate Editor of Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts. She is currently the Deputy Dean of Postgraudate Study, Research, and Innovation at the Faculty of Creative Arts, UM.

  As an active composer and musician with the multiple award-winning Dama Orchestra (now Dama Asia Productions) from 2001 to 2016, she has over twenty productions to date, five albums and three sold-out musicals: Empress Wu, I Have a Date with Spring and Butterfly Lovers. In addition, her composition titled Freedom won second prize at the 2022 Seoul International Meditation Music Competition. https://umexpert.um.edu.my/loofy

  Luisa Marinho Antunes Paolinelli - Luisa Marinho Antunes Paolinelli. Completed the Aggregate Degree in Cultural Studies on 2019/05/26 from the University of Aveiro, PhD in Literature in 2004 from the University of Madeira and Master's degree in Medieval Portuguese Literature in 1995 from the University from Lisbon. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Madeira Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Researcher at the Center for Lusophone and European Literatures and Cultures. He published 27 articles in specialized journals. It has 44 book chapter(s) and 10 book(s). She works in the area(s) of Humanities with an emphasis on Languages and Literatures with an emphasis on General Literature Studies. In his professional activities, he interacted with 29 collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific works. In its Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Studies on Humor; Intercultural Communication; Onomastics; Lília Momplé; Female characters; Catharsis; Social criticism; Postcolonial fiction; Nobody Killed Suhura; Neighbors; The eyes of the green snake; Female characters; Catharsis; Social criticism; Memory; Post-colonial fiction; Mozambican literature; Linguistic and Cultural Studies; Faculty of Arts and Humanities; Domain/Scientific Area::Humanities::Languages and Literatures; Herberto Helder; Gaston Bachelard; Poetic language; Symbols; Elementary cosmogony; Poetic language; Symbols; Elementary cosmogony; Freedom; Metaphor; Utopia; Freedom; Metaphor; Utopian; Literature; Stories; Intercultural education; Intercultural dialogue; Cultural Management; Center for Arts and Humanities; Dystopia; Irony; History; Fiction; Heroicity; Dystopia; Irony; History; Fiction; Heroism; I; Longing; Loneliness; Vagrancy; Being/appearing; Self; Nostalgia; Longing; Loneliness; Wandering; Being/seeing; Bestiary; Animals; Allegory; Symbol; Borges, José Alberto Oliveira; Bestiary; Animals; Allegory; Symbol; Scientific Domain/Area::Humanities: Other Humanities; Eça de Queiróz; Emigration; Art; Consular correspondence; American dream; The Brazilian; Intercultural Studies; Children's literature; Madeira (Portugal); Development; Child; Change; Education; Pleasure; Children's literature; Development; Child; Change; Education; Enjoyment; Alencar, José de; Journalism; Humor Studies; Fable; Historical novel; Portuguese Literature; No Place; Marc Augé; Daniela Marcheschi; Didi-Hubermann; Inter Lugar; Giuseppe Guareschi; José Saramago; Humor; Comparative literature; Italian Literature; Women's Literature; Medieval Portuguese Literature; Lusophony; Women's studies; Baltazar Dias; Theater; Travel literature; Cultural Studies; Annals; Poetry; Madeiran poetry; Wood; Philanthropy. https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/EC12-D5FD-8EBF

  Margarida Pocinho - Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Madeira, Faculty of Arts and Humanities; attended international advanced courses in music therapy at Université Paris V and U.S. culture and society as Fulbright Fellow at New York University, USA (almost 20 countries collaborations outside of the EU). She is researcher at the Research Centre of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being of University of Algarve (CinTurs), was evaluator of project fellowships - FCT, FCTR Azores, Marie-Curie European Commission Exper; more than 10 books and a large number of papers in psychology and education; has co-supervised 57 M.A. and 15 Ph.D. dissertations. She was a member of General Council of the University of Madeira.
  She was Visiting Professor at University of Zielona Góra, Poland, and member of its Research Centre, the International Connectivity Centre. She has many international collaborations in Projects and Teaching Seminars (Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Check Republic, and so on).
  She was conducting research in Psychology of Tourism with a Project funding by ARDITI "Madeira tourist wellbeing" with the partnership of CinTurs (future), where she is an integrated researcher. She is also conducting research in the field of Positive Psychology and Creativity. https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/972371/overview

  Panagiota Manti - Panagiota Manti, an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art Programme from Ionian University, School of Environment, Zakynthos Campus, Panagoula, 29100, Greece.

  She has been active in the sector of cultural heritage conservation since 1997, when she obtained the National Certificate for vocational education on the conservation of antiquities. Thereafter, she studied the BSc in Conservation of Museum Objects and Archaeology at Cardiff University. The Edward Hall Scholarship assisted my studies at the MSc in Archaeometry at the RLAHA at the University of Oxford; in 2005, I started a PhD scholarship in Conservation of Antiquities at Cardiff University.

  In 2009, she was elected to a tenured position as Lecturer in Conservation and Conservation Science at Cardiff University, where she became permanent in 2012. A prerequisite for the 3-year probation period was to complete the MSc Diploma in University Teaching and Learning (PCUTL). Hence, she became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

  She returned to Greece as an Assistant Professor in Conservation of Archaeological and Historical Inorganic Objects elected at the Technological Institute (TEI) of the Ionian Islands, which is now part of the Ionian University (Government Gazette of Appointment C'714/22.06.2018).

  She have experience in the development of educational material at all university levels, including BSc, MSc, and PhD, on subjects including conservation in field archaeology, the conservation of museum objects, conservation methodology, scientific analysis techniques, and documentation.

  The supervision of UG, PG, and PhD dissertations has given me the opportunity to guide students in their research. She have published primary research in the field of conservation on the effectiveness of scientific analysis methods on ancient materials, the manufacturing technologies of ancient metals, and teaching in conservation.

  Being a member of the Department of Environment has further channeled my interest in the deterioration and corrosion of heritage materials and the impact that the changing climate has on their preservation in the museum and in the field. https://www.pmanti.gr/

  Rossana Santos - Rossana Santos. Completed her PhD in Tourism on 2013/02/13 from the University of Aveiro, Master in Management and Development in Tourism in 2004 from the University of Aveiro and a Degree in Tourism in 2001 from Instituto Superior of Administration and Management at ISAG. She has published in specialized scientific journals and books. She works in the area(s) of Social Sciences-Tourism. In its Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Tourism Development; Sustainable tourism; Emigration; Safety, Hygiene and Health in Hospitality; Tourism Management; Hotel management. https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/EF1E-D77B-0274

  Sayam Chuangprakhon - Sayam Chuangprakhon, PhD in Music, is an assistant professor at the College of Music, Mahasarakham University, Thailand. He earned his Master of Education in Educational Technology and a Bachelor's in Music from Mahasarakham University. Sayam continued his academic career under the influence of a passion for both music and education, eventually earning a PhD in music from Mahasarakham University. Since 2023, he has been pursuing an additional PhD in Educational Technology. With a strong background in educational technology and a deep understanding of music, he contributes to the academic and cultural enrichment of the university community. He is also on the editorial board of an international journal and is a reviewer for several journals.

  Sílvia Ferreira - Sílvia Ferreira holds a PhD in History in the specialty of Art, Heritage and Restoration from the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon, with the dissertation A Talha Barroca de Lisboa (1670-1720). Os artistas e as obras (2009) ("The Baroque woodcarving of Lisbon (1670-1720). The artists and their works"). She was postdoctoral researcher at the Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH / BPD / 101835/2014) with a project entitled: "Presença, Memória e Diáspora: Destinos da Arte da Talha em Portugal entre o Liberalismo e a actualidade" (Presence, Memory and Diaspora: Destinations of the woodcarving art in Portugal between Liberalism and nowadays". She is currently a contracted researcher (Norma Transitory, DL 57/2016 - Law 57/2017) of the School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon and develops research about "The legacy of Robert Chester Smith: new perspectives for the History of Art, in Portugal", which focuses on the systematization, study and wider dissemination, in a multidisciplinary context, of the professional papers of the American art historian, bequethed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She is Associate Researcher at the Art History Institute of FCSH / NOVA and coordinates the Research Group "Pre-Modern Visual and Material Cultures". In recent years she has collaborated on several research projects, and in two of them as fellow researcher: "Lisbon in Tiles Before The 1755 Earthquake [PTDC/EAT-EAT/099160/2008] and "ROBBIANA. The Della Robbia Sculptures in Portugal: History, Art and Laboratory" [PTDC/HIS-HEC/116742/2010]. She has also participated in several projects in the wider context of religious history, particularly in the context of the history of religious orders and brotherhoods from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth centuries. She participates assiduously in congresses, colloquia and other scientific meetings, promoted in the country and abroad, which have resulted in several articles and book chapters. In addition to other publications of her authorship, the monographs stand out: "A Talha. Esplendores de um passado ainda presente (séculos XVI-XIX)" 2008 ("The Woodcarving: splendours of a past still present, (16th-19th centuries"), "A Igreja de Santa Catarina. A talha do altar-mor" (2008) ("The church of Saint Catherine. The woodcarving of the chancel"), and "Artistas e Artífices da Lisboa Barroca. A irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Doutrina da Igreja de São Roque" (2014) (Artists and artisans of Baroque Lisbon. The brotherhood of Our Lady of Doctrine at the Church of Saint Roch (in partnership with Maria João Pereira Coutinho). https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/3216-832D-05FC

  Thanik Lertcharnrit - Thanik Lertcharnrit is a Thai Archeologist and Anthropologist and Professor at Silpakorn University. He specializes in southeast Asian archaeology and the public education and perception of archeology, with a focus on public Thai cultural heritage. Professor Lertcharnrit has made many contributions to the field of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), and acted as a pioneering figure and advocate for global public archaeology.

  Thanik Lertcharnrit is known for his contributions to the field of cultural resource management, public archaeology, and the advances he has brought in the field of Thai archeology. Lertcharnrit wrote the first book in the Thai language on cultural resource management, and translated the first book on human evolution. His translation of Kenneth Feder's (2003) book, "The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory" was a major accomplishment that brought modern archaeological research to a Thai audience. His status as a leader in southeast Asian CRM led to his being asked to serve as an editor for the substantial Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, and to author a seminal work on Thai CRM. Thailand: Cultural Heritage Management. Lertcharnrit has sought to pioneer the use of multiple scientific methods in Thai archeology, in addition to getting the local communities involved in the preservation and conservation of archeological sites. He is involved with numerous interdisciplinary research collaborations with global scholars, as exemplified by his work with American archaeologists from Eckerd College and North Carolina State University at the Promtin Tai site, a historic and prehistoric cemetery in central Thailand. He is a recognized expert on Thai archaeology, and has worked on diverse projects and excavations in central Thailand for more than thirty years. Professor Lertcharnrit presents the results of his research to both academic and public audiences, in both Thai and English. His topical interests are diverse and include the development of complexity in southeast Asia, metallurgy, mortuary studies, isotope analysis, shell production and exchange, among other topics.

  Dr. Lertcharnrit has received numerous research grants and scholarly awards from Silpakorn University, Washington State University, the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Thailand), Royal Thai Government Scholarships, and public and private foundations. He has also received numerous international visiting scholar awards from the University of Otago, New Zealand, the National Science Foundation, North Carolina State University, Swedish Institute (Sweden), the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France, German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship (Germany). Other key awards include the Outstanding New Researcher Award, Thailand Research Fund (2007), Translation Grant, American Council of Learned Societies, USA (2006), Sigma-Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, The Scientific Research Society, USA (2000), Phyllis and Richard Daugherty Scholarship for Graduate Student Excellence, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, USA (1998), The Prince of Songkla University Foundation Research Grant (1992). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanik_Lertcharnrit

  Yongbin Li - PhD in History, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of History, Capital Normal University, Young Yenching Scholar Cultivation Target of Capital Normal University, Young High-level Talent Cultivation Target of Capital Normal University, Beijing Young Teaching Master, Beijing Young Top Talent, Visiting Scholar of the Department of Classics, Oxford University, and the first batch of national first-class undergraduate course hosts. He has won the Fourth Outstanding Teaching Award for Young Teachers of Capital Normal University, the First Prize of the Beijing "Chuangxiang Cup" Micro-class Grand Prix, and the Third Prize of the First Beijing University Teachers Teaching Innovation Competition. He has received funding from the Basic Research Fund for Young Teachers of the Ho Ying-Tong Education Foundation. He has presided over two National Social Science Fund projects: "Research on the Greek 'Orientalization Era'" and "Research on the Evolution of the Early Greek State Form"; presided over two Beijing Philosophy and Social Planning Projects and Beijing Municipal Education Commission Key Projects: "Exchange and Interaction between Ancient Greece and Eastern Civilizations" and "Research on the Exchange and Mutual Learning of Civilizations in Eurasia before the Opening of the Silk Road"; participated in the National Social Science Fund Major Project "Chinese Translation Project of "Cambridge Ancient History" and "Cambridge Medieval History". He has published many academic papers in journals such as "Social Sciences in China", "Historical Research", "World Religions Research", "Guangming Daily", and Journal of Ancient Civilizations. He published two monographs at the Commercial Press: Studies on the Apollo Cult and Greece and the East: Exchange and Mutual Learning of Civilizations, and four translated works (including co-translations). https://history.cnu.edu.cn/szdw/jsjj/sjsjs/78568.htm

• Ahmad Farhan Abdullah Zakaria
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: farhan.abdullah@fsk.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Department of History, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2837-6101
  Web of Science Research ID: QTU-0541-2026
  Research Interests: Malaysia History

• Azalea Ahmad Kushairi
  Academic Title: Lecturer
  Email: azaleakushairi@upm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7024-1666
  Scopus Author ID: 59978737800
  Research Interests: Folklore and the Fantastic, Ecocriticism, PostJungian Psychology, Decolonial Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities

• Carla Maria Amici
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: carlamaria.amici@unisalento.it
  Affiliation: Faculty of Human Heritage, University of Salento, Italy
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-7058
  Scopus Author ID: 56890960800
  Research Interests: Tangible Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, History of Art and Architecture, Restoration of Historical Buildings

• Carlo Beltrame
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: beltrame@unive.it
  Affiliation: Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Universita Ca Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy.
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2082-1685
  Web of Science Research ID: H-9121-2015
  Scopus Author ID: 9244644100
  Research Interests: Archeology, History, Cultural Heritage Preservation

• Chamil Arkhasa Nikko Bin Mazlan
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: chamil@fmsp.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0088-3849
  Web of Science Research ID: HOC-4192-2023
  Scopus Author ID: 58701546800
  Research Interests: Music and Performing Arts, Cultural Heritage, Arts education, Cultural Tourism, and the Transmission and Safeguarding of Traditional Cultural Practices

• Christopher Wan Sageng
  Academic Title: Associate Professor
  Email: christopherwan@ucsiuniversity.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, UCSI University, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-2667
  Web of Science Research ID: AAD-5173-2019
  Scopus Author ID: 57415669600
  Research Interests: Culinary Arts, Intengible Heritage Culture, Hospitality Tourism Managemen

• Denisse Argote
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: efenfi@gmail.com
  Affiliation: National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Direction of Archaeological Studies, Mexico City, Mexico.
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1282-757X
  Web of Science Research ID: L-3098-2019
  Scopus Author ID: 8512953600
  Research Interests: Archaeometry, Archaeological Prospection

• Farid Mat Zain
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: farid@ukm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Research Centre for Arabic Language and Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
  Web of Science Research ID: EGX-3354-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 55214193900
  Research Interests: History and Islamic Civilization in Southeast Asia, Ulama and Muslim Intellectualism

• Francois Mairesse
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: mairesse@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr
  Affiliation: Deparment of Cultural Education, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-4600
  Research Interests: Museology, Museum Studies, Museum Management, Geopolitics of Museums

• Giovanni E. Gigante 
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: giovannie.gigante@gmail.com
  Affiliation Details: Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9366
  Web of Science ResearcherID: AAZ-5587-2021
  Scopus Author ID: 7006949087
  Research Interests : XRF, imaging, ND techniques, conservation and Archaeometry

• Harozila Binti Ramli
  Academic Title: Associate Professor
  Email: harozila@fskik.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Art, Sustainability and Creative Industry, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-576X
  Web of Science Research ID: DMT-0873-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 57210942649
  Research Interests: Textile Design, Batik, Art History, Cultural Heritage, art & Craft and Visual Art Education

• Hussein Marey Mahmoud 
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: marai79@cu.edu.eg 
  Affiliation: Department of Inorganic Materials Conservation, Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt 
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1598-1580 
  Web of Science ResearcherID: AAE-7198-2021 
  Scopus Author ID: 36717811600 
  Research Interests: Heritage Science, Archaeometry, Conservation of heritage materials, Wall paintings and polychrome objects

• Ida Baizura Binti Bahar
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: idabb@upm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  Scopus Author ID: 56366761900
  Research Interests: English Literature, Literary and Cultural Studies, Malay Literature, Translation and Interpretation, Youth Studies

• Khalid El Harrouni
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: k.elharrouni@enarabat.ac.ma
  Affiliation: National School of Architecture, Morocco
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3391-6889
  Web of Science Research ID: AAK-6890-2020
  Scopus Author ID: 58578336900
  Research Interests: Architecture, Heritage, Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Sustainability, Groundwater Modelling

• Lee Yoke Lai
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: lylai@utm.my
  Affiliation: Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8782-8449
  Web of Science Research ID: IYJ-1051-2023
  Scopus Author ID: 57226836342
  Research Interests: Cultural Landscape, Heritage Conservation, Urban design, Urban History & Social History, Stormwater Management & Bamboo Construction

• Low Choo Chin
  Academic Title: Senior lecturer
  Email: lowc@usm.my
  Affiliation: History Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3159-9311
  Web of Science Research ID: L-5539-2014
  Scopus Author ID: 56221752200
  Research Interests: Migration, Citizenship, Diaspora, History, Labour Policy

• Mohamad Khairul Anuar Bin Mohd Rosli
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: khairulanuarrosli@usm.my
  Affiliation: School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7187-7529
  Web of Science Research ID: ABD-1474-2021
  Scopus Author ID: 58619672800
  Research Interests: Economic and Commercial History of Malaysia, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Social History

• Mohammad Arif Kamal
  Academic Title: Associate Professor
  Email: architectarif@gmail.com
  Affiliation: Architecture Section, Aligarh Muslim University, India
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-8794
  Web of Science ResearcherID: AAY-5589-2020
  Scopus Author ID: 56921383300
  Research Interests: Sustainable Architecture; Islamic Architecture; Heritage Buildings; Vernacular Architecture; Culture and Architecture; Traditional Architecture; Architectural History

• Mohd Fauzi Sedon
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: mohd.fauzi@fskik.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Art, Sustainability and Creative Industry, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3250-9808
  Web of Science Research ID: LZK-1780-2025
  Scopus Author ID: 35767255000
  Research Interests: Studio Practice Research, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Consumer Culture, Contemporary Culture, Culture and Tradition, Art Education

• Muhammad Faizal bin Abdul Rani
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: muhammadfaizal.ar@utm.my
  Affiliation: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Campus, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-5582
  Web of Science Research ID: ADF-9143-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 57226375558
  Research Interests: Vernacular Architecture, Sacral Architecture, Lanna Art Culture and Architecture, Thai Buddhism Architecture and Art, Malay, Thai and Indonesian Wood Carving

• Muhammad Wildan
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: muhammad.wildan@uin-suka.ac.id
  Affiliation: Department of Islamic History and Civilization, the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2111-3891
  Web of Science Research ID: ABM-9370-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 56053545900
  Research Interests: Islam and Politics, Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism, Islamic Popular Culture, and Muslim Minority Issues

• Mumtaz Ahmad Yatoo
  Academic Title: Assistant Professor
  Email: mayatu@gmail.com
  Affiliation: Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-6194
  Web of Science Research ID: GGV-9994-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 57192889312
  Research Interests: Landscape and Settlement Archaeology , Neolithic Archaeology, Material Culture and Artefact Analysis, Archaeobotany and Crop Dispersals, South–Central Asian Cultural Interactions

• Nor Hafizah Selamat
  Academic Title: Associate Professor
  Email: hafiz@usm.my
  Affiliation: School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-7568
  Web of Science Research ID: E-2884-2012
  Scopus Author ID: 36633119900
  Research Interests: Community Development, Tourism Studies, Cultural Theory, Ethnography, Anthropology of Gender

• Nor Syazwani Binti Mat Salleh
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: syazwani.ms@fskik.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Art, Sustainability and Creative Industry, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0201-9242
  Web of Science Research ID: FVF-9598-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 57214367097
  Research Interests: Graphic Design, Resource and Technology, Information Technology, Computer Literacy, Cultural Heritage

• Norzuraina Binti Mohd Nor
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: zuraina.nor@fskik.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Art, Sustainability and Creative Industry, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-9119
  Web of Science Research ID: MBY-7698-2025
  Scopus Author ID: 58723629400
  Research Interests: Art Education, Arts, Cultural, Art Curricullum, Special Education and Fashion Design

• Nurul Atiqah Amran
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: atiqah_amran@upm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-5907
  Web of Science Research ID: HKW-6722-2023
  Scopus Author ID: 57219337818
  Research Interests: Literary Studies, Malaysian Literature in English, Postcolonial Literature in English, Urban Literature, Cultural Heritage, Southeast Asian Literature

• Nurulakmal Abdul Wahid
  Academic Title: Senior Lecturer
  Email: nurulakmal@fmsp.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1967-5556
  Web of Science Research ID: MCA-5821-2025
  Scopus Author ID: 59003776600
  Research Interests: Dance Studies, Performing Arts, Cultural Heritage, Dance Pedagogy

• Pao Sium Yap
  Academic Title: Assistant Professor
  Email: yapps@tarc.edu.my
  Affiliation: Department of Communication and Media Studies, Faculty of Communication and Creative Industries, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0622-5878
  Scopus Author ID: 60663012000
  Research Interests: Media and Cultural Studies, Marxism

• Paulina Faria
  Academic Title: Associate Professor
  Email: mpr@fct.unl.pt
  Affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT), NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-949X
  Web of Science Research ID: F-8265-2014
  Scopus Author ID: 55515104200
  Research Interests: Building Rehabilitation, Architectural Heritage Conservation, Building Material, Traditional Building Technology, Building Physics

• Rogerio Sousa
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: rogerio.sousa@edu.ulisboa.pt
  Affiliation: Faculdade de Letras, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8253-1707
  Web of Science Research ID: GCL-1732-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 36864375200
  Research Interests: Egyptology, Ancient History, Archaeology, Material Culture, and Visual Representation

• Roziah Sidik
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: roziah@ukm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Institute of Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8151-5932
  Web of Science Research ID: AAP-2813-2021
  Scopus Author ID: 48762151700
  Research Interests: History and Philosophy of Islamic Science, Music Therapy, Caravanserai and Astrotourism

• Ramadan Abd-Allah
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: rmdnabdalla@gmail.com
  Affiliation Details: Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6455-6011
  Web of Science ResearcherID: EJC-1017-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 6508226542
  Research Interests: Conservation and Restoration of archaeological materials, Chemical characterization and manufacturing technology of historic materials, Diagnosis and interpretation of material deterioration, Informed restoration, conservation and interpretation of museum collections, Improved interceptive and preventive conservation of archaeological materials, Management of cultural heritage

• Sachin Kumar Tiwary
  Academic Title: Assistant Professor
  Email: sachintiwary@bhu.ac.in
  Affiliation: Department of AIHC & Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, India
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3838-9659
  Web of Science Research ID: DYJ-8390-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 57224977703
  Research Interests: Rock Art Documentation & Scientific Analysis, Heritage Management & Iconography, Ethnoarchaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Research in Geoheritage and Archaeometallurgy

• Sanghamitra Dalal
  Academic Title: Assistant Professor
  Email: sanghamitra@uitm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Department of Creative Writing, Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-3415
  Web of Science ResearcherID: AGY-2958-2022
  Scopus Author ID: 56747445900
  Research Interests: Postcolonial Diasporic Literatures and Cultures; Transnational and Transcultural Literatures; Life Writing; Food Writing; South and Southeast Asian literatures

• Salah Hussein Ahmad Al-Houdalieh
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: shoudalieh@staff.alquds.edu
  Affiliation Details: The Institute of Archaeology, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6468-9105
  Web of Science ResearcherID: ABC-8821-2020
  Scopus Author ID: 26031901900
  Research Interests: Near Eastern Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Antiquities Looting, Archaeology in Conflict Zones

• Tajul Shuhaizam Bin Said
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: tajul@fskik.upsi.edu.my
  Affiliation: Faculty of Art, Sustainability and Creative Industry, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3503-6957
  Web of Science Research ID: INY-8259-2023
  Scopus Author ID: 57210949315
  Research Interests: Ceramic Arts, Cultural Heritage, Art Education, Museum Studies, Heritage Safeguarding

• Umesh Ashok Kadam
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: umeshkadam1@gmail.com
  Affiliation: Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067, India
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8463-6951
  Web of Science Research ID: QIT-2444-2026
  Scopus Author ID: 57203147523
  Research Interests: Medieval Histories of South Asia; Memory Studies; History of the Marathas and European Powers in India; Socio-Economic and Cultural History of the Deccan; Trade, Commerce and Urbanisation; Intellectual Discourse-Bhakti Movement 10th to 17th Century; Maritime History of India with Special Reference to Silk Routes; Ecology and Environment

• Wan Kamal Mujani
  Academic Title: Professor
  Email: inawan@ukm.edu.my
  Affiliation: Research Centre for Arabic Language and Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Islamic Studies, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
  Web of Science Research ID: AAQ-6534-2020
  Scopus Author ID: 36768948000
  Research Interests: Islamic Historiography, Economic History of the Middle East, Levant and Mediterranean Regions

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