Josh Mugler joined the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) as a cataloger of Arabic and Syriac manuscripts in 2018. He now holds the position of Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts. Mugler catalogs manuscripts from both traditions, manages HMML’s relevant digital and microfilm collections, and supervises a team of catalogers working across numerous languages and manuscript cultures to catalog tens of thousands of manuscripts from libraries around the world. He completed his PhD in Theological and Religious Studies in 2019 at Georgetown University, where his research focused on Christian-Muslim relations in 10th- and 11th-century Syria. He also holds a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School and has published on various aspects of the history of Christian-Muslim relations, including an edition and translation of the Arabic Life of Christopher that was the subject of his dissertation. Originally from the St. Louis area, he lives in Philadelphia with his spouse and two eleven-year-old cats.