Mouhamadoul-Khaly Wélé

Mouhamadoul-Khaly Wélé pursued his higher education in Political Science and Comparative Literature in France. His research explores the representations of Muslims in French and English literature from the 17th to the 19th century, adopting a comparative approach enriched by digital humanities methodologies. He recently defended his PhD on English and French Orientalism from the 17th to the 19th century.

He is also a co-director of the Qur’an 12–21 platform, a dynamic digital space that enables comparative and contextual analysis of European translations and interpretations of the Qur’an from the 12th to the 21st century.

As part of the NOTCOM project, Mouhamadoul-Khaly serves as a Research Engineer, where he is responsible for developing a BaseX database to support the project's researchers. He works in close collaboration with Maud Ingarao (IHRIM – ENS de Lyon). In parallel, he is also preparing a digital edition of the Journal des Sçavans (1665–1701), further contributing to the field of digital scholarly editing.