Mohamad Wahyu Hidayat is a lecturer and researcher at UIN Salatiga, serving in the History of Islamic Civilization Study Program under the Faculty of Theology, Literature, and Humanities. Appointed as a civil servant lecturer on March, 2022, he serves as an Assistant Professor with a primary focus on Philology. His teaching portfolio includes courses on Philology, Manuscript Studies, Nusantara Manuscript Studies, Jawi Script, Pegon Script, Javanese Script, Qur'anic and Tafsir Manuscript Studies, Nusantara Islamic Archaeology, History of Islamic Civilization, and Indonesian Islamic Studies. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Javanese Language Education in 2016 at the Yogyakarta State University. He subsequently completed his Master’s degree in 2020 at the Department of Literature, specializing in Philology, from the Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia. Currently, he is actively engaged in research regarding ancient manuscripts and is a member of MANASSA (Nusantara Manuscripts Society), Semarang chapter. Additionally, he collaborates with the Salatiga City Library and Archives Office on manuscript preservation initiatives. e-mail: [email protected]