Interview with Prof. David Michelson: From Syriaca.org to the British Library and Beyond (1)

Between October and November 2025, Prof. David Michelson served as a visiting fellow at the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) … Continue reading Interview with Prof. David Michelson: From Syriaca.org to the British Library and Beyond (1)

The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: An Introduction and its Potential Applications

This article was written by Contributor for Northeast Asian Studies, Brian Tsz Ho Wong, and Guest Contributor, Curtis Sai Hung … Continue reading The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: An Introduction and its Potential Applications

In my first Editor’s Digest in December 2024, I summarised the posts of the Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies team published between … Continue reading Editor’s Digest April 2026: Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies

This is a guest post by Abdulqadir K Haidermota. Introduction: The Affective Engine of the State ‘Recently the slave was … Continue reading The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 1)

This is a post by Zhaleh Nayebossadrian | Sapienza University of Rome Introduction: The Digital Turn in Persian Persian Studies, … Continue reading De-Silencing History: From Private Papers to Public Data in the Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran Project

A colleague recently posted on social media about their experience using paperreview.ai (Stanford Agentic Reviewer), an AI tool that is … Continue reading AI-Generated Feedback: Preliminary Thoughts

Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez: ግዕዝ Gəʽ(ə)z), one of the classical written languages preserved on the African continent, has sustained religious and … Continue reading Current Trends in Digital Corpora and Manuscript Archives of Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez)

Each Editor’s Digest at The Digital Orientalist serves as a window into a team’s work and reflections over a given … Continue reading Editor’s Digest March 2026: South Asian Studies (Part 1)