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Japanese Studies, OCR, Online Resources

Politicians Speak: An Introduction to the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet

Japanese historians often cite the minutes of the Imperial Diet[1] to demonstrate changes in state policy and the views of … Continue reading Politicians Speak: An Introduction to the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet

The BADR Project (7th–21st c.) – A TEI-Based Approach to Premodern Islamic Texts
Islamic Studies, New Post, Visualization

The BADR Project (7th–21st c.) – A TEI-Based Approach to Premodern Islamic Texts

This article was written by guest contributor Adrien de Jarmy (University of Strasbourg) and Clarck Junior Membourou Moimecheme (Sorbonne Nouvelle … Continue reading The BADR Project (7th–21st c.) – A TEI-Based Approach to Premodern Islamic Texts

Sinhala Manuscripts at Wellcome Collection: Collaborative Practice and Cultural Heritage
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, New Post, South Asian Studies

Sinhala Manuscripts at Wellcome Collection: Collaborative Practice and Cultural Heritage

Over the last few years, a collaborative project has been developing between the Sinhala Buddhist organisations the International Centre for … Continue reading Sinhala Manuscripts at Wellcome Collection: Collaborative Practice and Cultural Heritage

Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past
African Languages, African Studies, DH in Practice, Teaching

Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past

The Langarchiv project, officially titled “Language as Archive: European Linguistics and the Social History of the Sahara and Sahel in … Continue reading Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past

Suggesting a Language-Specific Gender Perspective for AI Translation Research
AI, Conference Proceedings, Japanese Studies, LLM

Suggesting a Language-Specific Gender Perspective for AI Translation Research

This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading Suggesting a Language-Specific Gender Perspective for AI Translation Research

From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies
Ottoman Studies, Topics, Workflow

From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies

This paper presents a computational pipeline for working with spatial data in Ottoman Turkish, from extracting place names via named-entity … Continue reading From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies

An Introduction to Conference Proceedings You May Have Missed: Unaccompanied Videos
AI, Conference Proceedings, HTR, LLM, OCR

An Introduction to Conference Proceedings You May Have Missed: Unaccompanied Videos

Since November 2025, we have been publishing the proceedings of The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital … Continue reading An Introduction to Conference Proceedings You May Have Missed: Unaccompanied Videos

Marimo Notebooks
Coding, DH in General, New Post, Software, Visualization

Marimo Notebooks

In a previous post, I have highlighted the usefulness of notebooks for writing Python code. I mentioned tools like Jupyter … Continue reading Marimo Notebooks

The REDIF Database: A Brief Introduction and Review
New Post, Online Resources

The REDIF Database: A Brief Introduction and Review

This article was written by guest contributor Raúl Cervera Álvarez (Universitat de Barcelona). Introduction The REDIF research project is based … Continue reading The REDIF Database: A Brief Introduction and Review

Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The following is based on an English translation from the Japanese article “アレクサンドリア図書館におけるデジタル・ヒューマニティーズの取り組み” (“Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina”) … Continue reading Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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