CFA: Join The DO Team 2026/27
The Digital Orientalist is pleased to announce its annual open call for contributors and team members for the 2026-2027 academic … Continue reading CFA: Join The DO Team 2026/27
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Digital Curatorship, Handling Special Collections, and Lessons Learned from My Pursuit of Historical Photographs of People Reading in China
This is a guest post by Damian Mandzunowski. The author bio is below. The premise behind this piece is simple: … Continue reading Digital Curatorship, Handling Special Collections, and Lessons Learned from My Pursuit of Historical Photographs of People Reading in China
The Evidence of the Small: Digital Historical Forensics and What Big Data Cannot See in Wartime Chinese Propaganda
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading The Evidence of the Small: Digital Historical Forensics and What Big Data Cannot See in Wartime Chinese Propaganda
Artificial Intelligence Hegemony: What is it and How Can We Resist as Humanity Researchers
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Hegemony: What is it and How Can We Resist as Humanity Researchers
Digital Coptic Studies: Where Do We Stand—and Where Do We Go Next?
This is a guest post by Mona Hassan Ahmed Sawy. Over the past decade, Coptic studies, in all its branches—language, … Continue reading Digital Coptic Studies: Where Do We Stand—and Where Do We Go Next?
The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 2)
This is a guest post by Abdulqadir K Haidermota. This post is the second of a two-part series. The first … Continue reading The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 2)
The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 1)
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)
Education and Preservation of National Consciousness in Polish and Korean Online Repositories
This is a guest post written by Tomasz Sleziak. The author bio is below. Both South Korea and Poland can … Continue reading Education and Preservation of National Consciousness in Polish and Korean Online Repositories
OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital
This is a guest post by Saniya Irfan. Studies in Digital Humanities (DH) constantly illustrate that the discipline cannot be confined … Continue reading OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital
The DO Rebrand – Survey Report
This is a report from The DO Board following the rebrand survey that was run in 2025. The conclusions and … Continue reading The DO Rebrand – Survey Report