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When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

This is a guest post by Adam H. Lisbon. Many thanks to James Morris for coordinating it. In August of … Continue reading When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

The Books in China Database
Conference, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Sinology

The Books in China Database

This is a guest post by Prof. Joseph Dennis. Introduction The Books in China Database (BIC) is designed to address … Continue reading The Books in China Database

We Need To Talk About Twitter
DH in General, Workflow

We Need To Talk About Twitter

This is a post by guest contributor Mark Boersma. Twitter represents an important networking tool for many researchers and scholarly … Continue reading We Need To Talk About Twitter

Persian Illuminated Historical Documents of Safavid Period from Georgian Depositories
Digitization, Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Online Resources

Persian Illuminated Historical Documents of Safavid Period from Georgian Depositories

This is a post by Elene Giunashvil, guest contributor for Iranian Studies for 22-23 Georgia’s cultural past, both as a … Continue reading Persian Illuminated Historical Documents of Safavid Period from Georgian Depositories

Genius loci: extracting names and places from Japanese texts
Coding, Japanese Studies, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Genius loci: extracting names and places from Japanese texts

This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction Among other things, the digital humanities deals with individual items, which … Continue reading Genius loci: extracting names and places from Japanese texts

CfA for Social Media Manager
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CfA for Social Media Manager

Are you good with social media and do you know a fair few things about Digital Humanities? Or are you … Continue reading CfA for Social Media Manager

Examining the Merits of 3D Sliced Segmental Extraction: A Case Study of Prehistoric Japanese Ceramics
DH in Practice, Digitization, Japanese Studies, Software, Visualization

Examining the Merits of 3D Sliced Segmental Extraction: A Case Study of Prehistoric Japanese Ceramics

This article has been contributed by James Frances Loftus III. Information about the author is included at the end of … Continue reading Examining the Merits of 3D Sliced Segmental Extraction: A Case Study of Prehistoric Japanese Ceramics

An Introduction to Coptic Scriptorium
African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Coptic Language, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

An Introduction to Coptic Scriptorium

This week’s guest contribution was organized by our Editor for Northeast African Studies, So Miyagawa, and was written by Lance … Continue reading An Introduction to Coptic Scriptorium

A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 2
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, OCR

A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 2

This week we publish the second part of “A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic” … Continue reading A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 2

A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 1
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, OCR

A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 1

This week’s guest contribution is by Ishida Yuri, Okayama University, Special-Appointment Assistant Professor, and Shinoda Tomoaki, Tokyo University of Foreign … Continue reading A Study on the Accuracy of Low-cost User-friendly OCR Systems for Arabic: Part 1

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