Open Call for Editors
The Digital Orientalist is seeking to expand and as such we are eagerly looking for several new editors for the new … Continue reading Open Call for Editors
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Have a Great Summer
The Digital Orientalist will go into summer recess for July and August. Still need to scratch your DH itch? You … Continue reading Have a Great Summer
On books and electricity
This guest-post comes from Louise Gallorini (American University of Beirut) and reflects on the value of holding an actual, physical, … Continue reading On books and electricity
Announcing a Handbook for DH and Manuscript Studies
Millions of documents have been scanned and stored as images of pages. Now what? For the past 1,5 years I … Continue reading Announcing a Handbook for DH and Manuscript Studies
A new year, a new team
This year, The Digital Orientalist will come to life as it never has done before. It will no longer be … Continue reading A new year, a new team
Social Media Manager Needed!
Are you good with social media and do you know a fair few things about Digital Humanities? Or are you … Continue reading Social Media Manager Needed!
Tackling Poetry with Python (2)
In a previous post, I described the preliminary work to do automated analysis on poetry. I now describe the actual … Continue reading Tackling Poetry with Python (2)
Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited
In this post I will respond to some points raised by Titus Nemeth. I already discussed his rhetoric so I … Continue reading Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited
Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities
Talking about DH on a blog will get some people angry with you. I will discuss here some examples arising from … Continue reading Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities
Making Sense of the Cacophony of Voices from the Post-Classical Period of Islam
This small article explains how close reading is not useful in research on post-classical Islamic intellectual history. Instead, close reading … Continue reading Making Sense of the Cacophony of Voices from the Post-Classical Period of Islam
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