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Author: Ephrem A. Ishac

He is a specialist in Syriac Liturgical Studies (focusing on their manuscripts and fragments), East and West Syriac Church Councils, the History of Ecumenism in the Middle East, and Syriac Digital Humanities. After one year as a Research Scholar fellow at Yale University, Ephrem is back in Austria as a Senior Postdoc - Principal Investigator for the FWF project: "Identifying Scattered Puzzles of Syriac Liturgical Manuscripts and Fragments" hosted at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna.
The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters
Digitization, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis

The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

In addition to the contributions of the Beth Mardutho Institute to the world of Syriac Digital Humanities (which I have … Continue reading The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts
DH in General, Social Media, Syriac Studies

Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts

A few months ago, I noticed a plethora of posts on social media about the discovery of the hidden library … Continue reading Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts

Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?
OCR, Online Resources, Syriac Studies

Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?

Recently, Google updated its engine on many smartphones in order to add the new technology of Google Lens to its … Continue reading Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2
Syriac Studies, Using Real Paper

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2

This is the third part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on … Continue reading The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2

Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives
Digitization, Social Media, Syriac Studies

Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives

For two years now, I have searched for a manuscript on the Synod of Hattackh of 1576. In the 1956, … Continue reading Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives

Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
Digitization, OCR, Software, Syriac Studies, Workflow

Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books

Recently, I have been experimenting to see how well Google Docs can transcribe and perform OCR on Syriac books in … Continue reading Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 1
Coding, Syriac Studies

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 1

This is the second part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on … Continue reading The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 1

An Introduction to the History of Syriac Digital Humanities
DH in General, Digitization, Online Resources, Syriac Studies

An Introduction to the History of Syriac Digital Humanities

This is the first part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac. This … Continue reading An Introduction to the History of Syriac Digital Humanities

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