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Author: Cornelis van Lit

DH and Islamic Studies. Founder of The Digital Orientalist. Follow me @LWCvL on Twitter or GitHub
Writing from right-to-left in a left-to-right digital world
Islamic Languages, Software

Writing from right-to-left in a left-to-right digital world

For most beginners’ purposes, specialized DH tools (like Transkribus, Voyant Tools, or any specialized database) are already a major boost … Continue reading Writing from right-to-left in a left-to-right digital world

Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa:  How they do it in France
DH in General

Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France

Infrastructure in academia is what gives cohesion to a subject. It is a meeting place you know you can go … Continue reading Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France

How to level up in DH
DH in General, Teaching, Theory, Workflow

How to level up in DH

The Three Levels of Digital Humanities I wish to sketch out a general framework that should make it easier to … Continue reading How to level up in DH

Technological Threats to Academic Publishing
Between Legal and Illegal, Theory

Technological Threats to Academic Publishing

This is a short and pessimistic view on what could be out there in the near future that seriously impedes … Continue reading Technological Threats to Academic Publishing

Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections
DH in Practice, Islamic Languages, Visualization

Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections

There comes a time when using Word or PowerPoint or Excel is not going to be enough to create a … Continue reading Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections

My daily workflow
Using Real Paper, Workflow

My daily workflow

How are you supposed to work as a scholar in the humanities? What is it, exactly, that we do on … Continue reading My daily workflow

Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog
Coding, Online Resources, Workflow

Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog

You can turn any collection of books and articles from Zotero into a website that is easy to search, accessible … Continue reading Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog

Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey
DH in General, Digitization, Online Resources

Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey

We are conducting a global survey about the difficulties facing Humanities scholars and students when working in digital environments when … Continue reading Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey

ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
Digitization, OCR, Software, Workflow

ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions

When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We … Continue reading ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions

Making word clouds with Python
Coding, DH in General

Making word clouds with Python

If you have no experience with programming, this walkthrough on how to make a word cloud is just for you. … Continue reading Making word clouds with Python

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