Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes (independent paper and book conservator and researcher, Utrecht, the Netherlands) and Shiva Mihan (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) … Continue reading Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran
The Pote collection of Islamic manuscripts was brought to England in 1790 and was divided between King’s College and Eton … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights (II)
The Pote collection contains many textually useful manuscripts especially in the field of the history of India; however, although most … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights (I)
I (re)catalogued about over 550 ‘oriental’ manuscripts of the Pote Collection of Islamic manuscripts in the course of two consecutive … Continue reading Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Online Catalogue
Part II : Neighbouring Countries and Contemporary artists Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, … Continue reading Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Part I : Iran Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, which was used in … Continue reading Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
The Digital Orientalist 