Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African, Oriental Studies..
The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature based in Boston, … Continue reading Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data
Many readers will likely be aware of the Digital Orientalist’s Keyboard Layouts (launched in 2014 and improved upon in 2017) … Continue reading Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages
This is the fifth post of a series by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on his interview … Continue reading Early Thoughts on Manuscript Digitization – The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 4
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
Basic corpus analysis is an amazing way to start exploring digital humanities. What could be easier? One just needs to … Continue reading Defining word boundaries for Modern and Classical Chinese
In early 2021, a new platform, Digital Ottoman Studies (DOS), was established with the aim of contributing to digital humanities … Continue reading Digital Ottoman Studies: A New Force in Ottoman and Turkish Studies
In a piece that I wrote for the Digital Orientalist last year, I compiled a list of digital resources for … Continue reading Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection
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
My recent posts have focused on the biblical text and ways to access it online. Here I will turn to … Continue reading Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom
What is the Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries The Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries is an online database featuring more than a … Continue reading Mapping A Thousand Buddhist Monasteries in Mongolia: Introducing the Digital Database “Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries”
