African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Coding, Coptic Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Equipment, Software

Read and Write Coptic on Your Smartphone: Interview with Mina Makar on Coptic Bible, Dictionary, Keyboard, and Agpeya Apps

Coptic is the last stage of the Egyptian language and is still used at Coptic Christian churches. Coptic uses the … Continue reading Read and Write Coptic on Your Smartphone: Interview with Mina Makar on Coptic Bible, Dictionary, Keyboard, and Agpeya Apps

African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, DH in General, DH in Practice

Making a Unicode Font for the Nubian Language Revitalization Movement

This time, I (So Miyagawa) decided to interview Arbaab (Hatim Eujayl), who is making Sawarda Nubian, an Old Nubian script … Continue reading Making a Unicode Font for the Nubian Language Revitalization Movement

African Studies, Archiving, Digitization

Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records

For the past year, questions of how to decolonize the historical records of North Africa have been in the news, … Continue reading Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records

African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archiving, Coptic Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Equipment, Events & Conferences, Teaching, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

By Franziska Naether (Leipzig/Stellenbosch) Franziska Naether (PD Dr. phil habil.) is an Egyptologist, museum curator, and digital humanist with a focus … Continue reading Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

African Languages, African Studies, Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Teaching

Decolonize University-Based Databases

Based at MIT’s Aga Khan Documentation Center, Archnet (AKDC@MIT) is an open-access resource focused on architecture, conservation issues, environmental and … Continue reading Decolonize University-Based Databases

African Languages, African Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Software

AABC – African Alphabets of the Bayreuth Cluster

This is a post by our guest contributors, Ulrich Rebstock and Marvin Müller The application AABC (African Alphabets of the … Continue reading AABC – African Alphabets of the Bayreuth Cluster

African Studies, DH in Practice, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Decolonize University-Based Journals

The Algerian Scientific Journals Platform (ASJP) is an electronic publishing platform developed and managed by the Research Center for Scientific and Technical Information (CERIST) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Continue reading Decolonize University-Based Journals

African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Coptic Language, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

An Introduction to Coptic Scriptorium

This week’s guest contribution was organized by our Editor for Northeast African Studies, So Miyagawa, and was written by Lance … Continue reading An Introduction to Coptic Scriptorium

African Languages, African Studies

The epic world of Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932-2021)

One of Guinea’s foremost scholars passed away in March of this year at the age of 89 from COVID-19. Djibril … Continue reading The epic world of Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932-2021)

African Languages, African Studies

Advancing on the encoding of Loma

As I noted in my first post for the Digital Orientalist in 2018, two 1943 Loma texts remain to be fully translated … Continue reading Advancing on the encoding of Loma