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.
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Civilization (Zhonghua Nongye Wenming Yanjiuyuan 中華農業文明研究院; hereafter, the Academy) … Continue reading Products in Local Chronicles: The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Civilization’s 70-Year Quest for a Treasure Trove
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text
The database Home In Mists – Oversea edition 白雲深處人家海外站 is an edition based outside of China of a database by … Continue reading The Versatility of the Home in Mists – Oversea Edition
Since the last time I covered Dunhuang-related databases to browse online in 2022, a few things have changed. The International … Continue reading The Dunhuang Culture 敦煌文化 Database
This is a guest post by Andrew Chittick. The author bio is below. The Digital Orientalist has proven to be … Continue reading A StoryMap Resource for Studying Early Maritime Asia
Since its founding in 2013, The Digital Orientalist has grown from a research blog by Cornelis van Lit to an … Continue reading An Overview of Digital Tools and Resources for East Asian Studies Reviewed by The Digital Orientalist Members
In her essay “Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? or Thinking the Histories of Race and Computation,” Tara McPherson … Continue reading Global DH vs. Area Studies: Rethinking “China and the West (Rest)” Beyond Lenticular Logic
This post was written together with Sai Deng (Metadata Librarian, University of Central Florida) and Lihong Zhu (Head of Library … Continue reading Exploring the Future of Library Cataloging with AI and Multilingual Embeddings
Tokenization, the process of transforming human text into machine-understandable units of meaning (tokens), is a foundational step in language modeling. … Continue reading To Merge or Not to Merge: The Pitfalls of Chinese Tokenization in General-Purpose LLMs
Recent years have witnessed a wave of fascinating research findings in both natural and artificial intelligence. While scholars remain cautious … Continue reading Cognitive Stylometry as an LLM-Based Methodology in Chinese Literary Studies