Beyond Rows and Columns: Visualising Data with RAWGraphs
One of the biggest challenges of working with large (and often incomplete) collections of data lies in how best to … Continue reading Beyond Rows and Columns: Visualising Data with RAWGraphs
Category: DH in Practice
Workshop: Initiating Digital Humanities Engagement in the East Asian Studies Department, University of Toronto
This is a guest post by Rose Ting-Yi Conference slides can be viewed here On March 3rd, 2025, I hosted a … Continue reading Workshop: Initiating Digital Humanities Engagement in the East Asian Studies Department, University of Toronto
Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API
While not readily apparent, the New Testament Virtual Manuscript (NTVMR) room has an API that is publicly accessible. An API, … Continue reading Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API
Flourish: Visualizing Ottoman Migration to the United States
This article examines the flow of Ottoman citizens, including Armenians, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to the United States during the … Continue reading Flourish: Visualizing Ottoman Migration to the United States
Inside CrossAsia’s Lab (Part 2)
The CrossAsia Lab equips researchers in Asian Studies with practical tools to engage with data in more interactive and meaningful … Continue reading Inside CrossAsia’s Lab (Part 2)
Bridging Narratives and Data: ResearchSpace 4.0.0 and the Power of Knowledge Graphs
Decades ago, one of the main concerns of the cultural heritage community was the lack of digitized data. Although digitization … Continue reading Bridging Narratives and Data: ResearchSpace 4.0.0 and the Power of Knowledge Graphs
CrossAsia: A Gateway to Asian Studies in the Digital Age (Part 1)
The first of three articles looking at how the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin’s digital platform CrossAsia is changing the way Asian … Continue reading CrossAsia: A Gateway to Asian Studies in the Digital Age (Part 1)
Medieval Georgian Manuscripts of Shahnameh Translations with Miniatures at the National Centre of Manuscripts of Georgia (“Rostomiani”)
This is a post by Helen Giunashvili | George Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies/Ilia State University The Georgian manuscript tradition and book … Continue reading Medieval Georgian Manuscripts of Shahnameh Translations with Miniatures at the National Centre of Manuscripts of Georgia (“Rostomiani”)
From Vienna to the World: Launching the First Public Syriac HTR Model on Transkribus
Readers of The Digital Orientalist, you are among the first to know! Today’s post is dedicated to the release of … Continue reading From Vienna to the World: Launching the First Public Syriac HTR Model on Transkribus
To Merge or Not to Merge: The Pitfalls of Chinese Tokenization in General-Purpose LLMs
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