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.
Introduction Known for his speed of transcribing, Maʿrūf Baghdādī was one of the most prominent calligraphers of 14th– and 15th-century … Continue reading A Digitised Manuscript Associated with Maʿrūf Baghdādī
This is a guest post by Eric H. C. Chow and Ryan Iu. For more information, see at the end … Continue reading Digital Humanities Approaches to Navigating the Early Colonial Hong Kong History
This is a guest post by Anna Batzeli. This post introduces the Archives Portal Europe, an online archival repository which … Continue reading Archives Portal Europe: an invaluable tool for digital archival research
This is a guest post by Wei-chieh Tsai. See information at the end of this post. Between 1928 and 1943, … Continue reading A Glimpse of Ethnic Borderlands of Modern China through the Lens of Early Chinese Ethnologists
In recent years, visual studies have gained significance in digital humanities due to advancements in processing visual materials at scale, … Continue reading Object Detection in Visual Studies: Computer-Asssisted Comparison of Chinese Papercut Patterns
When I joined the Digital Orientalist, I did so motivated by the desire to share with colleagues in Chinese studies … Continue reading Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography. Yes, again!
This post will take a break from writing about using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room, the topic I covered … Continue reading Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts
James Harry Morris and I have put together an introduction to Digital Humanities for people working on one or the … Continue reading Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction
The rise of digital humanities has revolutionized scholarly pursuits, particularly in literature, where the accessibility of digital images of manuscripts … Continue reading Digital Contributions of Auction Houses: The Emergence of the Chahar Maqala’s Oldest Manuscript
In an earlier post here on The Digital Orientalist, Mariana Zorkina introduced the topic of regular expressions (or in short … Continue reading Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis