The Open Buddhist University

This is a guest post by Khemarato Bhikkhu. Shortly after ordaining, a young monk in Thailand will be given a … Continue reading The Open Buddhist University

Oral Histories from Sindhi Libraries in India: Infrastructures around Sindhi Literature

My previous work on Sindhi literature in post-Partition involves PG Sindhi Library, Sindhi Halchal Archive, and Sindhi Sanchaya. Posts dealing … Continue reading Oral Histories from Sindhi Libraries in India: Infrastructures around Sindhi Literature

Introduction Many of the fields of study here on The Digital Orientalist rely heavily on images hosted online. In textual … Continue reading Running IIIF Locally: A Simple Setup Guide

This post is the second part of a conversation between Ephrem A. Ishac and David Michaelson on the state of … Continue reading Interview with Prof. David Michelson: From Syriaca.org to the British Library and Beyond (2)

Between October and November 2025, Prof. David Michelson served as a visiting fellow at the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) … Continue reading Interview with Prof. David Michelson: From Syriaca.org to the British Library and Beyond (1)

This article was written by Contributor for Northeast Asian Studies, Brian Tsz Ho Wong, and Guest Contributor, Curtis Sai Hung … Continue reading The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: An Introduction and its Potential Applications

Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez: ግዕዝ Gəʽ(ə)z), one of the classical written languages preserved on the African continent, has sustained religious and … Continue reading Current Trends in Digital Corpora and Manuscript Archives of Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez)

Introduction The jump from reading the text of the Greek New Testament in a printed edition to reading the same … Continue reading Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts