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Category: Online Resources

Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review
Archiving, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Tibetan Studies

Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review

In January 2023, Ladakh Archaeology was launched. This is to date the largest database on the heritage of Ladakh, located … Continue reading Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review

DREAMSEA
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Textual Analysis

DREAMSEA

This is guest post by Mark Boersma. Recently I came across a website of a project on manuscripts from Southeast … Continue reading DREAMSEA

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)
Biblical Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

Greg Paulson has already written a very helpful introduction to the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) as a guest … Continue reading A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction
Japanese Studies, Online Resources

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

The Digital Orientalist has long published pieces pertaining to the study of the history of Christianity in Japan. In 2021, … Continue reading The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digital Cartography, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Building off James Harry Morris’s post on Historical Storytelling with Twine in 2019 in which he presented his experience of … Continue reading A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts
Archiving, Digitization, Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts

The following resources are some of the main institutions and libraries for the purpose, but this post can be updated … Continue reading Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts

A closer look at a big, classic humanities project
DH in Practice, Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

A closer look at a big, classic humanities project

This is a post by DO founder L. W. Cornelis Van Lit Does a research project which produced a large … Continue reading A closer look at a big, classic humanities project

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2
DH in Practice, Digitization, HTR, Indian Studies, Islamic Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, South Asian Studies, Workflow

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2

In part 1 of this series, I provided a quick introduction to eScriptorium and the workflow associated with it. This … Continue reading eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 2

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

This is a guest post by Adam H. Lisbon. Many thanks to James Morris for coordinating it. In August of … Continue reading When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

Repost of a Roundtable Discussion: ‘Digital Humanities, Digital Communities”
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Events & Conferences, Indian Studies, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Teaching, Theory

Repost of a Roundtable Discussion: ‘Digital Humanities, Digital Communities”

The following online roundtable discussion was part of a School of Culture, History, and Language ‘Flagship’ event organised by Christopher … Continue reading Repost of a Roundtable Discussion: ‘Digital Humanities, Digital Communities”

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