The Digital Orientalist’s Recap of 2019
The last year was quite eventful for the Digital Orientalist. It saw a large growth in readership, expansion into new … Continue reading The Digital Orientalist’s Recap of 2019
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Japanese Studies and the Digital Humanities: Who to Follow on Twitter in 2020
As many readers will be aware Social Media provides an excellent forum for sharing research with a wider academic and … Continue reading Japanese Studies and the Digital Humanities: Who to Follow on Twitter in 2020
Databases and Repositories for the Study of Christian-Muslim Relations in East Asia: A Preliminary List (Part 2)
In the first part of this post, I provided readers with a list of resources for discovering texts and authors … Continue reading Databases and Repositories for the Study of Christian-Muslim Relations in East Asia: A Preliminary List (Part 2)
Cataloging Ethiopian Materials
The prospects for cataloging materials in Ge’ez, Amharic, Tigre, and Tigrinya have greatly improved since the introduction of a system … Continue reading Cataloging Ethiopian Materials
Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces
This article deals with GIS in Classical Indian Studies, focusing on the case-study of “Mapping Vijayanagara.” Continue reading Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces
Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
I am indebted to both the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham and the Church Mission Society for … Continue reading Photographing Archival Material at the Cadbury Research Library: Some Reflections
Online Ritual Web Traffic and the Hindu Diaspora
This post was written by guest contributor Zach Chrisman. Chrisman is a master’s student in Religious Studies at the University of Denver … Continue reading Online Ritual Web Traffic and the Hindu Diaspora
Among Digitized Manuscripts: A Book
For years, I have explored digitized manuscripts on this website. It left me prepared, three years ago, to embark on … Continue reading Among Digitized Manuscripts: A Book
Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models
This is a contribution by Christine Roughan of NYU. Connect with her on Twitter @cmroughan Over the summer of 2019, inspired by the promising results in articles like Romanov et al. 2017, I set out to use the … Continue reading Using Kraken to Train your own OCR Models
Why I still choose to publish in print
I am an advocate for digital solutions. This is kind of an obvious statement for those who have been following … Continue reading Why I still choose to publish in print
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