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Category: Sinology

Digital Curatorship, Handling Special Collections, and Lessons Learned from My Pursuit of Historical Photographs of People Reading in China
New Post, Online Resources, Sinology, Workflow

Digital Curatorship, Handling Special Collections, and Lessons Learned from My Pursuit of Historical Photographs of People Reading in China

This is a guest post by Damian Mandzunowski. The author bio is below. The premise behind this piece is simple: … Continue reading Digital Curatorship, Handling Special Collections, and Lessons Learned from My Pursuit of Historical Photographs of People Reading in China

The Evidence of the Small: Digital Historical Forensics and What Big Data Cannot See in Wartime Chinese Propaganda
Archiving, Conference Proceedings, DH in General, Sinology

The Evidence of the Small: Digital Historical Forensics and What Big Data Cannot See in Wartime Chinese Propaganda

This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading The Evidence of the Small: Digital Historical Forensics and What Big Data Cannot See in Wartime Chinese Propaganda

The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: An Introduction and its Potential Applications
Digitization, Online Resources, Sinology

The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: An Introduction and its Potential Applications

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

When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning
AI, New Post, Sinology, Teaching

When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning

This is the first entry in a multi-part series on English-Chinese AI chatbot design experience. More to come. Speaking a … Continue reading When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning

Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures
AI, DH in Practice, LLM, New Post, Sinology, Teaching

Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures

This post was co-authored with Prof. Du Chunmei (Lingnan University, Department of History). History can feel like a silent discipline, … Continue reading Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures

AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text
AI, Chinese Language, New Post, Sinology

AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text

This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text

Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 2)
Conference Proceedings, Digital Cartography, Sinology, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 2)

This is the second and final part of a contribution based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual … Continue reading Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 2)

Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 1)
Conference Proceedings, Digital Cartography, Sinology, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 1)

This is the first part of a contribution based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 … Continue reading Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s Poetry: A Computational Analysis Across Time and Space (Part 1)

The Versatility of the Home in Mists – Oversea Edition
Chinese Language, New Post, Online Resources, Sinology

The Versatility of the Home in Mists – Oversea Edition

The database Home In Mists – Oversea edition 白雲深處人家海外站 is an edition based outside of China of a database by … Continue reading The Versatility of the Home in Mists – Oversea Edition

The Dunhuang Culture 敦煌文化 Database
Chinese Language, New Post, Online Resources, Sinology

The Dunhuang Culture 敦煌文化 Database

Since the last time I covered Dunhuang-related databases to browse online in 2022, a few things have changed. The International … Continue reading The Dunhuang Culture 敦煌文化 Database

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