Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African, Oriental Studies..
A few months ago, I noticed a plethora of posts on social media about the discovery of the hidden library … Continue reading Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts
Recently, Google updated its engine on many smartphones in order to add the new technology of Google Lens to its … Continue reading Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?
This is the third part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on … Continue reading The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2
In the past, the Digital Orientalist celebrated the virtues of brevity by regularly publishing short pieces, thoughts, and reflections. Some … Continue reading Some Short Reflections on Lists
For two years now, I have searched for a manuscript on the Synod of Hattackh of 1576. In the 1956, … Continue reading Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives
Recently, I have been experimenting to see how well Google Docs can transcribe and perform OCR on Syriac books in … Continue reading Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
This is the second part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on … Continue reading The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 1
This is the first part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac. This … Continue reading An Introduction to the History of Syriac Digital Humanities
We have arrived at a point in time where it is relatively easy to establish your very own digital archive, … Continue reading How to build an archive (1)
