Dictionary Tools and their Recognition of Kyūjitai
Between 2024 and 2025, I worked on my thesis for my Masters in East Asian Studies at New York University. … Continue reading Dictionary Tools and their Recognition of Kyūjitai
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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
Editor’s Digest May 2026: Digital Humanities in General
Introduction This year’s pieces for Digital Humanities in General have covered various aspects of the practice and theory of Digital … Continue reading Editor’s Digest May 2026: Digital Humanities in General
The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 2)
This is a guest post by Abdulqadir K Haidermota. This post is the second of a two-part series. The first … Continue reading The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 2)
The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 1)
This is a guest post by Abdulqadir K Haidermota. Introduction: The Affective Engine of the State ‘Recently the slave was … Continue reading The Affective Algorithm: Mapping the Emotional Architecture of Fatimid Geniza Petitions (Part 1)
Three Months of DuckDuckGo: Reflections after Partially “De-Googling”
In September 2025 I published a piece entitled “Alternatives to Google: Is DuckDuckGo Useful for Research?” where I explored whether … Continue reading Three Months of DuckDuckGo: Reflections after Partially “De-Googling”
From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies
This paper presents a computational pipeline for working with spatial data in Ottoman Turkish, from extracting place names via named-entity … Continue reading From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies
From Print to Place: Creating an Integrative Geolocalization Workflow Using Citizen Scientists and Computer Vision AI
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading From Print to Place: Creating an Integrative Geolocalization Workflow Using Citizen Scientists and Computer Vision AI
Why Extracting Hindi Text from PDFs Is So Much Harder Than English (And How You Can Do It)
As a Digital Humanities student working with Hindi-language texts, I expected extracting text from a Hindi PDF to be a … Continue reading Why Extracting Hindi Text from PDFs Is So Much Harder Than English (And How You Can Do It)
Unearthing Modern Japan’s Subterranean Networks with the National Diet Library’s (NDL) Full-Text Search System (Part 3): Celebrity Diaries and Spatial Politics in Wartime Tokyo
Celebrity diaries constitute an essential resource for researching modern Japanese history. Scholars examine the diarists’ lives, thoughts, social networks, and … Continue reading Unearthing Modern Japan’s Subterranean Networks with the National Diet Library’s (NDL) Full-Text Search System (Part 3): Celebrity Diaries and Spatial Politics in Wartime Tokyo