Chinese Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Sinology, Workflow

Refine Your Search Engine Results (for Chinese Language Users)

Search engine is perhaps one of the most frequently used tools in modern digital life, revealing whatever information that you … Continue reading Refine Your Search Engine Results (for Chinese Language Users)

Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies, Visualization, Workflow

Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”

The new portal ‘Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions’ provides metadata of oriental manuscripts from more than 25 collections in Germany. I … Continue reading Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”

Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Workflow

Just give me a font!

The headache of working with archaic Chinese orthographies Technologically, we scholars of the 21st century are spoiled. We sit at … Continue reading Just give me a font!

DH in General, DH in Practice, Software, Workflow

Streamlining Your Academic Digital Workflow #1: Reading and Annotating with LiquidText

A while ago, I wrote a piece arguing that we, as researchers in the humanities, need a better system to … Continue reading Streamlining Your Academic Digital Workflow #1: Reading and Annotating with LiquidText

Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

An interview with Professor Sarah Savant about KITAB project, part 2

This is the second part of the interview with Sarah Savant, Professor at the Aga Khan University–Institute for the Study … Continue reading An interview with Professor Sarah Savant about KITAB project, part 2

Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

Japan Search is a searchable portal that aggregates content from digital archives from, at present, 125 different databases managed by … Continue reading Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archiving, Coptic Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Equipment, Events & Conferences, Teaching, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

By Franziska Naether (Leipzig/Stellenbosch) Franziska Naether (PD Dr. phil habil.) is an Egyptologist, museum curator, and digital humanist with a focus … Continue reading Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

DH in General, Sinology, Teaching, Workflow

Shuge: the world’s libraries. Or, just a website that works for you.

An old mantra among digital circles: online resources to access material circulating in digital formats are so numerous that it … Continue reading Shuge: the world’s libraries. Or, just a website that works for you.

DH in General, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

Organizing Browser-heavy Workflows

Organizing browser items in a heavy online workflow can present challenges. Opening one tab inevitably leads to opening more tabs … Continue reading Organizing Browser-heavy Workflows

Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Old Chinese Reconstructions, Workflow

Old Chinese Prêt-à-porter. A double-edged sword.

Sometimes I miss watching movies with commercial interruptions, at the theater or on television. Not only were they a great … Continue reading Old Chinese Prêt-à-porter. A double-edged sword.