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Exploring the Depths of Data: An Introduction to Nodegoat
Apps, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Visualization

Exploring the Depths of Data: An Introduction to Nodegoat

This is a guest post by Özge Eda Kaya (@ozgedakaya on Twitter/X). Nodegoat is a web-based research application framework developed … Continue reading Exploring the Depths of Data: An Introduction to Nodegoat

The Magic of Philology and Indexing
Chinese Language, Conference Proceedings, DH in Practice, Sinology

The Magic of Philology and Indexing

Tracking Drug Names Across Language, Time, Space and Knowledge Domains to Produce New Visions of Traditional Medicine This is a … Continue reading The Magic of Philology and Indexing

Partition Chronicles: Navigating Punjab’s Historical Repositories
New Post, South Asian Studies

Partition Chronicles: Navigating Punjab’s Historical Repositories

The Partition of Colonial Punjab in 1947 was one of the most significant moments in South Asian and global history. … Continue reading Partition Chronicles: Navigating Punjab’s Historical Repositories

An Experiment with Gemini Pro LLM for Chinese OCR and Metadata Extraction
AI, Chinese Language, Digitization, New Post, OCR

An Experiment with Gemini Pro LLM for Chinese OCR and Metadata Extraction

This is a guest post by Eric H. C. Chow. For more information, see at the end of this post. … Continue reading An Experiment with Gemini Pro LLM for Chinese OCR and Metadata Extraction

Exploring AI-Driven Tools for Research in Humanistic Buddhism: A Comparative Evaluation
AI, Buddhist Studies, DH in Practice, New Post

Exploring AI-Driven Tools for Research in Humanistic Buddhism: A Comparative Evaluation

This is a guest post by William Chong. For more information, see at the end of this post. Introduction Our … Continue reading Exploring AI-Driven Tools for Research in Humanistic Buddhism: A Comparative Evaluation

Video Games and the Humanities: A Call for Scholarly Games
DH in Practice, Islamic Studies, New Post, Ottoman Studies

Video Games and the Humanities: A Call for Scholarly Games

Last spring I wrote a post on why video games should be considered valued tools for teaching non-Western narratives of … Continue reading Video Games and the Humanities: A Call for Scholarly Games

Japan’s Imperial Household Agency: The Archives and Mausolea Department Catalog and Image Disclosure System
Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Japan’s Imperial Household Agency: The Archives and Mausolea Department Catalog and Image Disclosure System

Overview  The Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo is an administrative body under the Cabinet Office for affairs relating to the … Continue reading Japan’s Imperial Household Agency: The Archives and Mausolea Department Catalog and Image Disclosure System

PRC Autonomous Region Local Histories: a repository of rare historical materials
DH in General, Digitization, Mongolian Language, Mongolian Studies, Online Resources

PRC Autonomous Region Local Histories: a repository of rare historical materials

This is a guest post by Dotno Dashdorj Pount. Dr. Pount graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, find more about … Continue reading PRC Autonomous Region Local Histories: a repository of rare historical materials

Introduction to Programming with Chinese
Chinese Language, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Sinology, Workflow

Introduction to Programming with Chinese

This post was prepared together with Tilman Schalmey. Find here the tutorial files for this post. As digital technologies develop, … Continue reading Introduction to Programming with Chinese

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Apps, Biblical Studies, Coding, Software, Textual Analysis

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

Introduction In my last few posts, I explored how Python could be used to do some codicological analysis of manuscripts … Continue reading Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

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