Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography
This year I have had the pleasure of being involved in the “Tackling Pandemics in Early Modern Japan” transcription project … Continue reading Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography
Digital Resources for the Study of Japanese Archaeology
This post has been contributed by James Loftus. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Digital Resources for the Study of Japanese Archaeology
Project Management Tips for the Digital Humanist
Photo by Octavian Dan on Unsplash. As a scholar who has spent nearly a decade working on a variety of … Continue reading Project Management Tips for the Digital Humanist
Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial
As discussed in several of our previous posts by Fatma, Deniz, and Giulia, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a useful … Continue reading Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial
The Divergence between Digital Humanities and Traditional Academic Fields: Some Initial Points
Several weeks ago, I had a discussion with a rather unhappy senior colleague about the current state of digital Islamic … Continue reading The Divergence between Digital Humanities and Traditional Academic Fields: Some Initial Points
Jaina Prosopography Project and Online Open-Source Database Construction
Prosopography, at the most general level, is the collective biography of persons of a particular place or period. However, with … Continue reading Jaina Prosopography Project and Online Open-Source Database Construction
Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies
Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be … Continue reading Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies
Google Lens for Syriac: Something Groundbreaking?
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?
Digitizing the Mongolian Language: An Introduction to the Polyglot “Online Dictionaries and Full-text Search of Mongolian Languages and Written Manchu”
What is the “Online Dictionaries and Full-text Search of Mongolian Languages and Written Manchu”? The Online Dictionaries and Full-text Search … Continue reading Digitizing the Mongolian Language: An Introduction to the Polyglot “Online Dictionaries and Full-text Search of Mongolian Languages and Written Manchu”
Georeferencing Historical Maps: Applying Map Warper to Ottoman Urban History
Digital research methods and software that allow spatial analysis enable different research questions to be produced by moving cities, places, … Continue reading Georeferencing Historical Maps: Applying Map Warper to Ottoman Urban History
The Digital Orientalist 