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Some thoughts on regular expressions
Coding, DH in General, Online Resources, Sinology

Some thoughts on regular expressions

What are regular expressions and why use them? Those who are interested in the digital humanities or corpus linguistics are … Continue reading Some thoughts on regular expressions

Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation
DH in General, Indian Studies, Software, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation

The best advice I had when starting out with digital humanities came from David Beavan and was simply to only … Continue reading Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation

Progress in the transcription of a Mende primary source
African Languages, African Studies

Progress in the transcription of a Mende primary source

In a previous post, “Minding Mende”, I introduced the notebooks of Bokari Kanneh that had been digitized, and were awaiting … Continue reading Progress in the transcription of a Mende primary source

A brief introduction to some digital resources for Korean Studies
Korean Studies, Online Resources

A brief introduction to some digital resources for Korean Studies

This year, scholars and students across the globe have been forced to conduct research and gather materials for their projects … Continue reading A brief introduction to some digital resources for Korean Studies

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2
Syriac Studies, Using Real Paper

The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 2

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

Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters
Chinese Language, Online Resources, Sinology

Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters

Students, librarians, and non-Sinologists who occassionally interact with Chinese language sources may want to speed up the process of transliterating … Continue reading Some tools for quickly transliterating Chinese characters

A Digital Introduction to the Chinese Buddhist Canon
Buddhist Studies, Chinese Language, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Sinology, Visualization

A Digital Introduction to the Chinese Buddhist Canon

The Chinese Buddhist canon contains canonical Buddhist literature as recognized in East Asia. Early practitioners interacted with one of the … Continue reading A Digital Introduction to the Chinese Buddhist Canon

The Dawn of a New Era: The Digital Orientalist, 2020-2021
Housekeeping

The Dawn of a New Era: The Digital Orientalist, 2020-2021

Last year was an interesting and exciting year for the Digital Orientalist: we affiliated with the American Oriental Society, we … Continue reading The Dawn of a New Era: The Digital Orientalist, 2020-2021

Graphic Design Manager Needed!
Housekeeping

Graphic Design Manager Needed!

Are you skilled at designing visuals? Can you use PhotoShop or similar software? Do you want to improve your graphic … Continue reading Graphic Design Manager Needed!

Wishing you a fantastic summer
Housekeeping

Wishing you a fantastic summer

The Digital Orientalist will go on hiatus for July and August, and will return as usual at the beginning of … Continue reading Wishing you a fantastic summer

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