Open Call for Editors and Contributors
As we approach the summer holidays, the Digital Orientalist is happy to announce its annual open call for editors, contributors, … Continue reading Open Call for Editors and Contributors
The Proceedings of the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020)
On the 20th of June, The Digital Orientalist held its second twitter conference, the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020). … Continue reading The Proceedings of the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020)
Lifting up Black voices
As I write this, it is the day before George Floyd’s funeral in Houston. It is hard to understate the … Continue reading Lifting up Black voices
Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey
We are conducting a global survey about the difficulties facing Humanities scholars and students when working in digital environments when … Continue reading Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey
Becoming a PANDiT
This posts introduces PANDiT, aka Prosopographic Database for Indic Texts, a useful tool for any Indologist out there. Continue reading Becoming a PANDiT
The Schedule for the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020)
Today, we have the pleasure to announce the schedule of the Digital Orientalist’s Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020) which … Continue reading The Schedule for the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020)
Some Short Reflections on Lists
In the past, the Digital Orientalist celebrated the virtues of brevity by regularly publishing short pieces, thoughts, and reflections. Some … Continue reading Some Short Reflections on Lists
Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives
For two years now, I have searched for a manuscript on the Synod of Hattackh of 1576. In the 1956, … Continue reading Re-Discovering MS Zafaran N. 12: A story of the power of social media and on finding lost materials in digital archives
An Introduction to SmartHanzi and DDB Access
SmartHanzi and DDB Access are interesting apps from the same developer which I came across on Twitter a few years … Continue reading An Introduction to SmartHanzi and DDB Access
Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
Recently, I have been experimenting to see how well Google Docs can transcribe and perform OCR on Syriac books in … Continue reading Brief Notes on OCR and the Automated Transcription of Syriac Books
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