Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
Long term readers will likely be aware of my interest in both bibliographies and databases. I have long been involved … Continue reading The Database of Research on the Imjin War: Some Initial Thoughts
This post was written by guest contributor Bihter Esener. Esener is currently a Freer Visiting Graduate Student Fellow in the … Continue reading Dissertating in the Digital Age: Research and Writing Tools for Organization and Productivity
The state of semi-lockdown in Japan, and with the universities and their libraries all closed, has allowed me some time … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Databases
This is the second 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 1
Long term readers will likely be aware of The Digital Orientalist’s “Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference” (DOsTC) which we held on June 1st, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2020 (#DOsTC2020)
Progress toward understanding the Meroitic script has been well underway since the foundational work of Francis Llewellyn Griffith, published in … Continue reading The role of digital tools in relation to understanding Meroitic
This article presents the project of digitization of a large amount of handwritten material that is part of the Fondo Daniélou at Cini Foundation (San Giorgio, Venice). Continue reading Digitizing Indian Music
This week’s post has been contributed by Paula R. Curtis, Hoyt Long, Molly Des Jardin and Mark Ravina. Information about … Continue reading Digital Humanities Japan: Building Community and Sharing Resources
I have found in my short career as an academic that in spite of its growing popularity there is a … Continue reading Some Reflections on COVID-19 and the Digitization of Research and Teaching
When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We … Continue reading ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
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