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Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
Archiving, DH in General, Digitization, Equipment, Hardware, Japanese Studies, OCR

Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro

I recently purchased a CZUR Aura X Pro to scan documents and books in my office, home, and at libraries … Continue reading Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro

Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog
Coding, Online Resources, Workflow

Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog

You can turn any collection of books and articles from Zotero into a website that is easy to search, accessible … Continue reading Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog

The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters
Digitization, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis

The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

In addition to the contributions of the Beth Mardutho Institute to the world of Syriac Digital Humanities (which I have … Continue reading The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Textual Analysis

Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Part I : Iran Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, which was used in … Continue reading Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Virtual Reality from Mamluk-Period Cairo
Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Teaching, Visualization

Virtual Reality from Mamluk-Period Cairo

Several months ago, some of my colleagues in Japan launched an online portal through which it is possible to explore … Continue reading Virtual Reality from Mamluk-Period Cairo

‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects
DH in General, Syriac Studies, Theory, Workflow

‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects

During my training I was lucky enough to benefit from some of the most authoritative voices in the field of … Continue reading ‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Teaching, Textual Analysis

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues

Biblical work obviously primarily relies on working with “the text.” However, as anyone involved in biblical studies knows, there really … Continue reading Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues

Visualizing North China Under Japanese Occupation: Digitized Photos of the North China Railway Archive
Japanese Studies, Mongolian Studies, Online Resources, Sinology

Visualizing North China Under Japanese Occupation: Digitized Photos of the North China Railway Archive

Digitizing the Visual Legacies of the North China Transportation Company The North China Railway Archive (華北交通アーカイブ) is an online database … Continue reading Visualizing North China Under Japanese Occupation: Digitized Photos of the North China Railway Archive

Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus
Islamic Languages, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies

Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus

Sometimes it takes days or even weeks to be able to read and decipher a word in manuscripts. This problem, … Continue reading Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus

Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS
DH in General, Digital Cartography, Islamic Studies, Ottoman Studies, Software, Visualization

Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS

This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS

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