This presents the proceedings of the conference “Sustainability in the Digital Humanities“, held on 3 June 2023. Bringing together researchers from nine institutions across China, Europe, Japan, and the USA, the event explored how sustainability is being understood, practised, and challenged within Digital Humanities contexts today.
Our invited speakers – Alex Gardner and Catherine Tsuji, discussing The Treasury of Lives, and Anastasia Pineschi, reflecting on three decades of sustainability within the International Dunhuang Project (IDP) project —contributed valuable perspectives on long-term digital stewardship and collaborative infrastructures.
Published in 2024, this collection brings together selected papers presented at the conference, showcasing diverse approaches and understandings of what it means to build sustainable futures in the Digital Humanities.
Customising Digital Tools for non-Western Materials: the Launch of the Redeveloped IDP Website
Anastasia Pineschi
Sustainability of The Treasury of Lives
Alex Gardner and Catherine Tsuji
Balancing Innovation and Preservation: Sustainability in the Oral History of Tibetan Studies Project
Rachael Griffiths and Daniel Wojahn
The Magic of Philology and Indexing
Michael Stanley-Baker, Christopher S.G. Khoo and Faizah Zakariah
Principles for Creating Lasting Digital Archives: A Researcher’s Perspective
Amy E. Harth
Cover image by Alice Casalini
The Digital Orientalist 