Editor’s Digest December 2023: Chinese Studies
Starting this academic year, the Digital Orientalist is introducing a new type of post: the editor’s digest, where editors summarize…
Year: 2023
Japan Knowledge: Tennō Kōzoku Jitsuroku, Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family
Overview Part of the digital edition of the Tennō kōzoku jitsuroku 天皇皇族實錄 [Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family]…
Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction
James Harry Morris and I have put together an introduction to Digital Humanities for people working on one or the…
Digital Contributions of Auction Houses: The Emergence of the Chahar Maqala’s Oldest Manuscript
The rise of digital humanities has revolutionized scholarly pursuits, particularly in literature, where the accessibility of digital images of manuscripts…
Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis
In an earlier post here on The Digital Orientalist, Mariana Zorkina introduced the topic of regular expressions (or in short…
An Interview on DASH: Digital Analysis of Syriac Handwriting
In previous years I have posted some interviews with different projects to trace the history of the Syriac Digital Humanities.…
The Future of Researching Sartorial Japonisme: Using Digital Archives and Other Helpful Tools
This is a post by contributing writer, Emma Donington-Kiey, an independent researcher and MA graduate of Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies from…
Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)
In the previous instalment of this interview, DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina discussed how…
Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 1)
(This is a guest post by Chandini Jaswal) Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist working…
RAWGraphs: The New Way to Visualize Data
(This is a guest post by Özge Eda Kaya.) Data analysis and visualization are very important in the modern world,…