MARKUS for Korean studies
Scholars working in the field of Korean studies have seen remarkable transformations in the way historical research is conducted. The…
Year: 2023
The Digitization of a Large Latin-Chinese Dictionary
This is a guest post by Christopher Francese, Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies, Dickinson College francese@dickinson.edu In 2016…
The Sanskrit WordNet: a new database for the study of the Sanskrit lexicon
This is a guest post by Erica Biaggetti WordNets are valuable resources in linguistics, offering structured and comprehensive databases that…
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Notes from the Field: Digital Humanities at #DAVO2023
The 29th International Congress of Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (DAVO) took place in cooperation with the “Turkologentag 2023 — Fourth…
Uncovering Hidden Histories of Artifacts with Arches Platform: A Case Study of Persian Architectural Fragments
Museums and collections of Islamic art around the world have dedicated a substantial part of their efforts and fundings to…
Transkribus in the Classroom
While others have discussed the possibilities in utilizing Transkribus and other HTR resources in research, I want to briefly discuss…
Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 2
Learn about Kraken’s segmentation model and the process of training our own custom segmentation models for layout analysis tasks.
Resource for Teaching Asia
We emerging scholars have all been there. It was either when applying for a job, or after starting a new…
Editor’s Digest October 2023: Middle Eastern and African Studies
The Digital Orientalist (DO) has been publishing for roughly a decade. In that time it has undergone many changes and…
P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India
P G Sindhi Library is an archive I built to make sense of Sindhi books I found in someone else’s…