Editor’s Digest October 2025: Northeast Asian Studies
In my first Editor’s Digest, I explored all publications in The Digital Orientalist within Northeast Asian Studies from September 2023…
Month: October 2025
Scripts That Don’t Fit: The Hidden Bias of NLP in South Asian Languages
This is a guest post by Saniya Irfan. Digital Humanities in South Asia often begins with negotiating invisibility, the invisibility…
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An Overview of Digital Tools and Resources for Central and South Asian Studies Reviewed by The DO Members
This overview is inspired by Maddalena Poli’s recent post, which (re-)introduces East Asian Studies resources featured in The DO. Since…
Syriac AI Manuscripts and Fragments: Reimagining Digitally the Damaged Past
The field of Syriac Digital Humanities continues to advance rapidly, moving from basic text recognition (as discussed in my previous…
The Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and Humanities in Japan: A Brief (Re-?)Introduction
I recently started working at the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). When I was preparing for my move to…
The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection – Part 1
This is a guest post by Aizat Ishembieva. The National Museum of Denmark houses one of the most significant 19th-century…
The Dunhuang Culture 敦煌文化 Database
Since the last time I covered Dunhuang-related databases to browse online in 2022, a few things have changed. The International…
Digital Storytelling in the Digitisation of Japanese Botanical Specimens in RBG, Kew’s Collections
For the past year and a half, I have worked as a digitisation quality assurance and team leader at Royal…
Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books
In my previous post, I wrote about the Sindhi Halchal Archive: a passion project that extends the work of the…