Seeing the Text Arranged: Using Omeka to Critically Engage with Bengali Language Texts
In my previous post, I discussed how using Voyant reveals the infrastructural bias of DH tools when confronted with an…
Month: February 2026
Overview of NDL Kotenseki OCR: The Key to Early Modern Japanese Archives?
This article was written by guest contributor Xia-Kang Ziyi (Kyushu University). The author bio is below. One of the biggest…
A Guide to Digital Repositories of Chaghatai Turki Sources
Following on from Rachael Griffiths’s recent summary of digital resources for Central and South Asian studies, I’d like to dive…
Editor’s Digest February 2026: Middle Eastern Studies
In my first Editor’s Digest, I summarised publications in The Digital Orientalist from the Middle Eastern Studies team between September…
When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning
This is the first entry in a multi-part series on English-Chinese AI chatbot design experience. More to come. Speaking a…
Three Months of DuckDuckGo: Reflections after Partially “De-Googling”
In September 2025 I published a piece entitled “Alternatives to Google: Is DuckDuckGo Useful for Research?” where I explored whether…
Politicians Speak: An Introduction to the Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet
Japanese historians often cite the minutes of the Imperial Diet[1] to demonstrate changes in state policy and the views of…
The BADR Project (7th–21st c.) – A TEI-Based Approach to Premodern Islamic Texts
This article was written by guest contributor Adrien de Jarmy (University of Strasbourg) and Clarck Junior Membourou Moimecheme (Sorbonne Nouvelle…