In this essay, I explore how we can read Indonesian literature in a way that preserves the highly particular and context-bound character of individual literary works while also accounting for the heterogeneity of Indonesian literature as a whole.
Welcome back! This post kicks off the 2026/27 year, and we have a lot to share! Before looking forward, we…
The Digital Orientalist is pleased to announce its annual open call for contributors and team members for the 2026-2027 academic…
This is a guest post by Damian Mandzunowski. The author bio is below. The premise behind this piece is simple:…
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities)…
Introduction This year’s pieces for Digital Humanities in General have covered various aspects of the practice and theory of Digital…
The DH Awards include a category for “Exploration of DH Failure/Limitations”. During the DH Awards of 2025, the category did…
Introduction In my previous work exploring the first volume of Künhü’l-Ahbar, Gelibolulu Mustafa Âlî’s work on history and geography from…
Introduction In the middle Nile Valley—the region extending from present-day Aswan in southern Egypt to northern Sudan—Christian Nubian kingdoms flourished…
Introduction Many of the fields of study here on The Digital Orientalist rely heavily on images hosted online. In textual…
