Exploring Digitized Cultural Heritage Through Search Culture
Introduction As the digitization of cultural heritage progresses on both a local and a global level, the importance of digital…
Category: DH in General
The China Biographical Database (CBDB): An Introduction and Conversation with Professor Peter Bol
The China Biographical Database The China Biographical Database (CBDB) is ‘a relational database of biographical information for China before the…
Sustainability of The Treasury of Lives
This is a guest post by Alex Gardner and Catherine Tsuji Background On June 3, 2023, the Treasury of Lives…
PRC Autonomous Region Local Histories: a repository of rare historical materials
This is a guest post by Dotno Dashdorj Pount. Dr. Pount graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, find more about…
Artificial Intelligence for Syriac on Google Bard (/Gemini) – Preliminary Tests (Part2)
In my previous post (Part 1: here), I presented some preliminary tests of chatting in Classical Syriac with Google Bard (/Gemini)…
Editor’s Digest February 2024: Northeast Asian Studies
Since the second half of 2023, we have been publishing editor’s digests, which aim to quickly summarize the things we…
Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts
This post will take a break from writing about using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room, the topic I covered…
Digital Benin: bringing together scattered historic Benin objects
The kingdom of Benin, in what is now central Nigeria, was a powerful African state from the Middle Ages until…
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…
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…