Editor’s Digest March 2026: South Asian Studies (Part 1)
Each Editor’s Digest at The Digital Orientalist serves as a window into a team’s work and reflections over a given…
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Education and Preservation of National Consciousness in Polish and Korean Online Repositories
This is a guest post written by Tomasz Sleziak. The author bio is below. Both South Korea and Poland can…
Buddhism and AI: Another Look
In recent months, I have come to identify as a neo-Luddite or, as a colleague said in jest, “a technophobe…
At the Dawn of Digital Studies on Arabic Script in France (3): Bridging Communities and Building the Future
Introduction The first article of this series explored the general landscape of digital studies on Arabic script in France. The…
Bits of Literature: Methodologizing Reading Practices for Indonesian Short Stories
In my previous essay “Undoing the Canon”, I argued for the urgency of context-sensitive modes of reading Indonesian literature that…
Loss by Omission: GenAI Summarization Tools and History Knowledge
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ubiquitous in our society, AI functions are more accessible and visible. When you use…
OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital
This is a guest post by Saniya Irfan. Studies in Digital Humanities (DH) constantly illustrate that the discipline cannot be confined…
Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Introduction The jump from reading the text of the Greek New Testament in a printed edition to reading the same…
The DO Rebrand – Survey Report
This is a report from The DO Board following the rebrand survey that was run in 2025. The conclusions and…
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…