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…
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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…
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…
Sinhala Manuscripts at Wellcome Collection: Collaborative Practice and Cultural Heritage
Over the last few years, a collaborative project has been developing between the Sinhala Buddhist organisations the International Centre for…
Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past
The Langarchiv project, officially titled “Language as Archive: European Linguistics and the Social History of the Sahara and Sahel in…
Suggesting a Language-Specific Gender Perspective for AI Translation Research
This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities)…
From Text to Map: A Reproducible Geocoding Pipeline for Ottoman Studies
This paper presents a computational pipeline for working with spatial data in Ottoman Turkish, from extracting place names via named-entity…