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Our latest blog post summarizes the proceedings of The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025. This year’s materials include both written papers and video recordings!
Find out more: 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/16/a...
Find out more: 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/16/a...
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Our latest blog post summarizes the proceedings of The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025. This year’s materials include both written papers and video recordings!
Find out more: 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/16/a...
Find out more: 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/16/a...
#onthisday
Following up Zach Butler's new post for us yesterday, a year ago, in his post on January 14th 2025, Zach introduced to us Apatosaurus, a tool created by David Flood (Harvard) for creating, editing, visualizing, and analyzing digital apparatus.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/01/14/a...
Following up Zach Butler's new post for us yesterday, a year ago, in his post on January 14th 2025, Zach introduced to us Apatosaurus, a tool created by David Flood (Harvard) for creating, editing, visualizing, and analyzing digital apparatus.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/01/14/a...
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
#onthisday
Following up Zach Butler's new post for us yesterday, a year ago, in his post on January 14th 2025, Zach introduced to us Apatosaurus, a tool created by David Flood (Harvard) for creating, editing, visualizing, and analyzing digital apparatus.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/01/14/a...
Following up Zach Butler's new post for us yesterday, a year ago, in his post on January 14th 2025, Zach introduced to us Apatosaurus, a tool created by David Flood (Harvard) for creating, editing, visualizing, and analyzing digital apparatus.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/01/14/a...
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In our latest blog post, Zach Butler guides us through Marimo, a tool similar to Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colab, but one that can be saved and executed directly as Python files!
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 AM
In our latest blog post, Zach Butler guides us through Marimo, a tool similar to Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colab, but one that can be saved and executed directly as Python files!
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
In our latest blog post, Zach Butler guides us through Marimo, a tool similar to Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colab, but one that can be saved and executed directly as Python files!
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
Find out more on our website:
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/13/m...
#digitalhumanities #python
In today’s post, Raúl Cervera Álvarez (Universitat de Barcelona) introduces the REDIF Database, an ongoing project that allows users to learn about and research different agents of the Hispanic Monarchy across the globe.
🔗 www.ub.edu/redif/
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/09/t...
🔗 www.ub.edu/redif/
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/09/t...
January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
In today’s post, Raúl Cervera Álvarez (Universitat de Barcelona) introduces the REDIF Database, an ongoing project that allows users to learn about and research different agents of the Hispanic Monarchy across the globe.
🔗 www.ub.edu/redif/
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/09/t...
🔗 www.ub.edu/redif/
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/09/t...
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📆 Mark your calendars: the 7th edition of CHR will take place 5–8 January 2027 in Manchester, UK, organized by the Center for Digital Humanities, Culture and Media at The University of Manchester.
We hope it’s the perfect way to beat the post-Christmas and New Year blues. See you at #CHR2027!
We hope it’s the perfect way to beat the post-Christmas and New Year blues. See you at #CHR2027!
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
📆 Mark your calendars: the 7th edition of CHR will take place 5–8 January 2027 in Manchester, UK, organized by the Center for Digital Humanities, Culture and Media at The University of Manchester.
We hope it’s the perfect way to beat the post-Christmas and New Year blues. See you at #CHR2027!
We hope it’s the perfect way to beat the post-Christmas and New Year blues. See you at #CHR2027!
📫 Our January #newsletter is out!
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
📫 Our January #newsletter is out!
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/do-Jan26
On this week's TBT, we're revisiting the guest post by Zhang Enfu, in which he introduces The Index of Tangut Literature 西夏文獻目錄 Database, a searchable online catalogue compiling major Tangut documents available via www.ccamc.co/index.php 古今文字集成.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/11/01/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/11/01/a...
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
On this week's TBT, we're revisiting the guest post by Zhang Enfu, in which he introduces The Index of Tangut Literature 西夏文獻目錄 Database, a searchable online catalogue compiling major Tangut documents available via www.ccamc.co/index.php 古今文字集成.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/11/01/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/11/01/a...
In our latest blog post, So Miyagawa @somiyagawa.bsky.social presents the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's pioneering #digitalhumanities work. Through its diverse digitisation projects, the library is expanding access to Egypt’s rich documentary heritage.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/06/d...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/06/d...
Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The following is based on an English translation from the Japanese article “アレクサンドリア図書館におけるデジタル・ヒューマニティーズの取り組み” (“Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Bibliotheca AlexandrinaR…
digitalorientalist.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
In our latest blog post, So Miyagawa @somiyagawa.bsky.social presents the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's pioneering #digitalhumanities work. Through its diverse digitisation projects, the library is expanding access to Egypt’s rich documentary heritage.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/06/d...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/06/d...
In our latest blog post, Leon Woltermann argues that distant reading (looking for patterns across large collections of texts) can help expose this bias by recentering the “great unread,” especially poems and short fiction scattered across periodicals.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/02/u...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/02/u...
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
In our latest blog post, Leon Woltermann argues that distant reading (looking for patterns across large collections of texts) can help expose this bias by recentering the “great unread,” especially poems and short fiction scattered across periodicals.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/02/u...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2026/01/02/u...
For #TBT this week, we’re revisiting Alice Casalini’s @alicecasalini.bsky.social Jan 2024 post. In this post, Alice discusses her experiment using Canva and Leonardo.Ai to reconstruct a Gandhāran stūpa and the ethical challenges of applying AI in DH research.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/09/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/09/a...
January 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
For #TBT this week, we’re revisiting Alice Casalini’s @alicecasalini.bsky.social Jan 2024 post. In this post, Alice discusses her experiment using Canva and Leonardo.Ai to reconstruct a Gandhāran stūpa and the ethical challenges of applying AI in DH research.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/09/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/09/a...
In today’s post, Tiziana Pasciuto discusses how the Semantic Web and its ontologies can be used to challenge and subvert established Orientalist taxonomies and cultural narratives.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/30/f...
#DHingeneral #cataloguing #GLAM #manuscripts
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/30/f...
#DHingeneral #cataloguing #GLAM #manuscripts
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In today’s post, Tiziana Pasciuto discusses how the Semantic Web and its ontologies can be used to challenge and subvert established Orientalist taxonomies and cultural narratives.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/30/f...
#DHingeneral #cataloguing #GLAM #manuscripts
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/30/f...
#DHingeneral #cataloguing #GLAM #manuscripts
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📣 Join the European Summer University in Digital Humanities in Besançon, France, from 6–18 July 2026.
Two inspiring weeks of workshops, hands-on learning, and exchange with the international #DigitalHumanities community.
Call for participants opening in late Feb 2026!
#DH #DigitalHumanities #ESU
Two inspiring weeks of workshops, hands-on learning, and exchange with the international #DigitalHumanities community.
Call for participants opening in late Feb 2026!
#DH #DigitalHumanities #ESU
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣 Join the European Summer University in Digital Humanities in Besançon, France, from 6–18 July 2026.
Two inspiring weeks of workshops, hands-on learning, and exchange with the international #DigitalHumanities community.
Call for participants opening in late Feb 2026!
#DH #DigitalHumanities #ESU
Two inspiring weeks of workshops, hands-on learning, and exchange with the international #DigitalHumanities community.
Call for participants opening in late Feb 2026!
#DH #DigitalHumanities #ESU
Can #AI help deepen student engagement with #History?
Maciej Kurzynski and Du Chunmei explore this question through HistFig; a custom-built AI system that generates interactive dialogues with key figures from #Chinese history.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/26/v...
Maciej Kurzynski and Du Chunmei explore this question through HistFig; a custom-built AI system that generates interactive dialogues with key figures from #Chinese history.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/26/v...
December 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Can #AI help deepen student engagement with #History?
Maciej Kurzynski and Du Chunmei explore this question through HistFig; a custom-built AI system that generates interactive dialogues with key figures from #Chinese history.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/26/v...
Maciej Kurzynski and Du Chunmei explore this question through HistFig; a custom-built AI system that generates interactive dialogues with key figures from #Chinese history.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/26/v...
For #TBT, we’re revisiting “Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts” by Zach Butler. Zach demonstrates how to use simple Python code and Jupyter Notebooks to analyze New Testament Greek manuscripts stored in XML-TEI format.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/12/u...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/12/u...
December 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For #TBT, we’re revisiting “Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts” by Zach Butler. Zach demonstrates how to use simple Python code and Jupyter Notebooks to analyze New Testament Greek manuscripts stored in XML-TEI format.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/12/u...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/12/u...
Lu Wang started writing for the #DO in 2022, on various topics and databases useful to anyone engaging with #Chineselangauge and #Chinesetexts.
here all her pieces 👇
digitalorientalist.com/author/luwan...
here all her pieces 👇
digitalorientalist.com/author/luwan...
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Lu Wang started writing for the #DO in 2022, on various topics and databases useful to anyone engaging with #Chineselangauge and #Chinesetexts.
here all her pieces 👇
digitalorientalist.com/author/luwan...
here all her pieces 👇
digitalorientalist.com/author/luwan...
In our latest blog post, Lu Wang (Western University) introduces the database "China’s Historical Products" (中華歷代物產數據庫), featuring a full-text serachable collection of "Products in Local Chronicles" (方志物產).
🔗Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/23/p...
🔗 中華歷代物產數據庫: wuchan.ancientbooks.cn
🔗Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/23/p...
🔗 中華歷代物產數據庫: wuchan.ancientbooks.cn
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In our latest blog post, Lu Wang (Western University) introduces the database "China’s Historical Products" (中華歷代物產數據庫), featuring a full-text serachable collection of "Products in Local Chronicles" (方志物產).
🔗Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/23/p...
🔗 中華歷代物產數據庫: wuchan.ancientbooks.cn
🔗Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/23/p...
🔗 中華歷代物產數據庫: wuchan.ancientbooks.cn
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
The Digital Orientalist
Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
digitalorientalist.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
#TBT #OTD 2023
"Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction", a blog post by the very founder of the #DO, Cornelis van Lit! Introducing an edited volume on #DH, whose contributors also wrote for the #DO over the years!
chcek it out 👇
digitalorientalist.com/2023/12/22/d...
"Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction", a blog post by the very founder of the #DO, Cornelis van Lit! Introducing an edited volume on #DH, whose contributors also wrote for the #DO over the years!
chcek it out 👇
digitalorientalist.com/2023/12/22/d...
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts.
link below⬇️
link below⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts.
link below⬇️
link below⬇️
As always, a reminder that the #DO accepts #guestsubmissions all year round! Send us your work, we want to publish it!
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As always, a reminder that the #DO accepts #guestsubmissions all year round! Send us your work, we want to publish it!
This post is another #guestpost by a presenter to our 2025 #DO conference.
You can watch the presentations on our #YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...
You can watch the presentations on our #YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This post is another #guestpost by a presenter to our 2025 #DO conference.
You can watch the presentations on our #YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...
You can watch the presentations on our #YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...
#Newpost
Hong-Yu Hsien explores “AI Bias-cancelling for the interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text.”
How to use #AI for textual research? Here a case study with late imperial Chinese documents
Link in bio
#AI #AIinpractice #DHinpractice #Chineselanguage
Hong-Yu Hsien explores “AI Bias-cancelling for the interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text.”
How to use #AI for textual research? Here a case study with late imperial Chinese documents
Link in bio
#AI #AIinpractice #DHinpractice #Chineselanguage
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Newpost
Hong-Yu Hsien explores “AI Bias-cancelling for the interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text.”
How to use #AI for textual research? Here a case study with late imperial Chinese documents
Link in bio
#AI #AIinpractice #DHinpractice #Chineselanguage
Hong-Yu Hsien explores “AI Bias-cancelling for the interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text.”
How to use #AI for textual research? Here a case study with late imperial Chinese documents
Link in bio
#AI #AIinpractice #DHinpractice #Chineselanguage