Qalamos: Connecting Manuscript Traditions
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Account of the DFG Project "Qalamos". #manuscripts #Asia #Africa #catalogs | @stabiberlin.bsky.social | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | Universität Leipzig | Website: www.qalamos.net | Blog: https://od-portal.hypotheses.org
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*Call For Papers*
Interdisciplinary Workshop “The Bible in the Middle Eastern Manuscript Tradition” - University of Rome Tor Vergata
April 22–24, 2026
www.ias.edu/sites/defaul...
Interdisciplinary Workshop “The Bible in the Middle Eastern Manuscript Tradition” - University of Rome Tor Vergata
April 22–24, 2026
www.ias.edu/sites/defaul...
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
*Call For Papers*
Interdisciplinary Workshop “The Bible in the Middle Eastern Manuscript Tradition” - University of Rome Tor Vergata
April 22–24, 2026
www.ias.edu/sites/defaul...
Interdisciplinary Workshop “The Bible in the Middle Eastern Manuscript Tradition” - University of Rome Tor Vergata
April 22–24, 2026
www.ias.edu/sites/defaul...
We don't know if #AI will take our jobs, but for now, we use it to do them better. At #Qalamos, we blend our code with AI-generated code to build workflow-boosting tools—like our transcription tool for #DIN_31635, #LoC, and original #Arabic. The future is uncertain, but the collaboration is real.💪🦾
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We don't know if #AI will take our jobs, but for now, we use it to do them better. At #Qalamos, we blend our code with AI-generated code to build workflow-boosting tools—like our transcription tool for #DIN_31635, #LoC, and original #Arabic. The future is uncertain, but the collaboration is real.💪🦾
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#Employment The History Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a nine-month tenure-system appointment, at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East. mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The History Department invites applications for a nine-month tenure-system appointment expected to start on September 1, 2026, at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle Ea...
mesana.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#Employment The History Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a nine-month tenure-system appointment, at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of the Modern Middle East. mesana.org/resources-an...
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They are not just written artefacts, but objects of art. Applying a broad spectrum of analytical tools, the new volume of our book series aims at providing the complete history of 65 tsakali cards from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Open acess!
uhh.de/csmc-smc-45
Open acess!
uhh.de/csmc-smc-45
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They are not just written artefacts, but objects of art. Applying a broad spectrum of analytical tools, the new volume of our book series aims at providing the complete history of 65 tsakali cards from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Open acess!
uhh.de/csmc-smc-45
Open acess!
uhh.de/csmc-smc-45
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#CoffeeBreak | In 30 min kurzen Onlineveranstaltungen stellen wir Euch den FID Jüdische Studien und seine Services vor
Eine Registrierung ist nicht notwendig
Link: uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/6256513914...
Eine Registrierung ist nicht notwendig
Link: uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/6256513914...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#CoffeeBreak | In 30 min kurzen Onlineveranstaltungen stellen wir Euch den FID Jüdische Studien und seine Services vor
Eine Registrierung ist nicht notwendig
Link: uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/6256513914...
Eine Registrierung ist nicht notwendig
Link: uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/6256513914...
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700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
www.openculture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
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#Event | TJHTalks: Power of Words. The ABC of Jewish Languages - discussion will explore the richness and diversity of Jewish languages | POLIN and the Taube Center, Warsaw
#Yiddish #Hebrew #Ladino #JudeoArabic
November 26, 2025 | 8:00 pm CET
Link: taubecenter.org/48hnet/
#Yiddish #Hebrew #Ladino #JudeoArabic
November 26, 2025 | 8:00 pm CET
Link: taubecenter.org/48hnet/
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#Event | TJHTalks: Power of Words. The ABC of Jewish Languages - discussion will explore the richness and diversity of Jewish languages | POLIN and the Taube Center, Warsaw
#Yiddish #Hebrew #Ladino #JudeoArabic
November 26, 2025 | 8:00 pm CET
Link: taubecenter.org/48hnet/
#Yiddish #Hebrew #Ladino #JudeoArabic
November 26, 2025 | 8:00 pm CET
Link: taubecenter.org/48hnet/
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Es tut sich was im Lesesaal Potsdamer Straße: Neben dem Umzug der Leselounge, einem neuen Gruppenarbeits- sowie Eltern-Kind-Raum gibt es nun auch einen neuen Loungebereich. Über alle Änderungen und neuen Arbeitsplätze informieren wir euch auf unserem Blog 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/es-tut-sich-...
Es tut sich was im Lesesaal Potsdamer Straße | Things are Happening at Potsdamer Straße's Reading Room - SBB aktuell
Die Bibliothek möchte auch im Haus Potsdamer Straße passende Arbeitsbereiche für alle Nutzungsbedürfnisse anbieten. Seit Jahren fehlte hier z.B. ein Gruppenarbeitsraum. Daher gibt es in den nächsten W...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Es tut sich was im Lesesaal Potsdamer Straße: Neben dem Umzug der Leselounge, einem neuen Gruppenarbeits- sowie Eltern-Kind-Raum gibt es nun auch einen neuen Loungebereich. Über alle Änderungen und neuen Arbeitsplätze informieren wir euch auf unserem Blog 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/es-tut-sich-...
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Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Ethiopic literature often refers to the varied uses. Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, shares some examples: hmml.org/stories/series-textiles-veiling-the-holy-textiles-in-ethiopic-manuscripts
Veiling the Holy: Textiles in Ethiopic Manuscripts
“Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea...”
hmml.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Ethiopic literature often refers to the varied uses. Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, shares some examples: hmml.org/stories/series-textiles-veiling-the-holy-textiles-in-ethiopic-manuscripts
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Teaching #DH in English often ignores #linguistic diversity. What happens when students use #Bengali texts with DH tools? Sunayani Bhattacharya shares thoughts from a course that directly confronted the Anglophone bias of #digitalcuration and #textanalysis.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/25/t...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/25/t...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Teaching #DH in English often ignores #linguistic diversity. What happens when students use #Bengali texts with DH tools? Sunayani Bhattacharya shares thoughts from a course that directly confronted the Anglophone bias of #digitalcuration and #textanalysis.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/25/t...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/25/t...
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How the Getty Provenance Index is transforming art research.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How the Getty Provenance Index is transforming art research.
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Working with manuscripts isn't just about reading, but about making sense of the material itself.
At the "Collection Unveiled" workshop, Daniel Wojahn and his team used Transkribus to structure and prepare 92 Tibetan manuscript volumes for text recognition.
Read more:
At the "Collection Unveiled" workshop, Daniel Wojahn and his team used Transkribus to structure and prepare 92 Tibetan manuscript volumes for text recognition.
Read more:
Unlocking Sakya texts: Creating a workflow for cataloguing Tibetan manuscripts
Using digital tools for cataloguing newly discovered Sakya Tibetan manuscripts enhances preservation and accessibility for scholars. Explore the challenges and solutions in this collaborative…
blog.transkribus.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Working with manuscripts isn't just about reading, but about making sense of the material itself.
At the "Collection Unveiled" workshop, Daniel Wojahn and his team used Transkribus to structure and prepare 92 Tibetan manuscript volumes for text recognition.
Read more:
At the "Collection Unveiled" workshop, Daniel Wojahn and his team used Transkribus to structure and prepare 92 Tibetan manuscript volumes for text recognition.
Read more:
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The new volume in the series “Supplement to Aethiopica” is now available in print and #OpenAccess!
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The new volume in the series “Supplement to Aethiopica” is now available in print and #OpenAccess!
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
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STA-Kolloquium "In Zukunft mit KI"
10. Dezember 2025, 11 - 16 Uhr in Frankfurt.
Keynote: Svein Arne Brygfjeld (Norwegische Nationalbibliothek) zur strategischen Dimension des Einsatzes von #KI im bibliothekarischen Informationsmanagement: wiki.dnb.de/spaces/STAK/... #Standardisierungsausschuss #DNB
10. Dezember 2025, 11 - 16 Uhr in Frankfurt.
Keynote: Svein Arne Brygfjeld (Norwegische Nationalbibliothek) zur strategischen Dimension des Einsatzes von #KI im bibliothekarischen Informationsmanagement: wiki.dnb.de/spaces/STAK/... #Standardisierungsausschuss #DNB
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
STA-Kolloquium "In Zukunft mit KI"
10. Dezember 2025, 11 - 16 Uhr in Frankfurt.
Keynote: Svein Arne Brygfjeld (Norwegische Nationalbibliothek) zur strategischen Dimension des Einsatzes von #KI im bibliothekarischen Informationsmanagement: wiki.dnb.de/spaces/STAK/... #Standardisierungsausschuss #DNB
10. Dezember 2025, 11 - 16 Uhr in Frankfurt.
Keynote: Svein Arne Brygfjeld (Norwegische Nationalbibliothek) zur strategischen Dimension des Einsatzes von #KI im bibliothekarischen Informationsmanagement: wiki.dnb.de/spaces/STAK/... #Standardisierungsausschuss #DNB
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Discussing Arabic Poetry and Translations
On Friday, 21 November, Tobias Sick participated in the international conference "Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)", taking place at the University of Münster.
On Friday, 21 November, Tobias Sick participated in the international conference "Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)", taking place at the University of Münster.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Discussing Arabic Poetry and Translations
On Friday, 21 November, Tobias Sick participated in the international conference "Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)", taking place at the University of Münster.
On Friday, 21 November, Tobias Sick participated in the international conference "Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)", taking place at the University of Münster.
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Getty Provenance Index wins the 2025 Apollo Award for Digital Innovation of the Year!
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November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Getty Provenance Index wins the 2025 Apollo Award for Digital Innovation of the Year!
@gettymuseum.bsky.social
@apollo-magazine.com
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
@gettymuseum.bsky.social
@apollo-magazine.com
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
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Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, will be presenting at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, November 24, 9:30-10:00am.
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, will be presenting at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, November 24, 9:30-10:00am.
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
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A treat for #MedievalMonday!
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
Document of the Month 11/25: The Festival of Sada
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November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A treat for #MedievalMonday!
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
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#Adventskalender:
Hinter jeder dieser 24 Stabi-Türen verbirgt sich ein Schatz aus unseren Sondersammlungen. Ab dem 1.12. gelangen Sie nach Klick auf die Tür des jeweiligen Tages zu einem Exponat aus „Hamburger Kulturgut Digital“ und aus „Hamburger Zeitungen Digital“: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=41352
Hinter jeder dieser 24 Stabi-Türen verbirgt sich ein Schatz aus unseren Sondersammlungen. Ab dem 1.12. gelangen Sie nach Klick auf die Tür des jeweiligen Tages zu einem Exponat aus „Hamburger Kulturgut Digital“ und aus „Hamburger Zeitungen Digital“: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=41352
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#Adventskalender:
Hinter jeder dieser 24 Stabi-Türen verbirgt sich ein Schatz aus unseren Sondersammlungen. Ab dem 1.12. gelangen Sie nach Klick auf die Tür des jeweiligen Tages zu einem Exponat aus „Hamburger Kulturgut Digital“ und aus „Hamburger Zeitungen Digital“: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=41352
Hinter jeder dieser 24 Stabi-Türen verbirgt sich ein Schatz aus unseren Sondersammlungen. Ab dem 1.12. gelangen Sie nach Klick auf die Tür des jeweiligen Tages zu einem Exponat aus „Hamburger Kulturgut Digital“ und aus „Hamburger Zeitungen Digital“: blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de?p=41352
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We’re exhibiting at #MESA2025 in Washington, DC!
Find us at Booth 18–19 at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown. On display: titles from @brepols.net, @equinoxpub.bsky.social, Gerlach Press, @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social, @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social, @peeterspublishers.bsky.social, & more!
Booth photos⬇️
Find us at Booth 18–19 at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown. On display: titles from @brepols.net, @equinoxpub.bsky.social, Gerlach Press, @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social, @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social, @peeterspublishers.bsky.social, & more!
Booth photos⬇️
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We’re exhibiting at #MESA2025 in Washington, DC!
Find us at Booth 18–19 at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown. On display: titles from @brepols.net, @equinoxpub.bsky.social, Gerlach Press, @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social, @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social, @peeterspublishers.bsky.social, & more!
Booth photos⬇️
Find us at Booth 18–19 at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown. On display: titles from @brepols.net, @equinoxpub.bsky.social, Gerlach Press, @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social, @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social, @peeterspublishers.bsky.social, & more!
Booth photos⬇️
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Jetzt noch bis zum 21. November anmelden: #CallforPresentations für den 8. #Workshop #Retrodigitalisierung zum Thema „Digitalisierung für die Ewigkeit? Datenqualität in der Praxis“ am 19. und 20. März 2026! Alle Infos 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/wsrd26-cfp/
Call for Presentations - 8. Workshop Retrodigitalisierung "Digitalisierung für die Ewigkeit? - Datenqualität in der Praxis" - SBB aktuell
Der achte Workshop Retrodigitalisierung findet am 19. und 20. März 2026 in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Haus Unter den Linden in Berlin statt. Er richtet sich an Praktiker:innen, die sich in Bibli...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Jetzt noch bis zum 21. November anmelden: #CallforPresentations für den 8. #Workshop #Retrodigitalisierung zum Thema „Digitalisierung für die Ewigkeit? Datenqualität in der Praxis“ am 19. und 20. März 2026! Alle Infos 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/wsrd26-cfp/
It seems that #AI can effortlessly generate quite accurate #transcriptions! 🦾 Here Gemini 2.5 Flash converts tricky #romanization standards (like #DIN_31635) back into the original #Arabic_script and other scholarly formats like #LoC. Could save hours of painstaking work!😇
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It seems that #AI can effortlessly generate quite accurate #transcriptions! 🦾 Here Gemini 2.5 Flash converts tricky #romanization standards (like #DIN_31635) back into the original #Arabic_script and other scholarly formats like #LoC. Could save hours of painstaking work!😇
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obsessed with the woodblock cut illuminated letters from the first Armenian printed bible, 1668, of which the NAASR Mardigian library miraculously has a copy
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
obsessed with the woodblock cut illuminated letters from the first Armenian printed bible, 1668, of which the NAASR Mardigian library miraculously has a copy
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The countdown has started! In just 10 days, we'll be welcoming you to the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
We can't wait to see you there!
We can't wait to see you there!
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The countdown has started! In just 10 days, we'll be welcoming you to the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
We can't wait to see you there!
We can't wait to see you there!